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01/01/2026

We've all done it. Don't do it again.
A man in Scotland stifled a sneeze while driving and felt a pop in his neck. Doctors found a 2-millimeter hole in his trachea. The crackling sound was air escaping into his tissues. Your body generates massive pressure to expel irritants. Block the exit and it goes somewhere else.
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Source: University of Dundee / BMJ

01/01/2026

Sometimes scientists find a cure where they aren't even looking.
People who received the Shingrix vaccine had a 17% lower risk of developing dementia. The theory is that the herpes zoster virus might wake up in the brain and cause inflammation leading to Alzheimer's. Suppress the virus, protect the brain.
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Source: Nature Medicine

31/12/2025

We might finally have a way to undo the mess we made.
Scientists used AI to re-engineer a bacteria that eats plastic. The result is a super-enzyme that works six times faster than the original. It breaks plastic down into raw materials so we can recycle infinitely without making more from oil.
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Source: University of Texas / Nature

31/12/2025

You've heard of cauliflower ear. This is worse.
Doctors identified a condition called Headspin Hole affecting dancers who perform headspins for years. The constant pressure causes bone to thicken and deform. One patient needed surgery to shave down the bone. The body adapts to anything, even gravity.
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Source: BMJ Case Reports

31/12/2025

We might have been looking at the wrong thing for years.
A new study found temporal lobe epilepsy is linked to brain cells aging too fast. These zombie cells stop working but refuse to die, causing inflammation. When researchers flushed them out of mice brains, seizures stopped and memory improved. Epilepsy might be reversible.
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Source: ScienceDaily (December 25, 2025)

31/12/2025

Addiction isn't just a human problem. It's a stress problem.
Researchers gave rats access to cannabis. The stressed rats kept coming back. The calm rats tried it and ignored it. Substance use is often a symptom of underlying biological stress, not just a bad choice. Even a rat knows when it needs to take the edge off.
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Source: Neuropsychopharmacology (December 26, 2025)

31/12/2025

The King of Planets is dominating the winter sky.
Earth is catching up to Jupiter in its orbit, making the giant planet appear brighter and larger than any star. Amateur telescopes can now resolve the Great Red Spot and the dance of the Galilean moons with clarity not seen for months. The solar system is lining up for a portrait.
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31/12/2025

Put the laptop away.
EEG scans show handwriting fires up memory circuits that typing completely ignores. The complex movement of pen on paper teaches your brain in ways keyboards can't.
If you want to actually learn it, write it out.
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Source: Frontiers in Psychology

31/12/2025

The cure was already on the shelf.
Doctors discovered "Ribociclib," a common breast cancer drug, stops deadly childhood brain tumors from growing. It crosses the blood-brain barrier and halts cell division.
Kids with zero options now have one.
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Source: Oncology Research

30/12/2025

The blocks block the trauma.
Studies show playing Tetris within 6 hours of a traumatic event floods the visual cortex so intensely the brain can't save horrific images as flashbacks.
A Game Boy is basically a medical device.
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Source: Oxford University

30/12/2025

One dose. Three months of relief.
The first large-scale trial found a single therapeutic dose of L*D provides lasting anxiety relief for up to 12 weeks. It doesn't blunt emotions like daily pills. It resets the brain's fear processing centers.
Psychedelic medicine is entering mainstream psychiatry.
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Source: Clinical Psychiatry Research

30/12/2025

That spatula might be poisoning your breakfast.
Research shows up to 70% of black plastic utensils are made from recycled electronics containing carcinogens. Heat makes it worse.
Swap to stainless steel or silicone. Today.
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Source: Health Communication

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