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When weight-loss drugs don't work, this new technology may one day help people with obesity

Movies are helping scientists map how the brain responds to audio and visual stimulation

Movies Brain Function

A wearable device may one day help women detect breast cancer early – and at home

Breast Cancer Screening Bra

Children's Health

Kissing and food-sharing help babies identify close relationships, study shows

Baby Development Kissing

MIT artificial intelligence model detects COVID-19 by sound of cough

AI Model to Detect COVID-19 Cough

The 'secondhand smoke' you're breathing may have come from another state

Air Pollution Secondhand Smoke

On Twitter, fake news travels more rapidly than real news

Carroll - Cell Phone in Hand

Pharmaceuticals

Inventing a machine that spits out drugs in a whole new way

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Drexel leads textile manufacturing innovation in $317M DoD initiative

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MIT researchers aim to modernize Band-Aid with smart hydrogel

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Sports Fans Health

Being an Eagles fan has mental health benefits – but also is tied to poor eating habits

Junk Food Health

Junk food turns public villain as power shifts in Washington

Radon Testing

Winter is the best time to test homes for radon, a natural gas that causes lung cancer

Psychologist Patient Stress

Feeling political distress? Here are coping strategies a psychologist shares with his clients

baby cafe camden

Baby Cafe breastfeeding support center to open in Camden library

exercise cognition

Brief bursts of physical activity can boost brain performance; here are some exercises to reap...

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