Singapore Has the World’s Longest, Healthiest Lives – but It Comes With a Hidden Cost
A sweeping global analysis finds that Singapore’s success in extending life has created a new scientific challenge: healthspan…
Alcohol use during pregnancy increased in the United States from 2011 through 2024
Prenatal alcohol exposure-a contributor to adverse pregnancy outcomes and the leading preventable cause of neurodevelopmental disability worldwide-has increased…
Genetic trade-offs in fertility and longevity explain the maintenance of disease-associated alleles in humans
Welter, D. et al. The NHGRI GWAS Catalog, a curated resource of SNP-trait associations. Nucleic Acids Res. 42,…
Hidden Virus May Have Infected 9.4 Million People – Scientists Say We’ve Missed Most Cases
The gunpowder midge (Culicoides paraensis), a vector for Oropouche, is three times smaller than a common mosquito, making…
Younger Generations Are Aging Faster – and It May Be Fueling a Surge in Cancer
By analyzing health data from more than 160,000 people in the U.K. and U.S., researchers found that people…
Patterns of medication use across society from national primary care dispensing data
Between 1 November 2019 and 31 December 2024, we identified 5.8 billion prevalent medications dispensed to a population…
Why are so many young people getting cancer? What researchers do and don’t know
A woman receives chemotherapy.Credit: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post/Getty Researchers around the world are grappling with a vexing problem:…
Scientists Confirm Alcohol Causes Widespread Health Damage
Alcohol is linked to a wide range of diseases and injuries, and reducing or stopping drinking can lower…
Updated trends in the global prevalence and burden of mental disorders, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
Declaration of interests Q E S Adnani reports grants or contracts as a recipient of the study under…
We Now Know How Many People the CDC Is Monitoring for Hantavirus
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring 41 people in the US for the Andes…
Sleep linked to slower ageing: huge study pinpoints the right amount
Getting roughly 6 to 8 hours of sleep each day has been linked with a longer life —…
Bowel and Ovarian Cancers Are Dramatically Rising in Young Adults and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
A large analysis of cancer data in England reveals that many cancer types are becoming more common in…