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Shay Taylor-Allen learned last Friday that she had matched with her first-choice residency pick, Yale School of Medicine, a hospital that has played an outsized role in her life. She wasn't just born there, she also worked there as a janitor when she was 18.

Just two minutes of laughter can benefit your heart as much as a 20-minute walk, according to research from the University of Maryland Medical Center. When you laugh, your blood vessels expand, increasing blood flow and improving circulation throughout your body. This temporary boost in vessel function helps deliver more oxygen to your tissues, similar to the effects of light aerobic exercise. Laughter also reduces stress hormones, which can otherwise strain the cardiovascular system over time. In a simple and natural way, a genuine laugh acts like a mini workout for your heart.

A growing body of legitimate science has been exploring the benefits of red light therapy for several conditions, from ADHD, to retinal degeneration, to dermatology go.nature.com/3NoGcbx

This Kenyan-built robotic arm is opening new possibilities for teaching deaf students. Paired with a sensor-fitted suit, the device converts spoken words into gestures

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Kenya Airways 🇰🇪 Captain Ahmed gives passengers a stunning view of Africa’s tallest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania 🇹🇿. Absolutely stunning. Both sides of government can make this a specific tourist attraction. 📹eric.thimba

To celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday, Forbes presents America’s 250 Greatest Historic Innovators — the leaders who didn’t just invent, but built industries and reshaped culture. See the full list: forbes.com/sites/alexknap… #Forbes250

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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows – an imaginative lexicon of words for things we feel but cannot name – is one of the 3 books I most often give as presents that most readily delight the recipient: themarginalian.org/2024/04/12/dic…

One of humanity’s most ubiquitous infectious pathogens bears the blame for lupus, the chronic autoimmune condition, Stanford Medicine investigators and their colleagues have found. #2025Recap ⭐ stan.md/4obGHC9

👋Applications are open for our Joint PhD Programme for #GlobalHealth with Nagasaki University Students will benefit from a community of global researchers & expertise in international #PublicHealth & tropical medicine. @NU_kouhou Apply by 9 Jan 2026👉 lshtm.ac.uk/study/research…

An excellent and free tutorial on conducting systematic reviews by the University College London: Covers: • What a systematic review is • Types of systematic reviews • Stages in a systematic review • Apps for systematic reviews linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

PhD Students - Here is an example of a good discussion section. A good discussion section should answer 6 questions. 1. What is different in your findings compared to previous research? 2. What is similar in your findings compared to previous research? 3. How different sections of your results section correlate? 4. What are the implications of your findings for practitioners? 5. What are the implications of your findings for researchers? 6. What are the limitations or threats to the validity of your findings?

Being in nature reduces fatigue and boosts attention. 34 experiments: After walking, playing, and learning in parks, forests, or water, kids & teens show better focus and self-control. Not all outdoor time is equal. Green and blue spaces are more refreshing than urban settings.

As people age, their immune systems decline. But a new study suggests a way to rejuvenate immune function: Stimulating the liver to produce some signals ordinarily generated by the thymus can reverse age-related declines in T-cell populations. news.mit.edu/2025/new-study…

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Wait times at @DukeUrology were 54 days in 2022. For patients with cancer or infertility, that’s too long. Dr. Karen Baker led a data-driven access overhaul by triaging 15K referrals, expanding telehealth, and cutting wait times by 70%. 🔗 Read more: medschool.duke.edu/stories/gettin…