Postpartum women who participated in a text message intervention that included gamification walked an average of 647 more steps per day compared with similar women who received daily text message fee… [+5931 chars]
We're not here to scare you, but if you’re reading this you’re probably going to experience hair loss at some point in your life. Maybe you already have. When you do, remember that it’s not just you–… [+11581 chars]
A new study demonstrates that in utero exposure to mother's antiepileptic or antidepressant medication may affect the development of the newborn brain networks. In the study by the University of Hel… [+3260 chars]
Over the last decade or so, theres been an uptick in the number of adults being diagnosed with autism and ADHD. Any number of factors might explain this rise, including greater public awareness of bo… [+5890 chars]
Now that most US cities and states have dropped masking requirements and other precautions against Covid-19, you may be wondering about your chances of getting infected or, worse, being hospitalized … [+5689 chars]
A UCLA-led team of researchers studying the effect of the monoclonal antibody Leronlimab on long COVID-19 may have found a surprising clue to the baffling syndrome, one that contradicts their initial… [+3788 chars]
An international team led by Chinese scientists identified in a recent study a new risk of COVID-19: it ages you beyond your years. Researchers from the Sixth Affiliated Hospital under Sun Yat-sen … [+1249 chars]
Genetics and other factors that can determine if a woman is at risk for a recurrence of breast cancer have been identified by investigators at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, providi… [+4296 chars]
New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (23-26 April), suggests that disease-causing amoebas that… [+4470 chars]
Alzheimer's disease clinical trials are moving toward earlier and earlier intervention, based on the assumption that this may prevent or slow cognitive decline before Alzheimer's damage occurs. But h… [+6127 chars]
COVID-19 vaccines do a great job preventing severe disease in most people, but they dont work well for those with a severely compromised immune system. In healthy people, the current vaccines work b… [+5769 chars]
Most people don't want to live forever. "It would be too boring. I would have explored everything," said Shekhar Biswas, a data scientist from Berlin. He speaks for most people I quizzed one afternoo… [+9845 chars]
