Category: 4. Health

The BMJ has issued an expression of concern for a paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure. The move comes after sleuths and scientists critiqued the “complete mismatch” between the study data and the…

Earlier this month, a group of Canadian researchers published early influenza data for the 2025-26 season, issuing a warning: There has been an observed mismatch with the seasonal influenza vaccine strain and what is emerging as the dominant flu…

Anxiety can feel like a storm that starts deep inside the skull. For years, neuroscientists have known that the amygdala — an almond-shaped structure buried in the brain — helps whip that storm…

A new study suggests that visible physical aggression in popular online pornography has increased substantially over the past 25 years. This trend appears to be driven primarily by a rise in spanking, though the research also points to a smaller…