Category: 6. Health

A leading treatment for androgenetic alopecia (AGA) – the classic pattern hair loss – could be made more effective with the clever addition of the natural sweetener stevioside, derived from the stevia plant (Stevia rebaudiana).

Minoxidil…

Researchers from Nanchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, et al. have conducted a study entitled “Two-step wastewater surveillance reveals co-circulation of respiratory pathogens during the 2023–2024…

Eating peppermints can increase alertness in people who are ill with the common cold, according to research.

Scientists at Cardiff University looked at whether having a cold impaired mood and performance and if these effects could be removed by…

Hypothermia can preserve neuron health following brain injury, but complications from external cooling make it less promising therapeutically. Recent evidence suggests that activating a specific neuron population triggers a…

A major UK cohort study uncovers widespread eating disorder symptoms among diverse adolescents, exposing urgent gaps in recognition, cultural care, and long-held assumptions about who is truly at risk.

Study: The Prevalence and…

A multi-center randomized controlled trial with critically ill adults aged 50 years and older admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) found that twice-daily slow-tempo music (60 to 80 beats per minute) did not shorten the duration…

Sepsis, or infection causing life-threatening organ dysfunction, is a leading cause of death in children worldwide. In efforts to prevent this rare but critical condition, researchers developed and validated AI models that…

A more comprehensive pandemic risk monitoring system, that tracks threats and preparedness…

By uncovering life-altering genetic conditions before symptoms appear, genomic screening could redefine newborn care if health systems can scale the technology responsibly.

Study: Feasibility, acceptability and clinical outcomes of…

People who stop smoking in middle age can reduce their cognitive decline so dramatically that within 10 years their chances of developing dementia are the same as someone who has never smoked, research has found.

Kicking the habit halves the rate…