A recent study reported an outbreak of canine influenza virus (CIV) and canine distemper virus (CDV) co-infections in an animal shelter in Liaoning Province, 2023, demonstrating that co-infection with CDV increased the prevalence of CIV.

Following a green-Mediterranean diet—which includes green tea and the aquatic plant Mankai—is associated with slower brain aging, according to a study.

New research shows heat-related mortality has increased across nearly all US regions (1981–2022), with the number of extreme heat days driving the trend.

Meta-analysis finds elevated rates of criminal and socially inappropriate behavior in dementia patients which could also be used as a predictor in early stages of dementia

Study linking depression to specific altered brain cells opens door to new treatments

Intense light therapy after surgery can increase a critical protein that protects heart tissue while lowering levels of troponin, a protein indicating heart damage that’s linked to higher mortality in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery…

Study finds COVID-19 stressors did not increase dropout from buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder

Mental health effects of exposure to firearm violence persist long after direct exposure

Nearly half of people with diabetes around the world are unaware of their condition, according to a new study. Globally, an estimated 44% of people 15 and older with diabetes didn’t know they had the life-threatening disease

A new analysis estimates 81,300 cancer cases in 2022 were linked to HIV, mostly in Africa

People with learning disabilities progress faster to severe type 2 diabetes and are at greater risk of dying from their condition than people without these disabilities, research suggests

Insomnia patients using medical cannabis reported improved sleep quality and reduced anxiety, depression, and pain, according to a new study tracking 125 patients for 18 months

Study found that joyful music alleviated carsickness the most, reducing it by 57.3%, very closely followed by soft music, at 56.7%

Researchers found that they could detect signs of consciousness in comatose patients by using artificial intelligence to analyze facial movements that were too small to be noticed by clinicians

People spent slightly more time playing video games during COVID-19 pandemic, but this was not meaningfully associated with changes in mental health

A new study has found caffeine, the world’s most consumed psychoactive substance, may impair the quality of donated blood and reduce the effectiveness of transfusions – especially in recipients whose red blood cell metabolism is influenced by a common genetic variant.

Why Canada is ill-equipped to tackle the growing threat of fake science

Health Insurance Costs for Businesses to Rise by Most in 15 Years

Path integration impairments reveal early cognitive changes in subjective cognitive decline

Men are opening up about mental health to AI instead of humans

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Childhood trauma linked to mental health problems and chronic pain in later life: Adults who experienced childhood adversity were significantly more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety…

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Coalition for Metabolic Health Launches with $50M

Americans face biggest increase in health insurance costs in 15 years

Backprompting: Leveraging synthetic production data for health advice guardrails

Marvel Studios is moving from Georgia to the UK to avoid paying health insurance

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