This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It?
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This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It?

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On the last day of March, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital began an operation that they hoped might lead to a permanent change in how kidneys are transplanted in people. That morning’s patient was not a person. It was a pig, lying anesthetized…

Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?
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Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines That might sound a little mushy — that the point of A.D.H.D. treatment is to help you build relationships and improve your self-esteem, rather than the more scientific-sounding goal of repairing your malfunctioning brain. But think back to that controversial statement in Martine…

Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say
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Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s tariffs could drive up prices. His efforts to reduce the federal work force could increase unemployment. But ask economists which of the administration’s policies they are most concerned about and many point to cuts to federal support for scientific research. The…

Gaia to Shut Down After More Than a Decade of Mapping the Milky Way
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Gaia to Shut Down After More Than a Decade of Mapping the Milky Way

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines From ancient star streams to the innards of white dwarfs, the Gaia space telescope has seen it all. On Thursday, mission specialists at the European Space Agency will send Gaia, which is low on fuel, into orbit around the sun, and switch it…

Kennedy Instructs Anti-Vaccine Group to Remove Fake C.D.C. Page
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Kennedy Instructs Anti-Vaccine Group to Remove Fake C.D.C. Page

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, on Saturday instructed leaders of the nonprofit he founded to take down a web page that mimicked the design of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s site but laid out a case that vaccines…

Dementia May Not Always Be the Threat It Is Now. Here’s Why.
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Dementia May Not Always Be the Threat It Is Now. Here’s Why.

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Joan Presky worries about dementia. Her mother lived with Alzheimer’s disease for 14 years, the last seven in a memory-care residence, and her maternal grandfather developed dementia, too. “I’m 100 percent convinced that this is in my future,” said Ms. Presky, 70, a…

Americans Are Unhappier Than Ever. Solo Dining May Be a Sign.
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Americans Are Unhappier Than Ever. Solo Dining May Be a Sign.

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Americans are making too many solo dinner reservations. That was one takeaway from the annual World Happiness Report, which was released on Thursday and showed that the United States had dipped to its lowest slot in the country rankings — 24th — after…

For Patients Needing Transplants, Hope Arrives on Tiny Hooves
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For Patients Needing Transplants, Hope Arrives on Tiny Hooves

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines More than 100,000 Americans are on waiting lists for donor organs, most needing a kidney. Only 25,000 human donor kidneys become available each year. Twelve Americans on the kidney list die every day on average. Scientists first transplanted genetically engineered pig organs into…