Health

Break in the case for long COVID investigators

Research highlighting chronic inflammation opens path to treating illness that affects millions of Americans
The problem with the school smartphone debate

Study finds most districts already regulate devices. Is the real issue enforcement?
Just who gets a say at FDA public drug-approval hearings?

New research shows negative voices are relatively rare in drug approval hearings.
Your digital twin might save your life

AI, statistics offer new possibilities for personalized medicine
Time to legalize psychedelics?

Campus debate weighs therapeutic need vs. safety questions
How a toxin from the gut microbiome may help spark colorectal cancer

Findings suggest colibactin may be promising target for disease prevention

Aging Brains Lose Less Than Thought

It’s considered a dreaded inevitability of growing old—you lose thousands of brain cells every day. This idea has been a centerpiece of scientific dogma and popular lore for 40 years.…

October 3, 1996