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President Trump has made his hostility toward transgender people abundantly clear.

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The thyroid gland regulates body metabolism by releasing hormones T3 and T4. Conditions like hypothyroidism and ...

Compared to sugar, consuming sucralose—a widely used sugar substitute—increases activity in the hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates appetite and body weight, according to new USC research.