Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Feeling disbelieved when knowing that there is something very wrong with your body can have devastating and long-term consequences. One of the most obvious consequences is…
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GOP lawmakers commit to big spending cuts, putting Medicaid under a spotlight – but trimming the low-income health insurance program would be hard
Efforts by Republicans in Congress to make steep spending cuts have stirred widespread concerns that the federal government may trim expenditures on Medicaid even though President Donald Trump has previously…
Gut microbes that convert sugar into vital short-chain fatty acids point the way to novel therapeutics
A Kobe University team found that glucose is excreted into the small intestine, where bacteria transform it into short-chain fatty acids. Credit: Kobe University Gut microbes that were thought to…
Autoimmune diseases misdiagnosed as psychosomatic can lead to long-term damage to physical and mental well-being
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A “chasm of misunderstanding and miscommunication” is often experienced between clinicians and patients, leading to autoimmune diseases such as lupus and vasculitis being wrongly diagnosed as…
Can making the NHS cleaner slow the spread of disease?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Several weeks ago, I visited a local NHS urgent care center with my toddler on what might be called a semi-annual pilgrimage related to having a…
Rare monolithic menhir discovery near Halberstadt
Archaeologists from the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt have discovered a menhir during excavations near Halberstadt in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Menhirs, meaning “long stones”…
Submerged Roman villa emerges in Lake Fusaro
The remains of a Roman village complex have started to emerge from the waters of Lake Fusaro due to a process of geological uplift known as bradysism. Lake Fusaro is…
For cancer patients, oncologists often have the final word
Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels For terminally ill cancer patients, the final days of life are immensely personal, having the choice to continue cancer treatments, or to stop treatments and…
Immune ‘fingerprints’ aid diagnosis of complex diseases
Immune cells (top) generate highly variable receptors by shuffling DNA segments (second panel) to recognize threats like bacteria (green in third). Identifying ‘successful’ receptors (fourth) can help diagnose complex diseases.…
Blood metabolites tied to childhood growth and cognitive milestones
Directed acyclic graph (DAG) of the association between child serum metabolome and early childhood development. Credit: eLife (2025). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.97982 McMaster University researchers have identified small molecules in the blood…
