Diseases
1 in 5 infants globally missed their first measles vaccine in 2023, and cases are up 40% since 2019
Decades of progress against childhood measles are slipping, and the gap begins before most babies take their first steps.
Diseases
No approved drug exists for cocaine addiction, and the NIH just bet on a psychedelic
The treatment comes paired with its own kind of therapy, and it targets a pattern the two illnesses have in common.
Body
What sitting for hours every day quietly does to your spine and posture
The damage builds up quietly, with no single dramatic moment, and most desk workers never notice until the back pain arrives.
Body
What sitting for hours every day quietly does to your spine and posture
The damage builds up quietly, with no single dramatic moment, and most desk workers never notice until the back pain arrives.
Diseases
Where your brain sits inside your skull may quietly shape your Alzheimer’s risk
A small group of researchers is zeroing in on a physical feature of the brain that few people have ever thought about.
Diseases
1 in 5 infants globally missed their first measles vaccine in 2023, and cases are up 40% since 2019
Decades of progress against childhood measles are slipping, and the gap begins before most babies take their first steps.
Diseases
No approved drug exists for cocaine addiction, and the NIH just bet on a psychedelic
The treatment comes paired with its own kind of therapy, and it targets a pattern the two illnesses have in common.
Body
What sitting for hours every day quietly does to your spine and posture
The damage builds up quietly, with no single dramatic moment, and most desk workers never notice until the back pain arrives.
Body
What sitting for hours every day quietly does to your spine and posture
The damage builds up quietly, with no single dramatic moment, and most desk workers never notice until the back pain arrives.
Scientists find a hidden immune pathway that could open new treatments for the deadliest lung cancer
The deadliest lung cancer has slipped past the body's defenses for decades, and researchers now think they have found a way in.
The five-letter home check that catches most melanomas, and where AI now helps
Mole-mapping tools are moving into clinics, but what you notice in your own mirror is still the earliest warning.
A new type of Alzheimer’s drug shrank plaques in mice without a brain-swelling signal
The compound is still only in mice, but it works through a very different route than today's approved Alzheimer's infusions.
8 warning signs of perimenopause most women don’t expect in their 40s
The changes can show up long before your periods shift, and they usually don't look the way you'd expect.
Taking Ozempic or Wegovy? Researchers have flagged a rare but serious vision risk
A new US analysis has sharpened the picture of a side effect that goes beyond the usual stomach complaints.
Alcohol now causes twice as many cancer deaths in the US as it did in 1990
Researchers tracked more than three decades of US mortality data and found a shift most drinkers never see coming.