Summary: Children raised in disadvantaged neighborhoods may show blunted brain responses to rewards and losses, especially if they have a family history of depression. New research reveals that community-level stress,…
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Health assessment tool gauges body’s biological age better than current methods
The Health Octo Tool is comprised of eight components designed to assess multidimensional health. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58819-x A novel health-assessment tool uses eight metrics derived from a…
Major study transforms understanding of Roman Augusta Raurica
In advance of construction works in the “Schürmatt” district of Kaiseraugst, archaeologists have unearthed significant Roman remains in the former settlement of Augusta Raurica. Augusta Raurica, formerly Rauracorum, was a…
Is it dangerous to kiss someone who’s eaten gluten if you have celiac disease?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Celiac disease is not a food allergy or intolerance. It’s an autoimmune disease that makes the body attack the small intestine if gluten (found in wheat,…
Worsening allergies aren’t your imagination − windy days create the perfect pollen storm
Evolution has fostered many reproductive strategies across the spectrum of life. From dandelions to giraffes, nature finds a way. One of those ways creates quite a bit of suffering for…
Teachers and librarians are among those least likely to die by suicide − public health researchers offer insights on what this means for other professions
Where you work affects your risk of dying by suicide. For example, loggers, musicians and workers in the oil and gas industries have much higher rates of suicide than the…
ED visits for asthma spiked during 2023 Canadian wildfires, study finds
Credit: Pixabay from Pexels New research in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found an increase in asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits across Ontario following heavy smoke in early June 2023.…
Traces of colossal statues among rediscovered Apollo Sanctuary
A sanctuary first excavated in 1885 by the German archaeologist Max Ohnefalsch-Richter has been rediscovered after details of the original find site were subsequently lost. Dedicated to Apollo, the sanctuary…
New radiotherapy technique aims to protect the heart during lung cancer treatment
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study presented at ESTRO 2025 introduces the RAPID-RT study, which uses an innovative rapid-learning approach to evaluate the impact of treatment modifications in radiotherapy.…
Hoarding provides new insights into Somló Hill people
A recent study published in the journal Antiquity has provided new insights into the people that inhabited Somló Hill in Western Hungary. Rising 431 metres above the landscape of Veszprém…
