Summary: A new behavioral study demonstrates that sudden, unexpected events can significantly increase altruistic behavior in everyday environments. When a person dressed as Batman appeared on a Milan subway, passengers…
Category: Humans
Mask reliefs unearthed during Castabala excavations
Archaeologists have unearthed a new series of mask reliefs during excavations in the ancient city of Castabala, Turkey. During the Hellenistic period, the city was known as Hieropolis, meaning “sacred…
Shocking Disparities: Women Face Higher Risk of ECT
Summary: A large international survey of 858 electroconvulsive therapy recipients found that women are twice as likely as men to receive ECT and experience more adverse effects. Women reported higher…
Maternal Stress Speeds Up Baby Teething
Summary: New research shows that infants whose mothers had higher cortisol levels during late pregnancy experience significantly earlier eruption of primary teeth. Babies of mothers with the highest cortisol levels…
Vice President Dick Cheney’s life followed the arc of the biggest breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine
The life and political legacy of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on Nov. 4, 2025, at the age of 84, has been well documented. But his decades-long battle…
Evidence of lost Celtiberian city beneath Borobia
The rediscovery of a funerary stele has provided new evidence of a lost Celtiberian City beneath the municipality of Borobia in the province of Soria, Spain. The story began in 1971, when…
Shingles vaccine most promising common drug to potentially prevent Alzheimer’s
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study has identified three existing medications that could be repurposed to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The research, led by the University of Exeter,…
I treat menopause and its symptoms, and hormone replacement therapy can help – here’s the science behind the FDA’s decision to remove warnings
For more than 20 years, hormone therapy for menopause has carried a warning label from the Food and Drug Administration describing the medication’s risk of serious harms – namely, cancer,…
Americans are unprepared for the expensive and complex process of aging – a geriatrician explains how they can start planning
Hollywood legend Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their home in February 2025. Hackman had been living with Alzheimer’s and depended on Arakawa as his…
