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    When Yale psychiatry researcher Kristen Brennand needs to decompress, she reaches for magical escapism. When she wants inspiration, she turns to the story of a scientist who changed the field for women. And when summer heat gets overwhelming, she picks up a novel about climate
    A collage of three book covers: "The Exceptions" by Kate Zernike, featuring text and a shadowed figure; "The Tapestry of Fate" by Shannon Chakraborty, showing a dragon and an ornate cityscape; and "The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson, with a vintage pocket watch.
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    Aug 19
    Wildfire smoke is already known to harm the lungs. A new Yale study finds the heart may be paying a price too, with cumulative smoke exposure linked to significantly higher rates of hospitalization for heart failure, stroke, and other cardiovascular conditions in older adults.
    A hazy cityscape of New York City with the Brooklyn Bridge in the foreground. The skyline includes the One World Trade Center, and a reddish sun is visible through the smog.
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    Aug 18
    Alcohol use disorder treatment used to mean total abstinence. For many people, it still does. But that's no longer the only path. Yale addiction specialist Stephanie O'Malley explains why care has become more individualized, and why she believes that shift could help more people
    Portrait of Stephanie O’Malley.
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    Aug 17
    Our Three to Read summer series continues with anthropologist Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, who studies the biological and evolutionary roots of pair bonding, monogamy, and fatherhood in primates. Two of his picks examine modern masculinity and fatherhood through a scientific lens.
    Three books are displayed. The first is "Buddenbrooks" by Thomas Mann. The second is "Of Boys and Men" by Richard V. Reeves. The third is "Dad Brain" by Darby Saxbe.
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    Aug 16
    Scientists have long known that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic work in the brain, but not exactly how. A new Yale study finds that instead of simply suppressing hunger neurons, as long assumed, these drugs actually activate them, triggering metabolic changes that help sustain fat
    Line drawing of a head with a brain, a fork, and a plate on a gradient blue-green background, suggesting a connection between the mind and dining.