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an outline of the human brain as seen from the side, filled with images of high-fat foods

Mind & body

Scientists discover why obesity takes away the pleasure of eating

New study finds that obesity reduces a specific brain chemical, lowering the desire to consume high-calorie foods. Boosting it can aid weight loss.

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Mind & body

Federal research cuts could worsen infectious disease toll worldwide, Berkeley expert warns

a woman in a blue hospital gown talks to a woman lying on the bed of an imaging scanner

Mind & body

How cuts to NIH funding could impact cancer patients

A person is pictured holding their arm above a table. A device is strapped to the back of the person's wrist and hand, and the device is grasping a yellow tennis ball.

Mind & body

New device helps people with spinal cord injuries grasp large, heavy objects

an illustration of several spiked balls that represent the measles virus

Undernutrition may be key driver of measles outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries

several rows of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages on a shelf

Bay Area soda taxes don’t just affect sales. They help change people’s minds.

An empty high school hallway with lockers on both sides of the wall

Black students are punished more often, ‘no matter how you slice it’

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Sugar restrictions in early childhood reduce risk of later chronic disease, study finds

The White House in Washington D.C. at night, illuminated with lights and with a fountain in the foreground shooting water into the air.

Anxious about the election? UC Berkeley psychologists explain how to cope

an older man, at left, confers in a medical office with a doctor (at right) who is holding out a prescription vial.

“Altruistic” doctors put patients before profits — and achieve better results, study finds

man in glasses next to microscope looking into the camera

Bruce Ames, developer of a simple, widely used test to detect carcinogens, is dead at 95

Two people on a construction site talk, with a heart rate monitor line transposed on the lower part of the image, symbolizing the link between workplaces and health outcomes.

Racially balanced workplaces may protect employees against cardiovascular disease

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Researchers simulate an entire fly brain on a laptop. Is a human brain next?

Coches manejan a través de esmog en un autopista de California

California ha mejorado la calidad del aire, pero persisten las desigualdades raciales/étnicas

Cars drive through smoggy air on a California highway

California has dramatically improved its air quality, but racial disparities persist

A black and white illustration depicts an artist’s imagining of an aquifer, showing a large underground mass sprouting a collection of small arms that reach for the roots of plants growing above.

Can an aquifer be injured? Scholar brings a disability lens to ecological repair

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