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What's Changing in Medicine
New ideas are not all at the same stage. We separate established care, clinical trials, early research, and emerging technology so you can see where the evidence actually stands.
The new era of migraine prevention
How treatments targeting CGRP changed what prevention can look like—and what researchers are studying next.
Read the explainer →ACTIVE RESEARCHRethinking POTS
Researchers are testing how immune, vascular, and nervous-system mechanisms may overlap without turning early findings into certainty.
Explore POTS research →EVOLVING EVIDENCELong COVID's biological clues
What scientists are learning about persistence, immunity, metabolism, rehabilitation, and treatment trials.
See what we know →EMERGING TECHNOLOGYDiagnostics beyond a snapshot
Wearables, digital biomarkers, and continuous measurements could change how fluctuating illness is studied.
Explore diagnostics →EVOLVING EVIDENCEFibromyalgia research
New work is examining pain processing and neurobiology alongside possible immune mechanisms.
Understand the evidence →Research Explorer
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What If a Neural Implant Could Be Injected Like a Shot?
University of Florida researchers built a tiny, battery-free device that can be injected next to a nerve and powered through the body from a wearable patch.
Read on Substack →SUBSTACKWhat Happens When Scientists Put Your Post-Workout Blood on Brain Cells?
A new randomized trial asked whether three months of exercise could change the blood in ways that affect cells involved in brain plasticity. The answer was intriguing.
Read on Substack →SUBSTACKScientists Found a Tiny Group of Brain Cells That Can Push the Brain Into Sleep
A new Nature study found rare brain cells that may help explain how the brain falls asleep.
Read on Substack →SUBSTACKYour Brain Doesn’t Stop Changing After Puberty. Scientists Just Mapped Three Major Rewrites.
A new study followed the female brain through puberty, pregnancy and menopause and found that hormones don’t simply affect how we feel. They coincide with measurable changes in the physical structure
Read on Substack →SUBSTACKA Lupus Trial Tried to Copy CAR-T Without Actually Making CAR-T
CAR-T therapy was built to treat cancer. Now researchers are testing whether an experimental antibody can achieve similar results without manufacturing personalized cells.
Read on Substack →SUBSTACKA Migraine Drug Just Did Something Different: It Targeted the Week Around a Period
For people whose migraines reliably arrive with their period, one of the strangest parts of treatment is that the trigger can be predictable while the treatment often is not.
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