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More protein in your breakfast or snacks won't give you more muscle without more work – a biologist separates the science from the marketing - Linda M. Boland, University of Richmond

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16% of Pennsylvania teens have considered suicide – but everyday connection may help -- Xue Zhang, Penn State and Jonathan Wright, Penn State

8 hours ago

New therapies help people with schizophrenia – but access is woefully inadequate -- Matthew Kurtz, Wesleyan University

8 hours ago

The CDC has a new director – now comes the hard part -- Syra S. Madad, Harvard Kennedy School and Nahid Bhadelia, Boston University

8 hours ago

Traumatic memories are often fragmented – a psychologist explains how and why that happens -- Michele Patterson Ford, Dickinson College

2 days ago

What happens when your hospital is also your insurance company? We're starting to see the effects -- Geronimo Bejarano Cardenas, Brown University and Grace Mackleby, University of Southern California

3 days ago

Why millions of people around the world will contract measles in 2026 -- Kathryn H. Jacobsen, University of Richmond

8 hours ago

Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's – how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain -- Hatim Sharif, The University of Texas at San Antonio

9 days ago

For refugees to the US, discrimination can make healthcare harder to get -- Hyojin Im, Virginia Commonwealth University

9 days ago

Can a vaccine built for one Ebola virus stop another? The World Health Organization is about to find out -- Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia

7 days ago

US government is pushing to gain unprecedented access to your medical records – as data protections are weakening -- Jennifer D. Oliva, Indiana University

4 days ago

Executive order on vaccines bypasses an evidence-based process that has kept kids safe -- Jake Scott, Stanford University

8 days ago

Why Americans seeking affordable doctor visits and medicines abroad may misjudge healthcare quality -- Kelli Frias, American University and Deidre Popovich, Texas Tech University

28 days ago

Trump administration is withholding more than $1B in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota, in latest example of weaponizing real and imagined fraud -- Ben Zdencanovic, University of Cambridge

18 days ago

South Dakota's abortion pill advertising ban runs into free speech roadblock -- Lucinda M. Finley, University at Buffalo

28 days ago

Elite sports are laboratories of health and performance innovation, but not every experiment belongs in your routine -- Adam Annaccone, University of Texas at Arlington

2 days ago

How to do your own online health research like a scientist – a biostatistician's step-by-step guide -- Lucy McGowan, Wake Forest University

15 days ago

Flawed studies linking hormone therapy to breast cancer made doctors reluctant to prescribe it for menopause relief – especially for breast cancer survivors -- Versha Pleasant, University of Michigan

22 days ago

Time for a clock change? Congress considers daylight saving time ... again -- Beth Ann Malow, Vanderbilt University

1 month ago

US immigration policies interfere with prenatal care and parenting choices, hurting people and communities -- Jallicia Jolly, Amherst College

2 months ago

I'm a doctor who helped rename PCOS to PMOS – a 10-year process of listening to 14,000 patients and health professionals speak on how to improve care -- Melanie Cree, University of Colorado Anschutz

2 months ago

Nearly half of maternal deaths in Pennsylvania occur more than 6 weeks after giving birth -- Yenupini Joyce Adams, University of Notre Dame

2 months ago

Reduced health insurance payments for hospital births had a bigger impact on sterilization rates than correcting an injustice -- Liana Woskie, Tufts University and Kimberly Turner, University of Pittsburgh

2 months ago

People with premenstrual dysphoric disorder have higher rates of suicidal thinking, planning and attempts -- Eliza Zhitnik, UMass Amherst and Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, UMass Amherst

3 months ago

Flesh-eating bacteria are devouring limbs in warming waters worldwide − here's how to protect yourself -- Bill Sullivan, Indiana University

9 days ago

First mRNA flu shot approved by FDA bodes well for improving drugs of the future – though a few hurdles remain before mRNA can move beyond vaccines -- Li Li, UMass Chan Medical School

14 days ago

Cholera still kills thousands each year – in places without clean water, it's far from history -- Katrine L. Wallace, University of Illinois Chicago

