Burnt out and fed up: when hard work backfires
A record number of New Zealanders are experiencing burnout, with a combination of job insecurity, tight economic times…
An AI system goes head-to-head with a human expert to work through a challenging medical case
Overview of CPC-Bench and Dr. CaBot. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2509.12194 Except for one key aspect, the setup…
Skin symptoms may forewarn mental health risks
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists have discovered that mental health patients who have skin conditions may be more…
Living in an unequal society impacts the structure of children’s brains, study finds
Alterations in the thickness of the cortex in several regions of the brain—darker colors indicate a greater reduction…
Study identifies new approach to protect the brain during radiation therapy
Credit: CC0 Public Domain While tremendous relief comes from successfully battling cancer, survivors can also experience cognitive impairments…
Stress alters metabolic hormone with health consequences, study shows
Elevated serum FGF21 in MitoD is exacerbated in response to acute mental stress and correlated with disease severity.…
Precise gene editing technique changes one DNA base to correct heart disease
Researchers used a technique called base editing to correct a mutation in the lamin A gene. At 8…
AI nutrition study finds ‘five every day’ may keep the doctor away
Alpha diversity comparison across physiological and dietary factors and demographic differences with respect to subsets of individuals differing…
Widely-prescribed opioid painkiller tramadol not significantly effective for easing chronic pain, analysis finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The strong opioid painkiller tramadol is not significantly effective at easing the chronic pain…
The AI doctor is not ready to see you now: Stress tests reveal flaws
Conceptual illustration: Benchmark scores suggest steady model improvement. Stress tests uncover hidden vulnerabilities—newer models may be equally or…
A natural compound repairs brain mitochondria and reverses anxiety in rats
Distinct behavioral phenotypes observed in rats with divergent trait anxiety are normalized by UA. Experimental timeline. Credit: Biological…
First 3D genetic mapping of the heart uncovers genes implicated in sudden death
Cardiac image analysis. Credit: Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1161/circgen.124.005116 A major cardiovascular risk factor is…