Day August 24, 2025

Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels It can look almost too easy: athletes gliding along on a bike, runners shuffling at a pace slower than most people’s warm-up, or someone strolling so gently it barely seems like exercise at all. Yet…

Credit: University of St Andrews New research from the University of St Andrews has found that a remarkable group of women who free dive for seafood without oxygen, spend more time underwater than some diving mammals like sea beavers, and…

In 2024, Hurricane Helene triggered a nationwide shortage of the country’s intravenous (IV) fluids after damaging a facility in North Carolina. A similar IV fluid shortage was caused when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017. In a new, nationwide…

Number of census tracts per county. Credit: Health Economics (2025). DOI: 10.1002 Research out of the University of New Hampshire shows that communities that were easier for people to lace up and get out for a walk during the COVID-19…

Buying packs of trading cards like Pokémon or Magic: The Gathering may be more similar to gambling than many realize, according to a new international study. Researchers found that spending money on both video game “loot boxes” and physical card…

Using vaginal estrogen tablets was not associated with an increased risk of recurrent ischemic stroke among postmenopausal women in a registry in Denmark, according to research published in Stroke. Unlike oral estrogen or transdermal formulations such as creams and patches,…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Environmental Research (2025). DOI: 10.1016 Individuals living in urban cities are experiencing the combined effect of increasing temperatures and poor air quality, often referred to as the urban heat dome. Pregnant mothers and their unborn children are…

PARPi-FL fluorescent confocal microscopy imaging for basal cell carcinoma detection. Credit: Manu Jain and Ashish Dhir, Memorial Sloan Kettering Center, NYC, U.S. A topical fluorescent molecular contrast agent, PARPi-FL, can detect basal cell carcinoma through intact skin in as little…

Credit: STAR Protocols (2025). DOI: 10.1016 Cardiovascular researchers at UC Davis Health have developed a novel technique that allows scientists to study how the brain communicates with other organs, like the heart or gut. The new method preserves the brain…

Molecular time and temporal relationship between large chromosomal gains in multiple myeloma. Credit: Nature Genetics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-025-02292-1 A new study focused on multiple myeloma, the second most common blood cancer, may lead to better ways to group patients by…

A team of researchers from The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has successfully treated a rare and aggressive T-cell lymphoma that developed after CAR T-cell therapy for multiple myeloma, marking a first in…

Dmitry Kurouski, Ph.D., uses spectroscopy to explore everything from human health and nutrition to plant pathology. His innovative technique employing a light-based device to analyze skin composition for health indicators demonstrates just one of the many promising applications of the…

Overview of the methodological approach for this study. Credit: Scientific Reports (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-14422-0 A German-Dutch research team, including scientists from the University of Bayreuth, has investigated how age-related changes contribute to an increased risk of falling in older adults.…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Diabetes (2025). DOI: 10.2337/db25-0105 A genetic test of cord blood at birth may hold the key to predicting a child’s future risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to exciting new research from Australia and Hong Kong.…

After training on pathologists’ slide-reviewing data, the PEAN model is capable of performing a multiclassification task and imitating the pathologists’ slide-reviewing behaviors (see Panel a). The data distribution of the training dataset, internal testing dataset and external testing dataset are…

(A–D) Photomicrographs of testicular sections of animals from CG and IG submitted to CD68 (A, B) and CD163 (C, D) immunohistochemistry. Nuclear staining with hematoxylin. In (A) the interstitial tissue shows a few CD68+ macrophages (arrows) in comparison to the…

Directed acyclic graph identifying factors that could potentially influence household FRC in a typical refugee settlement water system. EC, electrical conductivity; FRC, free residual chlorine; SWOT, Safe Water Optimization Tool. Credit: BMJ Global Health (2025). DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018631 A new study…

The wavelength at which the absorbed dose by bilirubin peaks varies from 460 nm for light skin to 470 nm for dark skin. Credit: Biophotonics Discovery (2025). DOI: 10.1117 Jaundice is one of the most common medical issues in newborns,…

SM-derived PTX self-assembled into paclitaxome. Credit: Nature Cancer (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43018-025-01029-7 University of Arizona researchers devised a new method to deliver cancer chemotherapy drugs to pancreatic and breast cancer tumors more effectively and with less damage to healthy tissues than…

