Health

A good night's sleep may help adolescents thrive in school and with friends

Sleep beats screen time and exercise for helping anxious teens succeed in school.

Seeking new solutions for perinatal mental health

Brain stimulation therapy helped a pregnant nurse overcome severe depression without medication.

Q&A: What have decades of eradication efforts taught us about the New World screwworm?

Scientists stopped a devastating fly by releasing sterilized males that mate but cannot produce

Social bonds, recognition linked to reduced suicidal thoughts in teens

One step up in family closeness cuts teen suicide risk by 33%.

New recommendations address GLP-1 medications across women's reproductive years

First-ever guidelines issued for GLP-1 obesity drug use during pregnancy

Extreme heat: How a promising new discovery could help older adults adapt

A 90-year-old's body heats up nearly 0.7 C more than a 20-year-old's in the same conditions.

Skin-like test models could help improve medical devices for people of all skin tones

A Finnish lab built fake skin models in 3 tones to test if medical devices work equally well for

Bones are much more dynamic than scientists once believed. They even have a daily rhythm

Your skeleton remakes itself every single day, with breakdown in the morning and rebuilding at

Cat training program helps children with developmental disabilities—and cats too

94% of children taught cats new tricks after training, up from just 44% before.

New therapy shrinks tumors to treat lung cancer

A new drug shrunk lung cancer tumors by more than 95% in mice tests.

AI creates psychiatry training cases, but human oversight remains essential

AI can write realistic mental health training cases — but doctors still need to check them.

Implant design helps fight ovarian cancer from the inside

A new implant stayed functional for 70 days while fighting ovarian cancer better than current

Can active video games prevent falls in older adults? New meta-analysis offers key insights

Active video games reduced falls in older adults by 47% compared to other exercise programs.

GLP-1 drugs linked to lower fracture risk in adults with type 2 diabetes

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic linked to 21% lower fracture risk in diabetic adults.

After the Palisades and Eaton fires, research offers new answers for communities as they rebuild

Scientists tested over 6,000 soil and 900 seawater samples to give fire survivors clear answers

Electrocatalytic method could purify wastewater by converting pollutants into recoverable polymers

New electrocatalytic tech turns wastewater pollutants into valuable polymers without toxic oxidants.

AI tool for computing radiation dose helps personalize prostate cancer treatment

AI now creates radiation dose maps in 23 seconds that used to take hours.

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Three kidney disease drugs win conditional FDA approval recommendations for 2026.

Signaling pathway may explain how transition from milk to solid food shapes immune system development

Mice immune cells recalibrate when switching from milk to solid food.

Do we really need 10,000 steps a day?

7,000 steps—not 10,000—gives you maximum health benefits, a review of 57 studies found.