Category: 5. Health

The 988 Lifeline appears to be making a difference for teens and young adults in crisis.

Since 988 replaced the ten digit lifeline in the United States, the suicide mortality of those aged 15 to 34 was 11 percent lower than…

Climate change could increase hard-to-treat bacterial infections, two studies suggest.

Heat boosted antibiotic resistance among bacteria found in artificially warmed grassland soils, researchers report April 22 in Nature. And as…

Rotavirus is a highly contagious virus that spreads easily and can make babies and young children very sick. This year, doctors have been seeing more cases earlier in the season than usual.

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and…

Using an in-home HEPA purifier for one month spurs a small but significant improvement in brain function in adults age 40 and older. That’s the result of a new study we co-authored in the journal Scientific Reports.

HEPA purifiers –…

Beyond Inheritance
Roxanne Khamsi
Riverhead Books, $30.00

It’s easy to think of the human body as a single, fully integrated unit. After all, stub your toe all the way at one end of your body, and your brain registers it at the…

The first time the placebo effect really got under my skin was when I read that roughly one-third of people with irritable bowel syndrome improve on placebo treatments alone. Usually this statistic is presented as a fascinating quirk of…

Climate change may be worsening nutritional problems for already vulnerable children.

An analysis of data from about 6.5 million young children in Brazil shows that the higher the temperature, the higher the chances of child…

Outdoor enthusiasts hoping to avoid catching a potentially debilitating bacterium from a tick bite could soon have another layer of defense joining bug sprays and long clothing. 

New clinical trial data from vaccine makers Pfizer…

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidance on its “Breakthrough Devices Program” in 2023.  The program grants a designation to certain medical devices that provide more…