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15 Apr
A new study finds popular chatbots frequently provide misleading or incomplete medical information, highlighting the need for stronger oversight.
14 Apr
A new study finds people who consume large amounts of ultra-processed foods have more fat in their thigh muscles, a change that may raise the risk of knee osteoarthritis.
13 Apr
A new study finds women who live in homes with high levels of radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas, have a significantly higher risk of developing ovarian cancer.
New anti-amyloid drugs approved to treat Alzheimer’s disease have no clinically meaningful positive effects for patients, a major evidence review has concluded.
Drugs like Leqembi (lecanemab) and Kinsula (donanemab) have little to no effect on patients’ cognitive decline and dementia, according to results published by the C...
People might get more from their workouts if they time their exercise to their sleep schedule, a new study says.
“Early birds” and “night owls” who timed their exercise to when they were most alert wound up with lower blood pressure, blood sugar and “bad” LDL cholesterol levels, researchers reported Apri...
People who’ve recovered from a spinal cord injury enough to walk continue to have trouble standing, balancing or moving smoothly – and researchers now think they know why.
The way the human body compensates for a spinal injury appears to result in herky-jerky movement on the muscular level, researchers recently reported in the ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has paused decisions on uses for dozens of "forever chemicals," also known as PFAS.
The delay includes proposed changes regarding how several of these chemicals can be used, according to one of two people familiar with the situation who spoke to The Washington Post. The two commented ...
Buying or selling wild animals, whether for food, pets or other uses, may increase the risk of diseases spreading to people, a new study finds.
Researchers looked at more than 40 years of global wildlife trade data and thousands of mammal species. They found that animals involved in the trade were 50% more likely to carry germs that can in...
When I was training to be a board-certified allergist 20 years ago, a running joke cropped up every spring. Local media outlets loudly proclaimed the worst pollen season ever!
Spring is when trees release microscopic pollen into the air, causing misery for the tens of millions of people living with seasonal allergies and asthma.
We...