A man uses measuring tape on his waist in California on Jan. 9, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/JoNel Aleccia A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define…
Category: Health & Medicine
Mental struggles become the deadliest construction industry danger
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Frank Wampol had a dark realization when he came across some alarming data a few years ago: More than 5,000 male construction workers die from suicide…
New framework links brainwaves to individual cognitive states
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The complexity of the human brain—86 billion neurons strong with more than 100 trillion connections—enables abstract thinking, language acquisition, advanced reasoning and problem-solving, and the capacity…
HIV vaccines can lead to antibodies against antibodies
Scripps Research scientists found that HIV vaccination can lead to the production of anti-immune complex antibodies (blue) that recognize immune complexes composed of antibodies (green) rather than the HIV virus…
New animal model offers insights into pancreatic disease and diabetes
Representative histological sections of the pancreas of rabbits with cystic fibrosis (CF). Credit: eGastroenterology (2024). DOI: 10.1136/egastro-2024-100102 Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening genetic disease affecting multiple organ systems, with…
Genetic reanalysis results in more than 500 patients receiving diagnosis
Researchers Alexander Hoischen and Lisenka Vissers of Radboud university medical center. Credit: @radboudumc The European consortium for Solving the Unsolved Rare Diseases has demonstrated the significance of international collaboration to…
Calorie labeling leads to modest reductions in selection and consumption
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new review has found that calorie labeling of food on menus and products leads people to choose slightly fewer calories. The research team, led by…
RNA structures provide new insights into how virus hijacks cells
Global transcriptional and translational changes in HIV-1 infected cells. Credit: Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41594-024-01468-3 A team of scientists at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research…
Patients ‘harmed’ as UK hospital standards ‘collapse’: report
Credit: RDNE Stock project from Pexels UK patients are “coming to harm” as nurses say they are having to treat people in corridors and unsuitable places because of a “collapse…
Experts raise concerns over maternity provision for pregnant women in UK prisons
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Senior midwives and researchers with experience in criminal and social justice are among those calling for improved maternity provision for pregnant women in UK prisons. In…
