Diseases and Conditions News
September 12, 2025
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Sep. 12, 2025 — Walking every day could be the simplest and most effective way to prevent chronic lower back pain. A large study involving over 11,000 people found that walking more — not faster — reduces the risk of developing long-term back issues. The ...
Sep. 11, 2025 — New research suggests that immunotherapy given before and after surgery could help patients with diffuse pleural mesothelioma, one of the most challenging cancers to treat. A phase II clinical trial tested immunotherapy in resectable cases, with ...
Sep. 11, 2025 — Researchers at NYU Langone Health discovered that cutting off blood flow accelerates cancer growth by prematurely aging the bone marrow and weakening the immune system. In mouse models, restricted blood flow doubled the growth rate of breast tumors, ...
Sep. 10, 2025 — Scientists in Canada have uncovered a surprising culprit behind high blood sugar and liver problems: a hidden fuel made by gut bacteria. This little-known molecule, called D-lactate, slips into the ...
Sep. 10, 2025 — Glioblastoma’s stealthy spread has met a new challenge: MRI-powered fluid flow mapping that reveals where the cancer is likely to invade next. The innovation is now being advanced by a spinoff company to guide personalized cancer ...
Sep. 10, 2025 — Metformin, long trusted for diabetes, turns out to work in the brain too. By shutting down Rap1 in the hypothalamus, the drug lowers blood sugar more effectively than previously understood, opening doors for new ...
Sep. 9, 2025 — What we eat as we age may determine how many chronic illnesses we face later in life. A 15-year study of more than 2,400 older adults reveals that diets rich in vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and healthy fats slow the accumulation of diseases like ...
Sep. 9, 2025 — Scientists discovered that certain blood proteins linked to brain injury and inflammation strongly correlate with early signs of memory and cognitive decline, especially in Hispanic and Latino adults. This breakthrough points to a future where ...
Sep. 9, 2025 — Thousands of women are using GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic for weight loss without contraception, leading to unintended pregnancies and potential risks for unborn babies. Experts warn clearer medical guidance is urgently ...
Sep. 9, 2025 — Orangutans, humans’ close evolutionary relatives, have developed remarkable strategies to survive in the unpredictable rainforests of Borneo. A Rutgers-led study reveals that these apes balance protein intake and adjust their activity to match ...
Sep. 8, 2025 — Scientists have discovered that even short-term exposure to polluted air can speed up Alzheimer’s, worsening toxic protein buildup in the brain and accelerating memory loss. The research connects fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from sources like ...
Sep. 8, 2025 — UC Berkeley researchers mapped the brain circuits that control growth hormone during sleep, uncovering a feedback system where sleep fuels hormone release, and the hormone regulates wakefulness. The discovery helps explain links between poor sleep, ...
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Sep. 8, 2025 — Scientists discovered seven molecules in the blood linked to excessive daytime sleepiness, a condition that affects one in three Americans and raises the risk of heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. ...
Sep. 8, 2025 — Scientists at Leipzig University have identified a little-known receptor, GPR133, as a key player in bone health. By stimulating this receptor with a new compound called AP503, they were able to ...
Sep. 8, 2025 — Researchers have uncovered why older adults are more vulnerable to severe flu. The culprit is a protein called ApoD, which rises with age and ...
Sep. 8, 2025 — Scientists from Finland and the UK have uncovered groundbreaking evidence that heart attacks may be triggered by infectious processes rather than just cholesterol and lifestyle factors. Hidden ...
Sep. 8, 2025 — Researchers studying over 1,000 children found that omega-3 fatty acids may help protect against myopia, while saturated fats may increase risk. Kids with more omega-3 in their diet had healthier eye ...
Sep. 8, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered a surprising new pathway behind life-threatening food allergies. Instead of histamine, a different chemical called leukotrienes drives severe reactions in the gut. These ...
Sep. 8, 2025 — Scientists at Stanford have found that hyperactivity in the brain’s reticular thalamic nucleus may drive autism-like behaviors. In mouse models, drugs and neuromodulation techniques that suppressed ...
Sep. 7, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered a sweet twist in the body’s fight against cancer. Glucose, best known as the fuel that powers our cells, also helps immune cells called T cells communicate and organize ...
Sep. 7, 2025 — Children with higher blood pressure as young as age 7 face a sharply increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease by their mid-50s, according to a massive decades-long study. Researchers found ...
Sep. 7, 2025 — Northwestern scientists have developed a new nanostructure that supercharges CRISPR’s ability to safely and efficiently enter cells, potentially unlocking its full power to treat genetic diseases. ...
Earlier Headlines
Sep. 4, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered a surprising way Parkinson’s disease may start: tiny toxic proteins that punch holes in brain cells like revolving doors. Instead of causing instant collapse, these ...
