Day July 12, 2024

From Kylie Jenner and Rihanna to Ariana Grande and Cardi B, celebrities are sporting long, acrylics—often heavily embellished with nail art—as an expression of their style. Nail fashion is now a booming industry with gel manicures and acrylic nails among…

When trying to lose weight, it’s natural to want to see quick results. So when the number on the scales drops rapidly, it seems like we’re on the right track. But as with many things related to weight loss, there’s…

Decreased sexual desire is the most common sexual complaint among women, affecting 30% to 40% of female adults. What’s more, low drive causes significant distress for 7% to 23% of them. The condition, formally called sexual interest/arousal disorder (SAID), is…

Seniors at the Lions Befrienders using the Ami app. Credit: SUTD Cognitive decline is inevitable as we age, but a research team led by Professor Yow Wei Quin from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) is finding ways…

A heat wave strikes Los Angeles County, California, in 2022. Credit: CC photo via Wikimedia Commons The numbers are staggering. In what the National Weather Service has described as a “never-ending heat wave,” records continued to fall across the West…

You are standing in the cereal aisle, weighing up whether to buy a healthy bran or a sugary chocolate-flavored alternative. Your hand hovers momentarily before you make the final grab. But did you know that during those last few seconds,…

While promoting her role in the upcoming film adaptation of the Broadway hit “Wicked,” singer Ariana Grande made a podcast appearance that left many of her fans befuddled and concerned. In the middle of the interview, the sound of her…

Last month, eight-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer gave a commencement address to graduating students at Dartmouth University. During this speech, he used “tennis lessons” as metaphors for coping beyond university and moving on to a life that is less familiar.…

In an effort to mitigate the risks associated with muscle-building dietary supplement use among adolescents and young adults, a comprehensive set of guidelines has been introduced to assist health care professionals. These guidelines, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health,…

Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Whether it’s from a sports injury, whiplash, or a bump to the head, many patients with mild concussion don’t even realize their minor injury can, if untreated, cause lifelong severe health issues. Even if a…

Just 15 minutes a week spent writing about how we have successfully coped with difficult situations could help make us more resilient, Macquarie University psychology researchers have found. A new study has found people who reflect on times they have…

Clean eating diets have become increasingly popular over the past few years. This style of eating emphasizes consuming whole foods and avoiding processed foods (even minimally processed foods) as much as possible. Given how important diet is for our health,…

Credit: Radiology (2024). DOI: 10.1148 Amy Young says it’s “time to humanize” the places where we work. The professor of teaching in business communications at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business adds that it’s possible for bosses to…

A diagram depicting the connection between the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and the auditory cortex. Credit: Melissa Caras Have you ever noticed how you can suddenly hear your refrigerator humming in the background when you focus on it? Or how the…

A bit of retail therapy can feel like harmless fun. Yet getting a great deal on a new shirt or pair of shoes may come with a hidden price tag: greenhouse gas emissions, resource depletion, and the mistreatment of workers…

While some governments have imposed a tax on unhealthy ingredients in processed foods, others have opted for an outright ban. A recent study led by University of Massachusetts Amherst economists sheds new light on how these differing approaches affect consumers,…

Making simple changes to the Health Star Rating (HSR) system to factor in ultra-processing would lower the high scores currently assigned to many unhealthy foods, according to new research published today in Nutrition and Dietetics. It would also bring Australia’s…

Providing teenagers opportunities to affirm positive aspects of their identities can help bolster their self-esteem over time and ease transitions to high school, new Cornell psychology research finds. In a study involving nearly 400 ninth graders, students who completed short…

For the first time in the World Health Organization’s 76-year history, world leaders have unanimously committed to put social participation—people, communities and civil society—at the heart of health decision-making processes. This landmark pledge marks an important step forward in creating…

A new study shows that women lose more years of life after a heart attack than men. A 50-year-old woman with a large heart attack loses an average of 11 years, while an 80-year-old man with a small heart attack…

Credit: The Conversation The Australian government has been investigating whether we should ban unhealthy food advertising online, and how it could work. In the United Kingdom, a ban on unhealthy food and drink advertising online will start in October 2025.…

