Higher mortality risk in IBS patients using antidepressants
A massive real-world study raises new safety questions about widely used IBS treatments, revealing that some commonly prescribed…
Damon Runyon supports young scientists driving cancer research innovation
The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has named 13 new Damon Runyon Fellows, exceptional postdoctoral scientists conducting basic and…
I’ve Taken Ashwagandha For Years – It’s Changed My Life
Beyond the mental quietening, I also started to notice that my shoulders, which I’d carried around my neck…
Dynamic AI models detect body tipping points to forecast disease before symptoms
The editorial, “Dynamics-driven medical big data mining: dynamic approaches to early disease forecasting and individualized care,” published in…
Three Tasmanian MPs share their experiences with mental health and politics
Politics has a mental health problem, or at least the politicians do. A nationwide survey of almost 300…
Study reveals lung-brain link between smoking and neurodegeneration
The correlation between smoking and neurodegeneration is well-documented, with one study from 2011 finding heavy smoking in midlife was associated…
Clusterin inhibition offers new hope for treating cervical gastric-type adenocarcinoma
Gastric-type adenocarcinoma (GAS) is one of the most aggressive non-human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cervical adenocarcinomas and remains especially difficult…
CIPHER-seq technology reveals how immune cells communicate during treatment
A new single-cell technology is giving scientists their clearest view yet of immune cell behavior-capturing not just genetic…
Sugar intake may reduce effectiveness of relaxation exercises
How does sugar affect relaxation exercises? A new study carried out by researchers from the University of Konstanz…
Blocking nitric oxide suppresses tumor growth in aggressive pediatric neuroblastoma
The tumor begins before birth. Somewhere in the developing fetus, neural crest cells that should have matured into…
Challenging processed meat risks for dry-cured ham consumption
New evidence challenges assumptions about processed meats, suggesting that not all cured products carry the same cardiometabolic risks…
Metformin mimics exercise-related metabolic effects in prostate cancer patients
A new study has found that metformin, a widely prescribed diabetes drug, may mimic one of exercise’s core…