It’s time to recognize the power of healthy forests in managing global growing flood risk, and to shift towards more sustainable forestry practices and policy. ​It’s time to recognize the power of healthy forests in managing global growing flood risk, and to shift towards more sustainable forestry practices and policy. It’s time to recognize the power …

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A team has demonstrated new mechanisms that are involved in the development of inflammatory cardiovascular diseases. ​A team has demonstrated new mechanisms that are involved in the development of inflammatory cardiovascular diseases. A team has demonstrated new mechanisms that are involved in the development of inflammatory cardiovascular diseases. 

Researchers found widespread overactivation in brain activity in unmedicated children with anxiety disorders. Treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) led to improved clinical functioning and reduced activation in many brain areas. The findings illuminate the brain mechanisms underlying the acute effects of CBT to treat one of the most common mental disorders in children. ​Researchers …

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More than half (51%) of respondents in a 2023 Harris Poll survey conducted on behalf of the American Heart Association did not identify heart disease as the leading cause of death in the U.S. Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the U.S. for 100 years. Heart disease along with stroke, which …

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Scientists have called for simple, effective steps to cut the number of people bitten by venomous snakes. ​Scientists have called for simple, effective steps to cut the number of people bitten by venomous snakes. Scientists have called for simple, effective steps to cut the number of people bitten by venomous snakes. 

Researchers have linked the travels of a 14,000-year-old woolly mammoth with the oldest known human settlements in Alaska, providing clues about the relationship between the iconic species and some of the earliest people to travel across the Bering Land Bridge. Isotopic data, along with DNA from other mammoths at the site and archaeological evidence, indicates …

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