Research finds that social media can help reduce anxiety for young adults who have specific personality traits. Anxiety is the second leading cause of disability and mortality worldwide. Roughly a third of adults…
Last year, at least one million people in the U.S. were hospitalized for respiratory virus illnesses like the flu or COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many of these individuals…
When her doctor died suddenly in August, Tammy MacDonald found herself among the roughly 17% of adults in America without a primary care physician. MacDonald wanted to find a new doctor right…
The new system could be used at home or in doctors’ offices to scan people who are at high risk for breast cancer. For people who are at high risk of developing…
A new study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine has identified clear occupational factors and demographic indicators associated with elevated serum levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances among U.S. career firefighters. This research…
A 20-year–long rhesus monkey study suggests that prenatal alcohol exposure changes aspects of dopamine systems in offspring that influence how quickly they drink alcohol in adulthood. New in JNeurosci, Mary Schneider and Alexander Converse, from the University of…
As we age, we begin to lose the connections that wire up our brains—and neuroscientists aren’t sure why. It is increasingly clear, though, that the loss of synapses—the flexible and adaptive relay…
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a novel liquid biopsy approach to identify early-stage cancers by measuring the random variation in DNA methylation patterns, rather than the absolute level of…
The approach offers a potential alternative to chemotherapy and radiation by using light and heat to target cancer cells. Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a new light-based nanotechnology that could…
When Noah Hulsman, who owns a skate shop in Louisville, Kentucky, learned he no longer qualified for federal subsidies to help him pay for his “gold” Affordable Care Act health plan, the…