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July 15, 2025
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July 15, 2025 A cutting-edge mouse study reveals that tirzepatide, the dual GLP-1/GIP drug already hailed for impressive weight loss, does more than trim fat: it slashes the growth of obesity-linked breast tumors. University of Michigan researchers found mice ...
July 15, 2025 A new study comparing three popular diets—intermittent fasting, time-restricted eating, and continuous calorie cutting—found that all can help people with type 2 diabetes lose weight and lower blood sugar. But one diet stood out: the 5:2 ...
July 15, 2025 Semaglutide, a popular anti-obesity drug, may come with a hidden cost: significant muscle loss, especially in women and older adults. A small study found that up to 40% of weight loss from semaglutide comes from lean body mass. Alarmingly, those who ...
July 15, 2025 Obesity-related cancer deaths in the U.S. have tripled in just two decades, with women, older adults, and minority groups most affected. New research presented at ENDO 2025 highlights how ...
July 15, 2025 Kids who consume artificial and natural sweeteners like aspartame, sucralose, and glycyrrhizin may face an increased risk of early puberty, especially if they carry specific genetic markers. This large-scale Taiwanese study links sweeteners to ...
July 14, 2025 Researchers in Australia have created a biodegradable gel that delivers Parkinson’s medications through a single weekly shot, replacing the need for multiple daily pills. Injected just under the ...
July 14, 2025 A massive spike in young children accidentally ingesting nicotine pouches has alarmed poison control researchers, with a 763% rise reported between 2020 and 2023. Unlike other nicotine products, ...
July 14, 2025 Zebrafish can regenerate sensory hair cells that humans permanently lose, like those in the inner ear linked to hearing and balance. New research reveals two specific genes that control how different supporting cells in zebrafish divide and ...
July 13, 2025 Movement helps your mood, but it's not one-size-fits-all. Exercising for fun, with friends, or in enjoyable settings brings greater mental health benefits than simply moving for chores or obligations. Researchers emphasize that context — who ...
July 13, 2025 Postmenopausal women struggling with weight loss may find a powerful solution by combining the diabetes drug tirzepatide with menopause hormone therapy. A Mayo Clinic study revealed that this dual ...
July 13, 2025 Aging men aren't just battling time—they're up against rising blood sugar. New research reveals that subtle increases in metabolic markers like glucose have more influence on declining sexual ...
July 13, 2025 In a striking new study, the anti-obesity drug tirzepatide, known as Mounjaro and Zepbound, not only triggered significant weight loss in obese mice but also slashed breast cancer tumor growth. The research, presented at ENDO 2025, links body fat ...
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July 13, 2025 For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to AI-powered genetic research, scientists have revealed a far more entangled ...
July 12, 2025 A cat named Pepper has once again helped scientists discover a new virus—this time a mysterious orthoreovirus found in a shrew. Researchers from the University of Florida, including virologist John ...
July 12, 2025 A surprising new study has uncovered over 200 misfolded proteins in the brains of aging rats with cognitive decline, beyond the infamous amyloid and tau plaques long blamed for Alzheimer’s. These ...
July 12, 2025 Adopting a physically active lifestyle at any stage of adulthood significantly lowers your risk of dying from any cause, especially from cardiovascular disease. A sweeping analysis of 85 studies ...
July 12, 2025 Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far surpassing previous ...
July 12, 2025 A team of researchers has discovered that a protein called cypin plays a powerful role in helping brain cells connect and communicate, which is ...
July 12, 2025 A team at Scripps Research has created a microchip that can rapidly reveal how a person's antibodies respond to viruses using only a drop of blood. ...
July 11, 2025 Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague. The findings show ...
July 11, 2025 Artificial intelligence is now designing custom proteins in seconds—a process that once took years—paving the way for cures to diseases like cancer and antibiotic-resistant infections. Australian ...
July 10, 2025 What if your brain is the reason some pain feels unbearable? Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a hidden brain circuit that gives pain its emotional punch—essentially transforming ...
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July 10, 2025 What if humans didn’t have to suffer the slow-burning fire of chronic inflammation as we age? A surprising study on two types of lemurs found no evidence of "inflammaging," a phenomenon ...
July 10, 2025 MIT engineers have developed a tiny implantable device that could revolutionize emergency treatment for people with Type 1 diabetes. The device contains a powdered form of glucagon and can be ...
July 9, 2025 Midlife sleep habits may matter more than previously thought. A large study finds that poor sleep, alongside high blood pressure and nicotine use, sharply increases the risk of heart problems in ...
July 10, 2025 Scientists at UCSF combined advanced brain-network modeling, genetics, and imaging to reveal how tau protein travels through neural highways and how certain genes either accelerate its toxic journey ...
