[ This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. Credit: CDC via AP Scores of people in the United States have been sickened by a …

Kit Birks has walked the entire length of Europe to raise money and awareness for suicie prevention. BBC News

[ Credit: www.kaboompics.com from Pexels A new study led by UC San Francisco has found an alarming rise in invasive breast cancer among Asian American women over the last two decades. Rates are rising among nearly all Asian American ethnic groups much faster than among any other U.S. ethnic group, …

“I was told that my symptoms were just part of being a woman.” These are words that are likely to be familiar to scores of women who have suffered years of seeking a reason for their extreme pain and heavy periods, before finally being told they have endometriosis. For years, …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The ongoing legalization of cannabis in the United States has elicited cheers, boos and a host of questions. How much is safe? Isn’t it just a plant? What are the long-term effects of chronic use? In a recent study, Johns Hopkins University researchers looked into …

“I was told that my symptoms were just part of being a woman.” These are words that are likely to be familiar to scores of women who have suffered years of seeking a reason for their extreme pain and heavy periods, before finally being told they have endometriosis. For years, …

[ Soft wearable NIRS system for at-home detection of brain water dynamics related to glymphatic activity. Credit: Science Advances (2026). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aed2056 Good sleep is essential for brain health. During sleep and rest, the glymphatic system, the brain’s waste-clearing process, helps remove metabolic waste that accumulates during waking hours. This …

[ Credit: James Collington from Pexels Rare DNA changes are most strongly linked to cognition in early childhood, but the link fades as children age, while common DNA changes show stronger links later in childhood, a new study finds. The research was reported July 10 in Nature Human Behaviour by …

[ Social prescribing, which connects people to arts and exercise activities and other sources of support, may help adolescents waiting for specialist mental health services by improving their resilience, behavior and relationships with others, a new study by a UCL team suggests. Source link

The NHS has urged people in their 50s to test for bowel cancer in response to “low numbers” taking part in screening. Official figures from NHS England suggest a little over half of 54-year-olds completed at-home testing kits last year, compared to 74% of those aged 70 to 74. “Bowel …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the recently published article, “Primary Care, Specialists, and Hospitals: Bridging the Gaps in Communication and Coordination” in Medical Clinics of North America, Dawn M. Bravata, M.D., a research scientist at Regenstrief Institute, professor of neurology at Indiana University School of Medicine and physician at …

[ Credit: Ivan Babydov from Pexels Chronic kidney disease affects millions of Americans, and more than 800,000 people in the United States are living with end-stage kidney disease. While kidney transplantation is widely recognized as the preferred treatment for eligible patients, offering longer survival and improved quality of life, many …

[ Dataset and study workflow. Credit: Nature Genetics (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-026-02642-7 A form of glioma, a type of brain cancer, tends to progress toward greater malignancy due to an increasing tendency of glioma cells to transform into immature, stem cell-like states, according to a study led by investigators at Weill …

[ Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new brain imaging study led by researchers at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), published in eBioMedicine, provides the strongest evidence to date that long COVID is associated with injury to dopamine-releasing neurons in the brain—a finding that may explain symptoms such …

[ Credit: AI-generated image It’s common to think we all have similar experiences of life. But the more we learn about other people’s hidden thoughts, the more evidence there is that this is untrue. For instance, not everyone has the same ability to have imagined sensations. Most people can visualize—they …

[ A healthy bone marrow (BM) produces nearly all types of cells in our blood. Many blood disorders occur when hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in the BM malfunction. Treatment with radiation or chemotherapy for many blood disorders and cancers can, as a side effect, deplete not only tumor cells but …

[ An oxalate-rich diet triggered systemic inflammation and heart damage in mice. Oxalate is visible under polarized light in the kidney cortex as a crystal-forming substance. Credit: Martin Reichel / Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a significantly increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease. They also …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research presented at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 2026 Annual Meeting explores an approach that could expand the potential of cell replacement therapy for type 1 diabetes by evaluating whether immune-engineered, allogeneic insulin-producing cells can survive and function without chronic immunosuppression. …

[ The epigenetic modifier MLL4 has an unassuming name—the 4, for instance, indicates it’s just one in a family of such modifiers. But MLL4 is quite special: In a specific type of leukemia, it drives disease progression, while in solid tumors, it acts as a suppressor. Source link

Identical twins Nancy and Margo benefitted from the procedure while in the womb as part of a world-first medical trial. BBC News