Health
15 Dec 2025
Cannabis derivatives could provide new ovarian cancer treatments
Lab studies find that a combination of THC and CBD kills ovarian cancer cells without harming healthy cells
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Health
10 Dec 2025
Anxiety and insomnia may lower natural killer cell count, potentially repressing immune function
Women who suffer from anxiety symptoms may have fewer circulatory natural killer cells, while those reporting insomnia had fewer total natural killer cells, showing that these disorders could decrease immune response
Health
01 Dec 2025
Mini lung organoids made in bulk could help test personalized cancer treatments
Scientists find a simple, automated way of making lung organoids, which could help find new lung disease drugs and personalize patients’ treatments
Health
18 Nov 2025
Teeth of babies of stressed mothers come out earlier, suggests study
Infants of mothers with high levels of stress hormone age faster and typically have more teeth by six months of age
Health
11 Nov 2025
Vegan diet can halve your carbon footprint, study shows
Vegan diet cuts carbon emissions by 46% and land use by 33%, while delivering nearly all essential nutrients
Health
10 Nov 2025
Link found between chronic fatigue and abnormal breathing could lead to new treatments
New study finds that many people with chronic fatigue syndrome experience disordered breathing which may be worsening symptoms
Health
07 Nov 2025
How diabetes affects sleep patterns: here are five articles for World Diabetes Day
Over 800 million people globally have a type of diabetes, with numbers steadily rising. November 14 marks World Diabetes Day. We’re highlighting five recently published articles on aging and diabetes.
Health
30 Oct 2025
Scientists on ‘urgent’ quest to explain consciousness as AI gathers pace
As AI—and the ethical debate surrounding it—accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent than ever.
Health
23 Oct 2025
Drug which stops tumors' blood supply could help kids with bone cancer live longer
Children with multi-metastatic Ewing’s sarcoma face very poor survival rates — now an early trial of pazopanib shows promise for helping them live longer, healthier lives
Health
21 Oct 2025
This is how happy we need to be to have lower chronic disease mortality risk
Researchers used data from 123 countries to identify a ‘happiness threshold’ beyond which nations’ non-communicable disease mortality rate decreases, making happiness a public health resource
Health
07 Oct 2025
AI and omics unlock personalized drugs and RNA therapies for heart disease
Reducing industrial animal use can help to shrink our carbon footprint and boost health—but doing so means we need nutritious meat alternatives that are also tasty and affordable.
Health
02 Oct 2025
Death toll from drugs has more than doubled worldwide over past three decades
Researchers used new statistical methods to analyze public data on the global health burden due to drug addiction. They showed that drug-related mortality has increased 2.2-fold between 1990 and 2021, especially in high-income countries, despite a 6% reduction in cases after correcting for population growth. This surge in the public health burden from drugs was greatest in the US, and likely due to the combination of opioids and cocaine and worsening social and healthcare conditions for drug users.
Health
30 Sep 2025
Mix insect, plant, and cultivated proteins for healthier, greener, tastier food, say experts
Reducing industrial animal use can help to shrink our carbon footprint and boost health—but doing so means we need nutritious meat alternatives that are also tasty and affordable.
Health
26 Sep 2025
Protecting the protectors: as measles cases surge, how can we help healthcare workers get vaccinated?
Measles infections are on the rise, due partly to falling vaccination rates — and because of their work, healthcare workers and those around them are particularly vulnerable. In a new Frontiers in Public Health article, Nikki Heinze and her colleagues talk to healthcare workers in a London hospital to understand the factors that encourage or discourage measles vaccination. In this editorial, Heinze explores those factors, and calls for action to improve immunity screening, raise awareness, and support healthcare workers who want to be vaccinated.
Health
17 Sep 2025
People on Ozempic who eat to regulate emotions less likely to lose weight
Scientists studying people taking GLP-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic found that those who experienced emotional eating were less likely to lose clinically significant weight.