A remotely delivered behavioral intervention can reduce variability in systolic blood pressure, expressed as the coefficient of variation (BPCoV), according to a study published online Aug. 12 in Scientific Reports. Eyal Shemesh, M.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine at…

People recovering from heart failure should consider improving the regularity of their sleep, a study led by Oregon Health & Science University suggests. The research team found that even moderately irregular sleep doubles the risk of having another clinical event…

UNSW Sydney and Macquarie University psychology researchers have written an article warning that psychedelic therapies may switch on visual mental imagery in people with aphantasia and could raise the risk of intrusive thoughts, while calling for more detailed informed consent.…

From Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Charlotte J. Sumner, M.D., presents an editorial on a study by Richard S. Finkel and colleagues, who report an open-label, Phase II trial of the pre-messenger RNA splicing modifier risdiplam in presymptomatic spinal…

Many people have experienced music arousing emotions. However, music sensibility varies considerably; some people experience intense emotions, while others barely notice it. Which personality traits characterize people who are strongly moved by music? Ph.D. fellow Heidi Marie Umbach Hansen at…

Brain model of individual differences in music reward. Credit: Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2025). DOI: 10.1016 When I ask a lecture theater full of students how they would feel if they could never listen to a piece of music again,…

Credit: CDC from Pexels For 30 years, vaccine recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have aligned closely with those from the American Academy of Pediatrics, or AAP. But on Aug. 19, 2025, the AAP published new vaccine…

Health care providers interactions: Level of detail of patients’ descriptions of COPD symptoms and level of patients’ understandings of COPD. Credit: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation (2025). DOI: 10.15326 Prioritizing communications between patients and health care…

Experimental paradigm, electrode implantation and behavioral results. Credit: Nature Human Behaviour (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02268-5 Over the course of their lives, humans can sometimes acquire fear responses to specific stimuli, animals, objects or situations, typically following adverse experiences or traumatic events.…

A new study from Aarhus University shows that it is normal for many mothers to feel anxious and overwhelmed after childbirth. The researchers hope the study’s findings will encourage better conversations between new mothers and health care professionals. Most parents…

In adults with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP), once-daily inhaled molgramostim, a recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, leads to a greater increase in pulmonary gas transfer than placebo, according to a study published in the Aug. 21/28 issue of the…

Daily sleep and activity are fundamental to both physical and mental health. Although previous studies have largely emphasized quantitative aspects such as sleep duration and physical activity time, there is increasing focus on how daily sleep varies among days. Less…

Whether it’s a glass of red wine with dinner or a celebratory cocktail on the weekend, drinking in moderation has long been considered not only socially acceptable but also perhaps even healthy. For decades, studies have suggested that moderate alcohol…

Drs. Angela Arenas and Christopher Laine visit a local farm in Bafoussam, Cameroon, to learn about pastoral ranching practices and assess available resources and facilities with the goal of supporting sustainable livestock management and improving the livelihoods of local farming…

Published today in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Van Andel Institute uncovered the inhibitory effects of the protein midkine on amyloid beta assembly, with potential implications for Alzheimer’s disease drug discovery efforts.…

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with an increased risk for Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to a study published online Aug. 20 in Neurology. Xinjie Zhang, from Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, and colleagues conducted a prospective cohort study involving adults…

Many patients would prefer to use medicines that are less harmful to the environment, even if that means paying more or compromising on convenience. That’s the key finding from new research by Utrecht University, led by pharmacist and researcher Milad…

The inspiration porn-type portrayal is passive, focusing on the athlete’s disability and the challenges he must overcome. These portrayals evoked pity in study participants. Credit: Dae Hee Kwak Media portrayals of disabled athletes that emphasize hardships overcome rather than achievements…

Schematic overview of the experimental study design. Credit: Translational Psychiatry (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41398-025-03509-x Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental disorder affecting around 1% of the population worldwide, and is notoriously difficult to treat. Current medications for schizophrenia can ameliorate positive symptoms,…

Almost half of the world’s population lives in places where mosquito-borne dengue can break out. The Aedes mosquito is a known carrier. Researchers at Northeastern University can predict the emergence of a dengue fever outbreak with 80% accuracy—a breakthrough for…

Hodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte predominant (high-power view) Credit: Gabriel Caponetti, MD./Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 A new study led by a team of researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center reveals that lymphoma can accelerate the biological aging of the immune system and other…