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NIH Director's COVID Comments Spark Staff Walkout

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 — Dozens of staff at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) walked out of a recent town hall meeting after Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya suggested the agency may have h...

Former Surgeon General Warns Social Media Is Harming Children's Health

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 — Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is urging lawmakers to take stronger steps to protect children from the potential dangers of social media. In a recent interview o...

American Psychiatric Association, May 17-21

The annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association was held from May 17 to 21 in Los Angeles. Participants included clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others i...

Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation May Aid Knee Pain

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 – Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) may be a safe pain-relieving treatment for people with knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to a pilot study published...

Fine-Tuned Large Language Models Enhance Error ID in Radiology Reports

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 – Large language models (LLMs), fine-tuned on radiology reports, enhance error detection in radiology reports, according to a study published online May 20 in Radiology. Cong...

U.S. Moms Facing Mental, Physical Health Struggles

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 — U.S. mothers are struggling with both their mental and physical health, a new study says. The percentage of mothers who report excellent mental health dropped 12 points b...

Vitamin D Might Fend Off Biological Aging

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 — Vitamin D supplements might be a veritable Fountain of Youth, capable of slowing down a person’s biological aging, a new study says. People taking daily vitamin D3 experienced ...

2015 to 2021 Saw Decrease in Incidence of Dementia

FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 – From 2015 to 2021, there was a decrease in the incidence of dementia, but an increase in prevalence, according to a study published online May 20 in The BMJ. Beau Blass,...

Environmental SOS: Rare Birds Crunch From Bellies Full of Plastic

SATURDAY, May 24, 2025 — Birds on a remote Australian island are so full of plastic they crunch, British researchers report. They found plastic in the bellies of chicks less than 3 months old and a d...

Quieter Classrooms May Help Calm Kids, Study Shows

SUNDAY, May 25, 2025 — The first day of preschool can be tough — lots of new faces, unfamiliar sounds and the sudden goodbye to Mom or Dad can be overwhelming. But what if something as simple as the c...

New AI Can Help Track Eczema

FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 – Eczema sufferers could soon find it easier to track their skin condition, via a newly developed AI that can assess severity using uploaded smartphone images. The AI...

Cities Contribute To Asthma, Researchers Argue

FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 — Dirty, crowded urban environments can significantly increase a person’s risk of developing asthma, a new study says. Cleaner, better-thought-out cities could ward off 1 of eve...

Family Link For Postpartum Psychosis Discovered

FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 — Women are 10 times more likely to develop postpartum psychosis if they have a sister who experienced the condition after an earlier pregnancy, a new study says. Postpartum p...

White House Report Blames Toxins, Food and Screens for Poor Health

FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 — A new White House report says today’s children are the sickest generation in U.S. history when it comes to chronic disease, and it puts the blame on environmental toxins, poor n...

Higher Social Media Use Tied to Subsequent Depressive Symptoms in Youth

FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 – Higher social media use is associated with greater subsequent depressive symptoms in children and adolescents, according to a study published online May 21 in JAMA Network ...

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