People tend to become less narcissistic as they age from childhood through older adulthood, according to a study published in Psychological Bulletin. However, differences among individuals remain stable over time—people who are more narcissistic than their peers as children tend…

What weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care? The cost of services and therapies, and their ability to pay. “It’s on our minds a whole lot because of our age and because everything keeps…

The idea of complimentary dominance — both hemispheres of the brain contribute to different aspects of movement in both halves of the body — was developed by Professor Robert Sainburg, pictured here, who studied the hypothesis it for decades. Credit:…

Those living in disadvantaged neighborhoods have significantly higher activity of stress-related genes, new research suggests, which could contribute to higher rates of aggressive prostate cancer in African American men. The study, which was co-led by the University of Maryland School…

A study of more than 9,000 people who were in work before the pandemic has found that people with long COVID are at three times higher risk of leaving employment compared to those without COVID symptoms. COVID infections have once…

As many as half of all patients admitted to hospital and other health care facilities are malnourished. This has serious consequences for the individual in terms of unnecessary suffering, poorer quality of life and mortality. Providing nutrients can alleviate these…

Study design. Credit: Nature Cancer (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43018-024-00787-0 Combining the principles of evolution with artificial intelligence (AI), scientists have proposed a new way to predict the chance of prostate cancer returning. In a recent study, they harnessed computational methods to…

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (red) infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (blue), isolated from a patient sample. Credit: NIAID Using health data from almost 213,000 Americans who experienced reinfections, researchers have found that severe infections from the virus…

VS recordings in patients with OCD show narrow band ~9?Hz power feature. Credit: Nature Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03125-0 A recent study from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital has identified a specific neural activity pattern as a novel…

When Hurricane Ian struck southwestern Florida in 2022, it led to the deaths of more than 150 people—the majority of whom were older adults who had heart-related problems, power outage-related accidents, medical equipment failures or a lack of timely access…

Characteristics of initial preoperative and postoperative opioid prescriptions, 2015-2020. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2024). DOI: 10.1001 A multi-institutional study found that 1 in 6 youths fill an opioid prescription prior to surgery, and 3% of patients were still filling opioid…

Asprosin activates cerebellar Purkinje neurons. Credit: Nature Neuroscience (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41593-024-01700-9 The cerebellum, often referred to as the “little brain,” has captivated researchers for centuries due to its unique structure and cellular complexity, as one of the most ancient brain…

Despite escalating disaster frequency and severity, guidance for addressing emergency food and nutrition needs is limited. However, existing literature offers insights on how to effectively address emergency food and nutrition assistance. A recent position paper issued by the Society for…

Two patients with 18q deletion syndrome present with not only B-cell abnormalities, but also T-cell abnormalities. Credit: Department of Child Health and Development, TMDU Chromosome 18q deletion (18q del) syndrome is a rare genetic disorder, affecting approximately 1 in 40,000…

Results show that the first-line antidiabetic drug metformin and the second-line sodium glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors lower the risk of dementia and AD. Sulfonylureas significantly increased the risk in women. In patients aged 75 and over DPP4i, metformin, SGLT-2i and…

by Alison Doherty, Brendan Riggin, Kaleigh Pennock, Parissa Safai and Shannon L Sibbald,

Left, fluorescence image of amyloid in cryo-preserved post-mortem human brain. Middle, 3-dimensional molecular architecture of ?-amyloid plaque. Right, in-tissue structure of tau filaments within post-mortem brain. Credit: University of Leeds Scientists investigating Alzheimer’s disease have determined the structure of molecules…

Pancreas cancer harbors cells in different states, with classical cells (red) and basal cells (turquoise) co-existing within individual tumors. Basal cells, which typically are associated with aggressive disease, show increased sensitivity to KRAS inhibitors, a promising new drug class for…

In 2022, 52.2% of Yanomami under-fives were undernourished, compared with a global average of 29.1%. Credit: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil A strong denunciation of poor health among Yanomami children has been published in the journal Nature Medicine by researchers at the…