July 9, 2025 Creatine isn’t just for gym buffs; Virginia Tech scientists are using focused ultrasound to sneak this vital energy molecule past the blood-brain barrier, hoping to reverse devastating creatine ...
July 9, 2025 Climate change is silently sapping the nutrients from our food. A pioneering study finds that rising CO2 and higher temperatures are not only reshaping how crops grow but are also degrading their ...
July 9, 2025 Less than a quarter of us hit WHO activity targets, but a new UCL study suggests the trick may be matching workouts to our personalities: extroverts thrive in high-energy group sports, neurotics ...
July 8, 2025 A new UCL study reveals that aligning workouts with personality boosts fitness and slashes stress—extroverts thrive on HIIT, neurotics favor short, private bursts, and everyone benefits when ...
July 7, 2025 UCLA scientists mined millions of electronic health records and uncovered four distinct “roadways” that funnel people toward Alzheimer’s—ranging from mental-health struggles to vascular ...
July 5, 2025 In the frozen reaches of the planet—glaciers, mountaintops, and icy groundwater—scientists have uncovered strange light-sensitive molecules in tiny microbes. These “cryorhodopsins” can ...
July 7, 2025 Feeling jittery as the week kicks off isn’t just a mood—it leaves a biochemical footprint. Researchers tracked thousands of older adults and found those who dread Mondays carry elevated cortisol ...
July 6, 2025 Immersing stressed volunteers in a 360° virtual Douglas-fir forest complete with sights, sounds and scents boosted their mood, sharpened short-term memory and deepened their feeling of ...
July 6, 2025 A group of scientists studying pregnancy across six different mammals—from humans to marsupials—uncovered how certain cells at the mother-baby boundary have been working together for over 100 ...
July 5, 2025 People who treat hearing loss with hearing aids or cochlear implants regain rich conversations, escape isolation, and may even protect their brains and lifespans—proof that better hearing ...
July 4, 2025 Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the hippocampus—even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain ...
July 4, 2025 A promising path to fighting COVID and other coronaviruses may have been based on a serious mistake. Scientists had zeroed in on a part of the virus called the NiRAN domain, believed to be a powerful ...
July 3, 2025 An advanced Johns Hopkins AI model called MAARS combs through underused heart MRI scans and complete medical records to spot hidden scar patterns that signal sudden cardiac death, dramatically ...
July 3, 2025 A compound best known for giving almonds and apricots their aroma may be the key to defeating hard-to-kill cancer cells. Japanese researchers found that benzaldehyde can stop the shape-shifting ...
July 2, 2025 A cutting-edge gene therapy has significantly restored hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness, showing dramatic results just one month after a single injection. Researchers used a ...
July 3, 2025 In a leap toward sustainable desalination, researchers have created a solar-powered sponge-like aerogel that turns seawater into drinkable water using just sunlight and a plastic cover. Unlike ...
Thursday, July 10, 2025
- Lemurs Age Without Inflammation—and It Could Change Human Health Forever
- This Tiny Implant Could Save Diabetics from Silent, Deadly Crashes
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
- This Muscle Supplement Could Rewire the Brain—and Now Scientists Can Deliver It
- Bigger Crops, Fewer Nutrients: The Hidden Cost of Climate Change
- Matching Your Workouts to Your Personality Could Make Exercising More Enjoyable and Give You Better Results
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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Saturday, July 5, 2025
Monday, July 7, 2025
Sunday, July 6, 2025
- Multisensory VR Forest Reboots Your Brain and Lifts Mood—study Confirms
- Pregnancy’s 100-Million-Year Secret: Inside the Placenta’s Evolutionary Power Play
Saturday, July 5, 2025
Friday, July 4, 2025
- New Research Confirms That Neurons Form in the Adult Brain
- Scientists Just Found a Major Flaw in a Key COVID Drug Study
Thursday, July 3, 2025
- AI Spots Deadly Heart Risk Most Doctors Can't See
- Sweet-Smelling Molecule Halts Therapy-Resistant Pancreatic Cancer
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Thursday, July 3, 2025
- Parkinson’s Reversal? One Drug Brings Dying Brain Cells Back to Life
- Even Low Levels of Air Pollution May Quietly Scar Your Heart, MRI Study Finds
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
- A Midlife MRI That Spots Rapid Aging and Signals Disease Long Before Symptoms
- The Pandemic Pet Boom Was Real. The Happiness Boost Wasn’t
- Tiny Gut “sponge” Bacteria Found to Flush out Toxic PFAS “forever Chemicals”
