Big tobacco uses cigarette playbook to help sell ultra-processed foods. Research sheds new light on how ultra-processed foods came to dominate the U.S

Interest in ‘toxic’ measles treatment surges after Joe Rogan podcasts: Vaccination is the only proven way to prevent measles but alternatives like Vitamin A and cod-liver oil (which has Vit A) have been promoted by Joe Rogan

Lilly's triple agonist, retatrutide, delivered powerful weight loss in pivotal Phase 3 obesity trial

Durham University study surveying 1,470 parents reveals a severe lack of safety guidance at the point of purchase for baby carriers and slings, increasing risks of positional asphyxia.

Longer exposure to drought was linked to worse memory and verbal learning over time among nearly 7,000 older adults in Mexico, and the association was not explained by nutrition or mental health

Risk of dying from cervical cancer before 30 'close to zero' after HPV vaccine rollout - Children vaccinated at age 12–13 against HPV (human papillomavirus) have close to zero risk of dying from cervical cancer before the age of 30…

A new study of more than 16,000 people who sought help from a nationwide abortion and miscarriage hotline found demand for confidential clinical support surged both before and after the U.S

Even light drinking raises risk of cancer, heart disease, and early death

New research shows how generative AI may intensify suicide risk among children and adolescents through thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, and capability for lethal self-injury

Patients rated their doctors' communication quality higher for in-person visits than for telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, with every measured aspect of communication scoring lower over video or phone…

Google's AI system matched or outperformed primary care physicians in clinical disease management and medication reasoning in a blinded OSCE trial

Long COVID Persistence and Surveillance Gaps Across 58 US Hospitals

Secondary analysis of the digital insomnia therapy somnovia identifies a reduction in hyperarousal as a transdiagnostic mechanism of action and is published in the journal Behaviour Research and Therapy

Medical students are using popular research tool to pump out misleading studies

Acceptability of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy: views of the UK public, screened families, health professionals and the SMA community

Increased outdoor playtime in children between ages 2 and 4 linked to lower odds of emotional and behavioral difficulties in later childhood, with each additional play day per week raising chances of healthy mental health symptoms through age 8 by 6-14%

Adverse Childhood Events, Not Age of Acquiring Smartphones or Tablets, Predict Mental Health in Young Adults

Passive heart-rate monitoring during smartphone use in everyday life

Paid paternal leave linked to better mental health outcomes for dads. Paternal leave is not just a workplace benefit, it’s a public health issue

Review of 73 studies has highlighted growing evidence that diet in the early years of life may shape how well the brain develops: “A poorer diet in the first years of life was linked to lower intelligence years later…

Differences in admission to trauma centres by sex among adults with traumatic brain injury: a population-based cohort study

In 15% of 196 NASA spaceflight missions from Apollo through 2024, crew experienced infections around launch, yet none led to a medical evacuation, severe in-orbit illness, or long-term health effects under NASA's pre-flight quarantine program

The scope of long COVID is bigger than we think, Mass. researchers say

People feel happier, more energetic and more positive shortly after being more active than usual, and feeling better than usual also increases the likelihood of being physically active, according to an analysis of more than 8,000 people and 320,000 mood ratings

Many kids turn to AI before adults for help with homework, health and personal problems, study finds

Repowise: a deterministic, zero-LLM code health scorer, tested against Bevy's actual bug history

Optimism may lower dementia risk | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Trans fats found naturally in dairy foods such as milk, butter and cheese do not increase the risk of heart disease or type 2 diabetes, a new study has found

Often, people do not experience any symptoms associated with high cholesterol, which is the reason it is dangerous.

A father's obesity, diet, stress and mental health before and during parenthood may shape a child's lifelong risk of obesity and metabolic disease through changes in sperm health and biological markers

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