Evolution may explain why women live longer than men
Women live longer than men on average in every countryPeter Cavanagh/Alamy We now have a better idea of why women ...
More Kids Using Sodium Nitrate in Suicide Attempts
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- Amid an uptick in U.S. adolescents attempting suicide by using sodium nitrate and nitrate -- ...
Popular Activity Trackers Can Predict RA Flares, Study Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who experienced disease flares often showed changes in heart rate and physical ...
Exercise Enhances GLP-1 Response in Weight Loss Maintenance
A year-long exercise intervention improved late-phase postprandial GLP-1 response compared with usual activity in adults with obesity who first lost ...
My Equity Research Is Being Censored. I Knew This Day Was Coming.
(MedPage Today) -- Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is not dangerous to health. But ending DEI in public health research ...
Hair-Loss Drug and Suicide; HRV Biofeedback for Addiction; ADHD Med for Catatonia?
(MedPage Today) -- Current evidence shows the commonly used hair-loss drug finasteride can cause depression and suicidality, with "a benefit-to-harm ...
Prepare to enjoy four spectacular supermoons in a row
A supermoon in Colorado Springs in 2024Parker Seibold/The Gazette via AP Photo/Alamy The next few months will be a wonderful ...
New Scientist recommends Chris Hadfield’s Final Orbit
Just over 50 years ago, US astronauts and Soviet Union cosmonauts met in space for a ceremonial handshake. This mission ...
Exploring PMS is a great idea, but The Period Brain can be simplistic
The menstrual cycle and other aspects of women’s health have long been understudiedRomy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images The Period ...
Endearing photos of bats show clever adaptations like long tongues
These endearing photos of bats are a far cry from how these animals are often perceived – linked to fictional ...
Wayward review: Disturbing Netflix mystery explores a world out to “solve” adolescence
Abbie (Sydney Topliffe, left) and Leila (Alyvia Alyn Lind)Netflix WaywardMae Martin, Netflix Like most people, I suspect, I don’t really ...
Why ‘beauty factories’ could solve two massive cosmological mysteries
“B mesons can help us solve a big mystery of the universe: why there is more matter than antimatter”sakkmesterke/Alamy Did ...
What might the humble house mouse be trying to tell us?
Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you believe ...
Why abandoning psychedelic research in the 1970s was a blow to science
“Before the war on drugs in the 1970s, there was a range of promising research into therapeutic psychedelics”Adrià Voltà In ...
Trial Makes the Case for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis With Radiation
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- A single course of low-dose radiation therapy led to significant reductions in pain and ...
RFK Jr.’s Text to Tylenol’s Maker; CDC’s Anti-Vax Hire; NIH Spends All Its Money
(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare ...
What Are the Goalposts for Present and Future ATTR-CM Therapies?
(MedPage Today) -- With several disease-modifying therapies available for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) -- and more waiting in the wings ...
Morphine No Help for Chronic Breathlessness From Cardiorespiratory Conditions
(MedPage Today) -- Morphine failed to improve chronic breathlessness from cardiorespiratory conditions in one randomized trial, but online group singing ...
Chris Packham: ‘We’re precipitating an extermination rather than an extinction event’
Wildlife broadcaster Chris Packham’s kinship with the natural world began before he could even speak. As a young child in ...
The mystery of highly reactive oxygen has finally been solved
Highly reactive oxygen can form in mitochondria within our cellsKATERYNA KON/SPL/Alamy After several decades, researchers are finally getting a grasp ...
