Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research from The University of Texas at Arlington reveals that social media platforms can play a potentially life-saving role for young people navigating difficult circumstances…
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Genetic test predicts obesity in childhood
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain What if we could prevent people from developing obesity? The World Obesity Federation expects more than half the global population to develop overweight or obesity by…
Are they effective, pointless, or just plain dangerous?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain With summer in full swing, many people will be tempted by supposedly miraculous dieting tricks to lose those excess kilos that prevent them from enjoying the…
I’m a bariatric surgeon. Here’s how to weigh GLP-1 or surgery
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than 40% of Americans are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And the epidemic isn’t slowing down, resulting in millions…
‘Don’t tell me!’ Why some people love spoilers—and others will run a mile
Credit: Mike van Schoonderwalt from Pexels This article contains spoilers! I once leaped out of a train car because two strangers were loudly discussing the ending of the last Harry…
Babies born with DNA from three people hailed as significant, but questions remain
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Ten years after the UK became the first country to legalize mitochondrial donation, the first results from the use of these high-profile reproductive technologies—designed to prevent…
Thinking of trekking to Everest base camp? Don’t leave home without this expert advice
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Tourists in Kathmandu are tempted everywhere by advertisements for trekking expeditions to Everest Base Camp. If you didn’t know better, you might think it’s just a…
New vaccine for pregnant women protects babies from serious lung infection, study shows
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Vaccination of pregnant women has been linked to a drop in newborns being admitted to hospital with a serious lung infection, research suggests. Researchers found the…
Intestinal flora works together with certain genes to aggravate ulcerative colitis, research reveals
OTUD3 prevents intestinal flora-mediated colitis by regulating STING signaling. Credit: Hisako Kayama (Sci Immunol. 2025) Ulcerative colitis (UC) causes misery for millions worldwide. It affects the large intestine, causing pain,…
New advanced imaging technology enables detailed disease mapping in tissue samples
PathoPlex. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09225-2 Researchers from Aarhus University—in a major international collaboration—have developed a groundbreaking method that can provide more information from the tissue samples doctors take from…
