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Front-of-package health claims don’t reflect true nutrition

Fri, 10/17/2025 - 05:27
A study reveals that front-label health claims often mislead shoppers; focus on Nutrition Facts for true nutritional quality in grocery items.

Women’s running shoes fail to fit women’s feet

Fri, 10/17/2025 - 04:57
The study uncovers how men's shoe designs fail women runners, urging manufacturers to create footwear that meets their specific comfort and performance needs.

New insights explain the mechanics behind deep breaths and lung relief

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 23:03
More than half of all premature babies born before the 28th week of pregnancy develop respiratory distress syndrome shortly after birth.

New framework aims to improve surgical quality improvement efforts

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 22:39
New study findings show the vast majority of small-scale quality improvement (QI) projects in surgery suffer from poor planning that can doom the effort from the start.

OU researchers propose a novel solution to increase Indian Health Service funding

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 22:35
For many years, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has been underfunded, leading to health and life expectancy disparities among Indigenous people, according to University of Oklahoma researchers.

Sleep-like brain waves persist in isolated cortex of epilepsy patients

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 22:28
Sleep-like slow-wave patterns persist for years in surgically disconnected neural tissue of awake epilepsy patients, according to a study published October 16th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Marcello Massimini from Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy, and colleagues.

Family conflict and peer pressure drive teen mental health risks

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 22:19
A new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provides some answers.

Cancer hijacks embryonic gene editors to fuel growth

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 21:38
Cancer cells are known to reawaken embryonic genes to grow. A new study reveals the disease also hijacks the proteins, or "editors", that control how those genes are read.

Ganoderma lucidum protects against liver damage from high-fat diets

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 21:32
A long-term high-fat diet (HFD) exerts lipotoxic effects on multiple organs, particularly the liver, leading to metabolic diseases.

Exploring the link between leaky blood-brain barrier and major depressive disorder

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 21:27
Women are affected by severe depression twice as often as men. The reasons for this have not yet been fully clarified.

New insights into how bacteria can drive treatment resistance in oral and colorectal cancer

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 21:21
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that explains how bacteria can drive treatment resistance in patients with oral and colorectal cancer.

UIC researchers discover an important cellular mechanism that drives aging

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 20:46
As our hairs go gray and our muscles weaken with age, our immune system also changes. In particular, the stem cells that become blood or immune cells can develop mutations, potentially leading to cancers or other dysfunctions.

New computer model sheds light on how brain circuits support flexible thinking

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 20:36
Every day, your brain makes thousands of decisions under uncertainty. Most of the time, you guess right.

Bacteria-based mosquito program shields Brazilian city from record dengue outbreak

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 20:33
Dengue has been a public health problem in the tropical world for decades and 2024 saw a global dengue surge, with more than 14 million cases and 10 thousand deaths reported worldwide – more than more double the figures for dengue epidemics previously recorded in 2023 and 2019.

New AI tool detects bite rate to help prevent childhood obesity

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 20:28
The faster a child takes bites during a meal or snack, the greater risk they have for developing obesity, according to researchers in the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences.

Blocking key protein restores healthy lung function and reduces fibrosis in mice

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 20:22
Pulmonary fibrosis is a deadly disease in which the lungs become thickened and scarred, gradually losing their ability to deliver oxygen to the body.

RIKEN scientists reveal connection between deep sleep and brain fluid dynamics

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 20:16
Researchers led by Masako Tamaki at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan report a link between deep sleep and cerebrospinal fluid, the clear liquid that surrounds and supports the brain and spinal cord.

Caring-healing approaches strengthen resilience and emotional recovery in cancer survivors

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 19:53
As cancer survivorship rises, many people living with or beyond cancer face lasting physical and emotional challenges – particularly anxiety and depression, which affect about 30% of this population. Emotional distress is often unspoken, leading to fear, despair, and diminished quality of life.

Study reveals how gut fungi influence the brain’s dopamine response to alcohol

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 19:48
Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences have found a surprising connection between a fungus associated with alcohol use disorder and the brain's dopamine reward pathway.

Thymic health found to predict immunotherapy success in cancer patients

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 12:33
The health of the thymus - a key part of the body's immune system - is associated with cancer patients' outcomes to immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment, according to a ground-breaking international study reported at ESMO 2025.

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