Category: 4. Health

The World Obesity Federation expects more than half the global population to become overweight or obese by 2035. However, treatment strategies such as lifestyle change,…

A newly published study in Nature Partner Journals’ Aging demonstrates that psilocin, a byproduct of consuming psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, extended the cellular lifespan of human skin and lung cells by more than 50%.

In parallel,…

For most of human history, the mind was a mystery box. Behavior emerged, and we simply accepted it—strange, brilliant, troubled, gifted. But today, we peer inside that box. We map genes. We track brain development. And sometimes, what we find upends everything we thought we knew.

Take autism. Long framed as a single condition, a spectrum of traits stretching from mild to…

The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM) just inaugurated its first medical school class of 48 students, commemorated by a prestigious white coat ceremony last week. The school was founded by philanthropist billionaire Alice Walton, heiress to the Walmart family and worth nearly $100 billion.

The school was opened with a singular focus in mind: train students to practice medicine with an eye to holistic care….

In a 2022 survey of 3,000 U.S. adults, more than one-third of respondents reported that on most days, they feel “completely overwhelmed” by stress. At the same time, a growing body of research is documenting the negative health consequences of higher stress levels, which include increased rates of cancer, heart disease, autoimmune conditions and even dementia.

Assuming people’s daily lives are unlikely to get less stressful anytime soon, simple and effective ways to mitigate…

Researchers found the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, introduced across the UK in late summer 2024, led to a 72 percent reduction in babies hospitalized with the virus if mothers were vaccinated.

The findings are the first to show the real-world effectiveness of the vaccine in pregnant women in the UK.

Uptake of the jab among pregnant…

For generations, women have relied on informal networks of friends, family and neighbors to navigate the complexities of birth and motherhood. Today, research is finally catching up to what generations of women have known: Peer support can be a lifeline.

Despite growing evidence, the unique wisdom and strength that arise when mothers help mothers has been surprisingly under‑explored in the scientific literature, but that’s beginning to change. Peer-delivered programs are beginning…

In a new paper in Nature Biomedical Engineering, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania show that tweaking the structure of the ionizable lipid, a key component of the lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) that deliver mRNA, not only reduces…

A JAMA study examined the impact of last year’s CrowdStrike outage by surveying 2,232 hospitals and found that more than a third experienced significant system downtimes caused by a faulty cybersecurity update from the vendor. The outage disabled lab systems, disrupted scheduling tools, and cut off access to electronic health records in…