Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Physician responses to patient expectations can affect physician incomes and may help explain lower incomes for many women, racialized, and immigrant physicians, found a new study…
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Poor sleep may nudge the brain toward dementia, researchers find
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Staring at the ceiling while the clock blinks 3am doesn’t only sap energy for the next day. A large, long-running U.S. study of older adults has…
Will drug testing drivers really make NZ roads safer?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The government’s new mandate to carry out random oral-fluid roadside drug testing marks a milestone in New Zealand’s road safety policy. Under recently passed laws, police…
Study examines impact of adequate prenatal care for congenital heart disease
For cases of mild congenital heart defects (CHDs), more prenatal visits are associated with lower probability of delivery at a cardiac center, according to a study published online Nov. 9…
FDA lifts major warnings on hormone replacement therapy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is eliminating the prominent “black box” warnings on many hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medications, signaling a major shift in how the treatment is…
Exercise-induced vesicles boost neuron growth when transplanted into sedentary mice
ExerVs increased adult hippocampal neurogenesis . Credit: Brain Research (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2025.150003 Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign report that extracellular vesicles released into the bloodstream during aerobic exercise…
Researchers to test gene therapy for rare diseases with a new FDA trial protocol
Schematic of “umbrella of umbrellas” master protocol clinical trial. Credit: The American Journal of Human Genetics (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.10.006 Earlier this year, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn…
Skin cancer cluster found in 15 Pennsylvania counties with or near farmland
The researchers found that for every 10% increase in the amount of cultivated land, melanoma incidence rose by 14% throughout that region. A similar trend appeared with herbicide-treated acreage: a…
Intra-regional brain dynamics linked to person-specific characteristics
Research framework. Credit: Nature Human Behaviour (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02332-0 People can think, behave and function very differently. These observed differences are known to be the result of complex interactions between…
Discontinuation of ADHD medication more common in children with underweight
Credit: Caleb Oquendo from Pexels Methylphenidate helps the brain to regulate focus and impulse control. It is the most commonly used medicine for ADHD and is the active substance in…