Sep. 4, 2025 — Meal timing shifts with age, and researchers found that eating breakfast later is tied to depression, fatigue, sleep problems, and an increased risk of death. Monitoring when meals are eaten could ...
Sep. 4, 2025 — A large Brazilian study following more than 12,000 middle-aged adults found that those consuming the most artificial sweeteners—commonly found in diet sodas, flavored waters, and processed ...
Sep. 7, 2025 — A common hay fever nasal spray was found to cut COVID-19 infections by two-thirds in a clinical trial, while also reducing rhinovirus cases. Researchers believe it could serve as an easy, low-cost ...
Sep. 4, 2025 — Scientists at the University of Bath have developed a simple three-minute brainwave test called Fastball EEG that can detect memory problems years before Alzheimer’s is typically diagnosed. Unlike ...
Sep. 2, 2025 — Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have shown for the first time that it’s possible to detect dormant cancer cells in breast cancer survivors and eliminate them with repurposed drugs, ...
Sep. 2, 2025 — Virginia Tech researchers are investigating how overloaded mitochondria in the brain’s memory circuits may spark early Alzheimer’s damage. Their work focuses on calcium signaling and how it might ...
Sep. 3, 2025 — Metformin, the world’s most widely used diabetes drug, has long been recognized for its surprising range of benefits beyond lowering blood sugar, from reducing inflammation to lowering cancer risk. ...
Sep. 1, 2025 — A single RSV vaccine dose is proving to be a powerful shield for older adults, significantly reducing hospitalizations and severe illness over two consecutive RSV seasons. While protection is ...
Aug. 31, 2025 — A breakthrough pill, baxdrostat, has shown remarkable success in lowering dangerously high blood pressure in patients resistant to standard treatments. In a large international trial, it cut systolic ...
Aug. 31, 2025 — Beta blockers, used for decades after heart attacks, provide no benefit for patients with preserved heart function, according to the REBOOT trial. The massive study also found women faced higher ...
Aug. 30, 2025 — Scientists at Mount Sinai have created an artificial intelligence system that can predict how likely rare genetic mutations are to actually cause disease. By combining machine learning with millions ...
Aug. 30, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered a surprising new healing mechanism in injured cells called cathartocytosis, in which cells "vomit" out their internal machinery to revert more quickly to a stem ...
Aug. 30, 2025 — Men eating ultra-processed foods gained more fat than those eating unprocessed meals, even with equal calories. Their hormone levels shifted in worrying ways, with testosterone falling and pollutants ...
Sep. 6, 2025 — A newly discovered species of Bartonella bacteria in Brazil’s Amazon sand flies shares DNA similarities with dangerous Andean strains. Scientists stress the need for further studies to see if it ...
Sep. 3, 2025 — Overactivation of dopamine neurons may directly drive their death, explaining why movement-controlling brain cells degenerate in Parkinson’s. Mice with chronically stimulated neurons showed the ...
Sep. 3, 2025 — Scientists have decoded the 3D structure of an ancient viral protein hidden in our DNA. The HERV-K Env protein, found on cancer and autoimmune cells, has a unique shape that could unlock new ...
Sep. 2, 2025 — A long-term study following insomnia patients treated with cannabis-based medical products revealed sustained improvements in sleep quality, mood, and pain management over 18 months. Most ...
Sep. 2, 2025 — High-ventilation breathwork with music can evoke psychedelic-like states, shifting blood flow in the brain and reducing negative emotions. Participants experienced unity and bliss, pointing to a ...
Sep. 2, 2025 — Once a universal feature of human psychology, the “unhappiness hump” in midlife has disappeared, replaced by a new trend: mental health is worst in youth and improves with age. Data from the ...
