Making Sense of Science

The Friday Five: How Young Athletes Can Avoid Lifelong Joint Problems


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The Friday Five covers five stories in research that you may have missed this week. There are plenty of controversies and troubling ethical issues in science – and we get into many of them in our online magazine – but this news roundup focuses on scientific creativity and progress to give you a therapeutic dose of inspiration headed into the weekend.

Here are the promising studies covered in this week's Friday Five:

- A new target for drugs to treat dementia
- Using math to stay a step ahead of aneurysms
- Putting human cells into rat brains
- Hunting a deadly superbug
- The best sports for kids to avoid lifelong health risks

And an honorable mention this week: The benefits of intermittent fasting when it comes to sleeping better

Making Sense of Science features interviews with leading medical and scientific experts about the latest developments in health innovation and the big ethical and social questions they raise. The podcast is hosted by science journalist Matt Fuchs

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