Category: 6. Health

A new meta-analysis finds that “laughing gas” can lift depressive symptoms within hours, highlighting a fast-acting antidepressant approach that may work best when carefully repeated rather than given just once.

Study: Nitrous…

A groundbreaking new treatment using genome-edited immune cells, developed by scientists at UCL (University College London) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), has shown promising results in helping children and adults fight a…

SARS‑CoV‑2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to mutate, with some newer strains becoming less responsive to current antiviral treatments like Paxlovid. Now, University of California San Diego scientists and an…

A study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has revealed important insights into the genetics of deposits in the eye, known as reticular pseudodrusen (RPD), that are linked to greater risk of vision loss among…

A large-scale laboratory screen reveals that widely used chemicals do more than contaminate food and water. They can selectively suppress, favor, and rewire gut bacteria, with potential consequences for microbiome balance and…

A new advance from Carnegie Mellon University researchers could reshape how clinicians identify the brain regions responsible for drug-resistant epilepsy. Surgery can be a life-changing option for millions of epilepsy patients…

A phase 2 trial suggests that a drug commonly used for constipation may help preserve kidney function in people with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease by reshaping the gut microbiome and boosting mitochondrial health,…

Liang Wenfeng, founder of the Chinese AI firm DeepSeek, and “Deep diver” Chinese geoscientist Du Mengran have been selected for the journal Nature’s annual “Nature’s 10” list, which highlights ten people at the heart of some of the biggest…

‘Tis the season for overindulgence. But for people with allergies, holiday feasting can be strewn with landmines.

Over three million people worldwide tiptoe around a food allergy. Even more experience watery eyes, runny noses, and uncontrollable…