Mental health warning labels prompt young people to limit screens
Pop-up messages that warn of the harms of social media - such as mental health consequences - have potential to reduce young people's social media use, a new Stanford Medicine…
Misfolded proteins slip past cell cleanups and risk causing disease
As proteins are made in a cell, they are folded into the 3-D structure that allows them to work, but sometimes this process can go wrong.
Crucial brain stem cells rely on metabolic pathways to make decisions
As the human brain takes shape before birth, a remarkable type of stem cell helps give it many of the features that make it distinctly human.
Most oncology AI research overlooks critical patient safety and privacy
Flinders University researchers were part of an international team that conducted a scoping review that identified 2,441 records and found just 32 studies examined how cancer patients, survivors and carers…
Community brain health programs successfully improve attention in older adults
As aging populations drive rising global healthcare demands, finding scalable ways to prevent cognitive decline has become a vital public health priority.
Childhood obesity prescriptions for GLP-1 drugs surge in the U.S.
Although the number of US children under age 12 with obesity being prescribed the weight loss drugs Saxenda, Wegovy, and Zepbound remains low, the number is 310 times higher in…
Submicron IR map of the human cell: Label free cellular imaging with O-PTIR, FTIR and Raman
What if you could map the chemistry inside a human cell - without fluorescent labels or stains?
Researchers find greater microplastic burden in lung cancer patients
People with lung cancer are more likely to have microplastics in their lungs and to have larger quantities of microplastics in their lungs, according to research that will be presented…
Early autism identification faces gaps beyond screening
A Pediatric Investigation study finds that early autism identification can fail after screening, with gaps in referral, diagnosis, service capacity, and support.
GLP-1 drugs could reshape fashion and body culture
As GLP-1 medications change American bodies and attitudes about weight, a West Virginia University fashion expert says their influence could reach all the way from consumers' closets to designers' drawing…