- Researchers Tested 200 Toddlers — 96 Chemicals Were Lurking in Their Bodies
- Ultrafast 12-Minute MRI Maps Brain Chemistry to Spot Disease Before Symptoms
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
- Is Cheese Secretly Fueling Your Nightmares? Science Weighs in
- Synthetic Storm: What’s Really in Your Teen’s Vape — and Why Scientists Are Alarmed
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Friday, July 4, 2025
- Scientists Starved Worms — Then Discovered the Switch That Controls Aging
- A Cholesterol Secret Inside Ticks May Halt Lyme Disease Spread
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Monday, June 30, 2025
- This Virus Infects Millions—and We Just Discovered Its Secret Weapon
- Scientists Just Found a Sugar Switch That Protects Your Brain from Alzheimer's
- This AI Tracks Lung Tumors as You Breathe — and It Might Save Lives
- Ancient DNA Reveals Leprosy Hit the Americas Long Before Colonization
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Saturday, June 28, 2025
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Monday, July 7, 2025
- Study Finds Tummy-Tuck Patients Still Shedding Pounds Five Years Later
- Feeling Mental Exhaustion? These Two Areas of the Brain May Control Whether People Give Up or Persevere
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Monday, June 30, 2025
- Scientists Discover ‘off Switch’ Enzyme That Could Stop Heart Disease and Diabetes
- Fire Smoke Exposure Leaves Toxic Metals and Lasting Immune Changes
Sunday, June 29, 2025
- The Gene That Hijacks Fear: How PTEN Rewires the Brain’s Anxiety Circuit
- Brain Scan Breakthrough Reveals Why Parkinson’s Drugs Don’t Always Work
- This Brain Scan Sees Alzheimer’s Coming—but Only in Some Brains
Saturday, June 28, 2025
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Saturday, July 5, 2025
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
- Vitamin C Flips Your Skin’s “youth Genes,” Reversing Age-Related Thinning
- The Pleasure Prescription: Why More Sex Means Less Menopause Pain
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
- Scientists Reveal Your Morning Coffee Flips an Ancient Longevity Switch
- The Brain’s Sweet Spot: How Criticality Could Unlock Learning, Memory—and Prevent Alzheimer’s
- Inside the Tumor: AI Cracks Five Hidden Cell Types to Stop Cancer’s Comeback
- 1. 7 Million Patients Reveal Stunning Link Between Semaglutide and Lower Dementia Risk
- The Molecule That Might Save Your Sight—and Your Heart
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Monday, June 23, 2025
- Recycled Plastic Is a Toxic Cocktail: Over 80 Chemicals Found in a Single Pellet
- From Cursed Tomb Fungus to Cancer Cure: Aspergillus Flavus Yields Potent New Drug
Sunday, June 22, 2025
- The Common Blood Test That Predicts How Fast Alzheimer’s Hits
- Superbugs in Your Shrimp: Deadly Colistin-Resistance Genes Ride on Imported Seafood
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Friday, June 20, 2025
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Friday, June 20, 2025
- Iron Overload: The Hidden Culprit Behind Early Alzheimer’s in Down Syndrome
- Cold Sore Virus Hijacks Human Genome in 3D--and Scientists Found Its Weak Spot
- Fitness Trackers Are Failing Millions — This Fix Could Change Everything
- Self-Esteem Skyrockets 131% After Weight-Loss Surgery, Study Reveals
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Friday, June 27, 2025
Thursday, June 19, 2025
- 99 Trials Later, Fasting Ties Traditional Diets in Weight-Loss Showdown
- One Shot to Stop HIV: MIT's Bold Vaccine Breakthrough
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025
- This Tiny Patch Could Replace Biopsies—and Revolutionize How We Detect Cancer
- Black Coffee, Longer Life: The Science Behind Your Morning Perk
Monday, June 16, 2025
- Only 13 % Know: The One-Minute Self-Exam That Could Save Young Men’s Lives
- Single Psilocybin Trip Delivers Two Years of Depression Relief for Cancer Patients
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Monday, June 16, 2025
- The Invisible Killer: PM 1 Pollution Uncovered Across America
- Scientists Discover Llama Antibodies That Shut Down COVID — and Its Future Variants
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Friday, June 13, 2025
- Invisible ID: How a Single Breath Could Reveal Your Health—and Your Identity
- Running Rewires Your Brain Cells—igniting Memory-Saving Genes Against Alzheimer’s
- Guest Molecules Ride Perfect Waves in Dna droplets—A Breakthrough for Synthetic Biology
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Thursday, June 12, 2025
- Brain-Computer Interface Restores Real-Time Speech in ALS Patient
- Atom-Thin Tech Replaces Silicon in the World’s First 2D Computer
- The Hunger Switch in Your Nose: How Smells Tell Your Brain to Stop Eating
- Pincer Plot Twist: How Female Earwigs Evolved Deadly Claws for Love and War