Thursday, September 4, 2025
- Scientists Watch Parkinson’s Protein Drill Holes in Brain Cells
- Scientists Reveal How Breakfast Timing May Predict How Long You Live
- Sweeteners in Diet Drinks May Steal Years from the Brain
Sunday, September 7, 2025
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
- Scientists Discover How to Wipe out Breast Cancer’s Hidden Cells
- Why Alzheimer’s Attacks the Brain’s Memory Hub First
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Monday, September 1, 2025
Sunday, August 31, 2025
- Scientists Reveal Breakthrough Blood Pressure Treatment That Works When Others Fail
- Common Heart Drug Taken by Millions Found Useless, Possibly Risky
Saturday, August 30, 2025
- New AI Model Predicts Which Genetic Mutations Truly Drive Disease
- Cells “vomit” Waste in a Hidden Healing Shortcut That Could Also Fuel Cancer
- Why Ultra-Processed Diets Make You Gain Fat Even Without Extra Calories
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
- Overworked Neurons Burn out and Fuel Parkinson’s Disease
- Hidden Viruses in Our DNA Could Be Medicine’s Next Big Breakthrough
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
- Study Finds Cannabis Improves Sleep Where Other Drugs Fail
- Scientists Reveal How Breathwork Unlocks Psychedelic Bliss in the Brain
- The Midlife Crisis Is Over, but Something Worse Took Its Place
Saturday, August 30, 2025
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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Friday, August 29, 2025
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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
- The Hidden DNA Organizer Linking Fertility and Cancer
- The Common Cold’s Unexpected Superpower Against COVID
- 9 in 10 Australian Teachers Are Stressed to Breaking Point
- Common Painkillers Like Advil and Tylenol Supercharge Antibiotic Resistance
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Monday, August 25, 2025
- Maui’s Fires Drove a 67% Jump in Deaths. Most Went Uncounted
- Eating Meat May Protect Against Cancer, Landmark Research Shows
Sunday, August 24, 2025
- Your Brain Works Overtime at Night to Burn Fat and Prevent Sugar Crashes
- Why Irregular Sleep Puts Heart Failure Patients in Danger
- Tiny Green Tea Beads Trap Fat and Melt Away Pounds Without Side Effects
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Friday, August 22, 2025
- A Startling Omega-3 Deficiency May Explain Women’s Alzheimer’s Risk
- Why Some People Age Faster. And the 400 Genes Behind It
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
- Why Listening May Be the Most Powerful Medicine
- How Low Should Blood Pressure Go? New Study Has the Answer
- Genetic Evidence Confirms Early Puberty Accelerates Aging and Disease
- Scientists Uncover Sugar Pathway Driving Aggressive Childhood Cancer
Monday, August 18, 2025
- Forget LASIK: Safer, Cheaper Vision Correction Could Be Coming Soon
- Even Mild Covid May Leave Blood Vessels Five Years Older
- Is Ketamine the Answer for Chronic Pain? New Findings Cast Doubt
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
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Thursday, August 21, 2025
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Saturday, August 16, 2025
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Thursday, August 14, 2025
- How Cats With Dementia Could Help Crack the Alzheimer’s Puzzle
- Injectable “skin in a Syringe” Could Heal Burns Without Scars
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
- The Hidden Mental Health Danger in Today’s High-THC Cannabis
- Scientists Detect Virus Traces in Blood That May Unlock Long COVID’s Mystery
- Scientists Discover Brain Layers That Get Stronger With Age
- Scientists Reversed Memory Loss by Powering the Brain’s Tiny Engines
- The Parasite That Turns Off Your Body’s Pain Alarm and Sneaks in
Sunday, August 10, 2025
- Can a Diet Really Ease Lipoedema? Sunniva’s Journey to Pain Relief and Weight Loss
- How Much Damage Are Ultraprocessed Foods Really Doing to Your Health?
Friday, August 29, 2025
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Friday, August 8, 2025
- New “evolution Engine” Creates Super-Proteins 100,000x Faster
- Breakthrough “smart” Gel Restores Blood Flow and Heals Diabetic Wounds in Days
Friday, August 29, 2025
Monday, August 11, 2025
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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
- Brain Fog, Falls, and Fatigue? This App Helps Seniors Cut Risky Meds
- This Diet Helped People Lose Twice as Much Weight, Without Eating Less
Saturday, August 2, 2025
- Hidden Gene in Leukemia Virus Could Revolutionize HIV Treatment
- Fatigue, Anxiety, Pain? They Might Be MS in Disguise
- This Sugar Molecule Could Stop Type 1 Diabetes, by Fooling the Immune System
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Friday, August 1, 2025
- Found in the Trash: A Super Opioid 1000x Stronger Than Morphine
- Did Drunk Apes Help Us Evolve? New Clues Reveal Why We Digest Alcohol So Well
- Unwanted Pregnancies Surge With Alcohol, but Not With Cannabis, Study Finds
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
- Walk Faster, Live Longer: How Just 15 Minutes a Day Can Boost Lifespan
- This Gut Hormone Could Explain 40% of IBS-D Cases—and Lead to a Cure
Monday, August 25, 2025
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Monday, August 4, 2025
- Johns Hopkins Scientists Grow a Mini Human Brain That Lights Up and Connects Like the Real Thing
- Alzheimer’s Risk May Start at the Brain’s Border, Not Inside It
- Researchers Discover Key Social Factors That Triple Long COVID Risk
- Lupus Often Fades With Age. Scientists Finally Know Why
- Perfectly Timed Cancer Combo Wipes out Tumors by Supercharging the Immune System
Sunday, August 3, 2025
- Breakthrough Lung Cancer Treatment Supercharges Immune Cells With Mitochondria
- This Vaccine Uses Dental Floss Instead of Needles
- This New Drug Could Help PTSD Patients Finally Let Go of Trauma