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Medical Oddities: Friends, Family… and Faster Aging?

From gut gas trackers to bat vaccines, relationships and aging, GLP-1 hair shifts, and bug-based delivery—medicine keeps getting creative.

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  • Teraya Smith

  • March 18, 2026

  • 6 min

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Top Institutions in Internal Medicine

Brief introduction explaining scope and methodology.

  • #1

    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Boston, MA

    Key Differentiators

    • Aging Research
    • Epidemiology
    • Psychosocial Stress

  • #2

    University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
    University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

    San Francisco, CA

    Key Differentiators

    • Geriatrics
    • Molecular Biology of Aging
    • Psychosocial Health

  • #3

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Baltimore, MD

    Key Differentiators

    • Gerontology
    • Psychiatry
    • Molecular Epidemiology

  • #4

    University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research
    University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research

    Ann Arbor, MI

    Key Differentiators

    • Social Epidemiology
    • Aging
    • Psychosocial Stress

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Medical Oddities: Friends, Family… and Faster Aging?

  • by Teraya Smith

  • March 18, 2026

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