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Humans and mice share persistent brain-activity patterns in response to adverse sensory experience, scientists find, opening a window to our emotions and, perhaps, neuropsychiatric disorders.

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Hospitals and health systems across the country continue to face anesthesiologist shortages, with little relief in sight. Research suggests the United States could see a shortfall of 8,450 ...

At 40, I’ve never felt better. I’m sober. I’ve piked through every Pilates class in the Big Apple. I eat clean—protein, fiber ...

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New studies show that astrocytes, long thought to be support cells in the brain, are crucial intermediaries for relaying messages to neurons.