[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The very first thing many babies encounter when they’re born is their mother’s poop. If they’re born vaginally, head down, with the face against their mother’s rectum, the pressure can expel fecal material just as they are born. This early exposure is not only normal …

[ Credit: Bade Saba/Pexels Mental disorders among young adults have surged, with new research showing the proportion of young Australians meeting diagnostic criteria for anxiety, mood or substance disorders increased from 23.4% to 36.2% from 2007 to 2022. Severe mental disorders rose even more sharply—increasing from 14.7% to 24%, with …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research from the University of South Alabama is shedding light on an emerging bacterial cause of urinary tract infections (UTIs) that appears to be more common along the Gulf Coast than previously recognized. In a study published in the journal mSphere, researchers found that …

[ Credit: Amel Uzunovic from Pexels Cambridge scientists have solved the mystery of why both stimulating and blocking a particular “switch” in the brain can help people lose weight—findings that could help boost the effectiveness of obesity drugs. Published in Nature Metabolism, the study in mice shows that the answer …

[ Peptides have received sweeping praise by wellness and biohacking communities as key to everything from muscle building and repair to a longer life. Glowing skin, deeper sleep, stronger muscles, an alert mind? Such are the enticing promises of peptides, an increasingly buzzy class of substances touted by influencers and …

There is no “strong independent evidence” that a monitoring system used widely in mental health wards has improved patient safety, an inquiry has heard. The Lampard Inquiry is examining the deaths of more than 2,000 mental health patients in Essex over a 24-year period. The inquiry had previously heard “grave …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Persistent financial hardship accelerates age-related cognitive decline, according to a new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers. The study, published in Innovation in Aging, looked at data from 2,759 people in the UK who filled out questionnaires throughout their lives as part of …

Chelley Tulloch, a former RAF medic, has been working with the group and found it beneficial to her mental health. She experienced PTSD following multiple deployments to war zones around the world, where she helped injured soldiers who were being rescued from battles and taken to hospital. Tulloch said she …

[ Contribution of the development index (F1) and the Primary Health Care index (F2) to the predicted age-specific mortality rate for each Brazilian state from 2000 to 2021. Credit: The Lancet Regional Health—Americas (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2026.101557 Why do children with lymphoid leukemia face markedly different mortality rates depending on where …

[ Health care costs top the list of voters’ health care priorities for the midterm elections, with half (51%) of all voters and more than half of Democratic (60%) and independent (55%) voters saying the issue is extremely important for candidates to discuss, according to a new KFF Health Tracking …

[ A hospital’s overall experience with general anesthesia (GA) or conscious sedation (CS) may influence how anesthesia choice affects patient outcomes during mechanical thrombectomy, according to research presented at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 23rd Annual Meeting. The findings suggest that the effectiveness of an anesthesia strategy depends not …

[ Researchers at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 23rd Annual Meeting presented an experimental neurointerventional technique designed to treat severe back pain, a leading cause of disability and opioid use, by delivering medication directly through the arteries supplying the painful area. The approach uses catheter-based procedures commonly used for …

[ PET/CT can add valuable information to aid the diagnosis of fever of unknown origin (FUO), according to a new multicenter, retrospective study published in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. In a cohort of more than 900 FUO patients, molecular imaging directly influenced clinical management in …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Children hospitalized with severe pneumonia can safely switch from injectable to oral antibiotics once they begin to recover, allowing many to return home sooner and complete treatment outside the hospital. That is according to a major international clinical trial led by researchers from City St …

[ 3D genome remodeling in Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: Science (2026). DOI: 10.1126/science.adz1652 Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of Washington have shed new light on Alzheimer’s disease that could point to new directions for treatment. In a …

[ Credit: Anna Tarazevich from Pexels A phase 2 clinical trial published in the European Journal of Cancer suggests that a novel form of focused ultrasound combined with standard FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy may improve tumor response and survival outcomes in patients with either borderline resectable pancreatic cancer or locally advanced pancreatic …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system attacks and destroys melanocytes, the cells that produce the skin pigment melanin. Once the melanocytes are gone, the skin turns white, leading to the characteristic skin patches of the disease. However, the standard model …

[ Researchers found that plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) carry tumor antigens to the thymus in a CCR9-dependent manner, promoting immune tolerance to tumors. The findings identify CCR9 as a potential target for future immunotherapies aimed at strengthening anti-tumor immunity. Credit: Professor Motoko Y. Kimura, Chiba University, Japan The immune system …

[ Credit: FRANK MERIÑO from Pexels Although American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) adults make up 5% of California’s adult population, they shoulder a disproportionate burden of chronic disease and substance use, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR). Yet these rates vary …

[ For years, scientists have known that the heart has its own network of nerves, the intrinsic cardiac nervous system (ICNS), sometimes called its “little brain.” Exactly how it functions has remained something of a mystery, but a new paper published in the journal Cell sheds light on how these …