Jesper Bengtson
Social isolation linked to 29 percent higher mortality risk in a study of 3.4 million adults
A meta-analysis of 70 studies puts a hard number on the health cost of being cut off from other people.
FDA clears a new engineered virus therapy for treatment-resistant advanced melanoma
Tudriqev pairs a modified herpes virus with nivolumab for melanoma that stopped responding to immunotherapy.
After 50, a hidden shift in your brain may quietly raise your dementia risk
New NIH-funded research reveals a midlife immune overhaul in the memory center.
A new type of gum cut oral HPV levels by 93% – and it may help prevent head and neck cancer
In ex vivo tests, extracts from the experimental gum cut HPV in saliva samples by 93%.
One common sugar may barely tell your brain you’re full, and it’s in almost everything
A new mouse study suggests fructose sends a much weaker fullness signal to the brain than glucose.
Your daily vitamin D dose may be buying you nearly 3 years of biological time
A Harvard-led trial found daily vitamin D3 slowed a key marker of cellular aging.