Category: 4. Health

Covid vaccines may come with a tantalizing benefit that has nothing to do with the virus they’re designed to protect against: boosting the immune system to better fight tumors during cancer treatment.

That’s according to new results presented…

It might sound emotional rather than medical, but the connection between relationships and heart health is very real. Chronic emotional stress releases cortisol and adrenaline, hormones that keep the heart in a constant state of alertness. Over…

New research published in Psychology & Sexuality indicates that as women with previous experiences of nonconsensual sex grow older, they tend to report lower levels of both internal willingness to engage in sexual activity and external…

How fast we lose teeth in old age has been linked to a person’s risk of dying in a comprehensive new study, emphasizing the importance of good oral health, and suggesting tooth loss could be a key indicator of other serious health…

Super-resolution microscopes have revealed a whole new type of connection between neurons in mouse and human brains.

In the lab, Johns Hopkins University neuroscientist Minhyeok Chang and colleagues identified tiny tubular bridges in the…

New research published in Psychological Medicine suggests that recreational cannabis use during adolescence and young adulthood is associated with more frequent psychotic-like experiences. These experiences may resemble symptoms of psychosis but…