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Could a blood test predict if you’ll get Alzheimer’s?

Could a simple blood test predict your risk of getting dementia years, or even decades, before you experience memory loss?That’s the potential promise of a new class of biomarker tests. Two were approved last year by...

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This Gorilla’s caregivers face familiar questions about aging

In an undated photo from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Winston at San Diego Zoo Safari Park. (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via The New York Times)

How unhealthy are ultra-processed foods?

Ultra-processed foods have been linked to a range of illnesses, but some experts think the definition remains vague

UN talks look for deal on winding down fossil fuels

A man walks past a wall with two banners that read 'Stop war' and 'Go green' at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, UAE. - Reuters

Penguins take thousands of naps every day

An image from Paul-Antoine Libourel shows a single chinstrap penguin resting on its stomach on a rock with its eyes shut. (Paul-Antoine Libourel via The New York Times)

To the moo-n: cow dung fuels Japan's space ambitions

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World could breach 1.5C warming threshold in 7 years: study

(FILES) A melting iceberg drifts due to high temperatures in Scoresby Fjord near Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland

How climate change is making the world sick

An environmental activist wearing a costume displays a placard in a hallway during the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai on December 3, 2023.

WHO report underlines climate change-malaria nexus

Women affected by the floods sit with their children suffering from malaria and fever

Why cold symptoms are worse at night

Its cold and flu season and, whether your main complaint is a cough, a fever, a headache or a runny or stuffy nose, you may notice that you tend to feel worse at night. (Emanuela Carnevale/The New York Times)

Heat, disease, air pollution: How climate change impacts health

A man walks past litter amid dense smog in Amritsar

Omicron is not done with us yet

Vaccination in Phoenix at the end of 2021. As Omicron continues to evolve, epidemiologists still see a benefit to vaccinations, possibly saving up to 49,000 lives a year. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times)

Pasta and rice may be healthier as leftovers

Resistant starch is a type of fiber that is naturally present in many types of plant foods but it can be increased in other foods that mainly contain regular starch, like rice, pasta and potatoes, after they are cooked and then cooled. (Amanda Hakan/The New York Times)

Japanese billionaire’s lunar SpaceX voyage postponed

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Energy drinks prompt renewed safety debate

Energy drinks typically contain high levels of caffeine, added sugars, and stimulants; caffeine levels in some of the beverages also have crept up over recent years.

Ending tuberculosis is within reach - so why are millions still dying?

A lab at Kaneshie Polyclinic, where every patient who walks through the door is screened for tuberculosis, in Accra, Ghana, Oct. 24, 2023. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times)
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