23 days ago

Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Philadelphia in 1976 was mysterious and deadly – 50 years later, scientists know the cause but outbreaks continue -- Charles N. Haas, Drexel University and Robert Promisloff, Drexel University

2 months ago

World Cup creates perfect conditions for infectious diseases to spread – here are the biggest threats health experts are watching for -- Andrés Henao, University of Colorado Anschutz

2 months ago

If you think someone has an eating disorder, should you say something? A dietitian explains how to express concern without body shaming -- Miranda Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic

4 days ago

In memory care deserts, senior centers can help close the gap in brain-related healthcare -- Rasheera Dopson, Northern Arizona University; Eric Cerino, Northern Arizona University; Megan McCoy, Northern Arizona University, and Paulina German, Northern Arizona University

17 days ago

Millions of family caregivers manage complex diets for older relatives – often with little nutritional guidance -- Minakshi Raj, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

28 days ago

Screen time guidelines for kids and adolescents have shifted as research paints a more nuanced picture -- Gabriel E. Hales, Michigan State University

1 month ago

Many youth athletes quietly struggle with eating disorders – Colorado mandates new training that could turn things around -- Erin Harrop, University of Denver

3 days ago

Teens are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support – here's how to keep kids safe -- Phoebe S. Moore, UMass Chan Medical School; Megan Kelly, UMass Chan Medical School, and Yael Dvir, UMass Chan Medical School

7 days ago

What is emotional regulation? A child psychologist explains -- Jessica Griffin, UMass Chan Medical School

14 days ago

Nearly 20% of new moms have anxiety or depression, but a promising psychedelic treatment is on the horizon -- Camille Hoffman, University of Colorado Anschutz

1 month ago

Childhood experiences of LGBTQ+ stigma can harm romantic relationships decades later – psychologists explain how to reconnect with yourself and your partner -- Melissa Gates, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Christina Balderrama-Durbin, Binghamton University, State University of New York

1 month ago

One of the most common brain disorders is one of the most misunderstood – how functional neurological disorder is both 'all in your head' and beyond it -- Mackenzi Moore, University of Colorado Anschutz

4 days ago

Cyclospora spreads through human waste – so how did it get on food? -- Joan Rose, Michigan State University

11 days ago

Should you wash your prewashed lettuce? An infectious disease expert explains how to eat your greens safely during the cyclospora outbreak -- Lisa Cuchara, Quinnipiac University

22 days ago

Chronic pain is missing from America's heat warnings -- Feinuo Sun, University of Texas at Arlington

11 days ago

Lightning strikes kill thousands globally each year, but for those who survive, the storm is far from over -- Daile Zhang, University of North Dakota

11 days ago

Many cancer survivors have impairments that make using mobile devices and websites difficult -- Rachel F. Adler, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Devorah Kletenik, Brooklyn College

1 month ago

What Pennsylvania's AI chatbot lawsuit teaches us about the psychology behind medical trust -- Gretchen Chapman, Carnegie Mellon University

2 months ago

Reddit and TikTok - with the help of AI - are reshaping how researchers understand substance use -- Layla Bouzoubaa, Drexel University

7 months ago

Focused sound energy holds promise for treating cancer, Alzheimer's and other diseases -- Richard J. Price, University of Virginia

10 months ago

Florida lost 450,000 ACA enrollees in 2026 as premiums rose an average of 37% nationally, new data shows -- Robert Applebaum, Miami University

3 days ago

US teens are smoking and vaping less than their peers abroad -- Holly Jarman, University of Michigan; Claire L. Ma, University of Michigan, and Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, UMass Amherst

4 days ago

The typical gig worker is changing – and struggling more than ever to make ends meet -- Jacob Lederman, University of Michigan Flint

14 days ago

What makes muscles contract? A physiologist explains how muscles move -- Kiki Crawford, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

24 days ago

How is deli meat made? The food science behind the turkey, ham and other cold cuts in your lunch -- Anna Dilger, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

4 days ago