[ Loud traffic noise has long been recognized as more than just a disturbance; it is a significant public health concern. Prolonged exposure to excessive traffic sounds can contribute to a range of health problems, including heart disease, hypertension, sleep disruptions, and mental health challenges, and it may also affect …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Enhancers are pieces of DNA that act like switches, regulating when genes are turned on and off and how strongly they are activated. Scientists know these switches play a critical role in cancer and other diseases, but they have yet to fully understand how enhancers …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Motor issues—such as coordination problems, motor slowing or sudden, uncontrolled movements—have been recognized as signs of psychological disorders since the 1800s. How they map to mental health conditions, however, remains unknown. “When things have been observed since really early ideas of disorders, that means something,” …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new mouse study led by UCLA Health suggests that inflammation during pregnancy can trigger autism-like changes in offspring, but those brain and behavioral effects may be rapidly, though temporarily, reversible in adulthood with a single dose of the immunosuppressive drug rapamycin. Even mild inflammation …

[ Credit: Ron Lach from Pexels Informal caregivers of individuals living with dementia experience notable reductions in stress and improvements in mindfulness within just three to four weeks of using a tailored mobile application, according to a secondary analysis published in JMIR Aging. The research was conducted by Michael P. …

[ Many people assume that some memory decline is an inevitable consequence of getting older. But a select group of older adults, known as “SuperAgers,” reach their 80s and 90s while retaining memory performance as good as or better than that of people in their 50s and 60s. Source link

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Exercise finds improvements in pain and function may fall short of what patients would notice in daily life, but more studies are needed to make firm conclusions, a new publication in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews finds. Hip osteoarthritis is a condition affecting millions of …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Infrared saunas are increasingly marketed as a post-exercise recovery tool that can reduce pain and fatigue, but the scientific evidence supporting these claims remains limited and conflicting. So do infrared saunas cause physiological changes that accelerate recovery, or do they simply reduce the feeling of …

[ Companies accused of recklessly marketing and distributing prescription opioid painkillers are paying roughly $58 billion to settle lawsuits over their role in fueling the addiction crisis. It’s a pot of gold eyed by addiction treatment providers, companies creating the latest opioid-related products and government officials struggling to balance budgets. …

[ There have been substantial epidemiological shifts in the burden of cirrhosis in the United States during the past decade, according to a study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Source link

Aysen Slack, 65 and from Eastbourne, chose to pay privately for the pills once she heard about them. She said fampridine was “working well for me” but came at a “significant expense and I could not keep doing that forever” so she had to stop. Slack said it was “great …

[ Most Americans are unaware or unsure of which vaccines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends during pregnancy, according to a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania. Source link

[ Implanted medical devices are instruments placed surgically in the body. Many are battery-powered or can be wirelessly recharged. While they can be lifesavers, they are not without problems. They can run out of battery power, and wireless methods for transferring power and data have technical limitations. Source link

[ Flexible learning is dependent on apical dendritic calcium activity. Credit: Science (2026). DOI: 10.1126/science.adx4358 The ability to adapt behavior flexibly to changing environments is a hallmark of intelligence. However, the biological mechanisms in the brain that are responsible for this cognitive flexibility remain poorly understood. Eduardo Maristany de las …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Why do cancers develop differently in different people—even when they are exposed to the same risk factors? An international research group, including the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), has demonstrated in mice that an organism’s genetic makeup significantly influences the course of cancer development. The …

[ Tick-borne diseases are common throughout the United States, and most cases are treated effectively. A rarely diagnosed tick-borne infection, the Bourbon virus, transmitted by the common lone star tick, could soon begin to complicate diagnoses if it becomes more prevalent this summer and in coming years. Source link

England is seeing a “worrying increase” in young women in their 20s developing type 2 diabetes. BBC News

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new randomized clinical trial suggests that singing therapy may provide a more effective and engaging treatment option than standard breathing exercises for people with supragastric belching, a chronic gastrointestinal disorder that can significantly affect quality of life. The study, published in Clinical Gastroenterology and …

The parents of baby Macs fear he has days to live and say he urgently needs specialist equipment. BBC News

[ In this image taken from video taken on July 15, 2026, one of the quadruplets born at Metro North Health hospital lies in an incubator in Brisbane, Australia. Credit: Metro North Health via AP An Australian woman has given birth to identical quadruplet girls after a pregnancy doctors described …