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New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12–15 May) and published in Nature Medicine shows that most weight loss achieved using the injectable obesity drugs tirzepatide or ...

A 21-element recovery program for children undergoing gastrointestinal surgery reduced opioid use during hospitalization by 56%, according to a large clinical trial led by Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie ...

Does your infant put their arm through their sleeve when you get them dressed? As you sort laundry, does your toddler pick up the shorts you dropped? These are examples of how infants help by participating in shared activities. ...

Imagine walking down the high street and feeling a powerful spark of recognition for almost every person you pass. For some sufferers of a rare condition called hyperfamiliarity for faces (HFF), this confusing and sometimes ...

The degenerative brain disease that claimed CNN founder Ted Turner's life is likely more common than other rare but well-known neurological diseases, a new evidence review says.

Having a biological age older than chronological age is associated with a greater likelihood of developing dementia, a new study has shown. By combining measures of biological aging and genetic risk, researchers have identified ...

Why do two people with the same cancer diagnosis—the same stage, the same cell type, and the same clinical profile—often have completely different outcomes? For decades, scientists have studied acquired mutations in cancer ...

Occupational burnout is a growing threat to care quality, workforce retention and physician well-being. Pregnant and postpartum physicians-in-training are especially at risk, facing stigma, limited support, and physical demands, ...

Men are more likely to take risks in tricky situations than women, but whether there is an inherent biological reason behind it is a question researchers have been asking for quite some time. A popular theory suggests that ...

Premenstrual disorders and psychiatric conditions often seem to flock together, and researchers now have data to make a case for it. A large Swedish study involving over 3 million women revealed a striking two-way path between ...

Developing effective immunotherapies for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has long been hampered by a critical challenge: Therapy directed at killing the leukemia cells may also harm the body's ability to make new, healthy blood ...

A University of California, Riverside preclinical study is shedding light on a long-observed but poorly understood phenomenon: chronic cannabis users tend to have lower body weight and a reduced risk of developing type 2 ...