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Gut bacteria can transform nitrate and plant-based iron from vegetables and other foods into protective molecules that may benefit the heart and metabolism. In experimental models, higher levels of...
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02616-zInjection of a person’s own mitochondria into the retina was safe but had only a temporary effect on restoring vision.
Nostalgia, like ecstasy, is a hell of a drug and Kieron J. Walsh’s warm-hearted, hot-headed “Skintown” is buzzing on both. A more polite brother to the “Kneecap” boys and a more cautious cousin to...
A decades-old compound may point to a new way of treating obesity by making the body burn more energy rather than simply reducing appetite. In mice, TOFA increased energy use by as much as 18%,...
Dachshunds are enjoying a global popularity boom, climbing to No. 5 in the American Kennel Club’s 2025 rankings as owners embrace their small size and outsized personalities. The surge is supporting...
Quality Control co-founder Pierre “P” Thomas is currently in the hospital receiving medical care after suffering a heart attack. A rep for Thomas confirmed to Variety that the hip-hop mogul is...
Mourners with the body of Kareem Shlaldeh at a hospital in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Friday.
A few minutes of sprinting may reshape the bloodstream far more dramatically than a much longer moderate workout. Six 30-second sprints altered nearly a quarter of the blood proteins measured and...
AI may be able to predict how strongly someone will respond to a vaccine before they receive it. By analyzing antibody patterns in more than 4,000 people, researchers found signs of “immune...
Preparing a dose of the Candid #1 vaccine against Argentine hemorrhagic fever at Carrasco Hospital in Rosario, Argentina.
People who participated in colorectal cancer screening had a 43% lower risk of dying from the disease, according to long-term data from more than 376,000 people in Sweden. The findings suggest that...
Known as India’s ‘Queen of Biotech’, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw built Biocon from a rented garage almost 50 years ago. Today, her multibillion-dollar company is one of the world’s biggest producers of...
Known as India’s ‘Queen of Biotech’, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw built Biocon from a rented garage almost 50 years ago. Today, her multibillion-dollar company is one of the world’s biggest producers of...
Police personnel keeping watch outside Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday. The Supreme Court ordered Imran Khan to be moved there.
Robin Wenzel, head of Wells Fargo Industry Insights, said that the rise of GLP-1s has brought down the rate of bariatric surgery by more than 30%, providing a less invasive 'pharmaceutical offramp'...
EXCLUSIVE: A slew of new patients, a doctor, and a hospital executive will be welcomed to the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center on HBO Max’s medical drama The Pitt, as 7 new actors have been cast in...
Hockey, horror comedy and hospital drama lead the way at the 2026 TCA Awards. Heated Rivalry skated off with the marquee Program of the Year prize Thursday as the Television Critics Association...
Ghana expects its cocoa harvest to drop 13% next season as adverse weather and disease hit production, according to people familiar with the matter, a setback that could further boost global prices...
Researchers have developed a new way to turn ordinary antibodies into tiny disease-fighting molecules that can work inside human cells, potentially opening new paths for treating Alzheimer’s,...
The Drug Enforcement Administration has joined the investigation into Hayden Panettiere’s death, according to ABC News. The DEA is entering a joint effort with South Carolina’s Greenville Police...
Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02612-3Promising trial results suggest cancer vaccines work and could be used to target other tumours.
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan’s global private equity head Lori Hall-Kimm is leaving to pursue another opportunity.
EXCLUSIVE: Ariana Madix is set to return to NBC’s St. Denis Medical when the mockumentary returns for Season 3. The Emmy-nominated Love Island USA host will reprise her role as Dr. Brooke Emerson, a...
Merck and Moderna announced positive results from a large late-stage trial of their personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, which significantly reduced the recurrence of melanoma, the deadliest form of...
Engineered probiotic bacteria were able to infiltrate pancreatic tumors, stimulate cancer-fighting immune cells, and slow tumor growth in animal studies. Even more strikingly, the treatment worked...
Silver nanoparticles can precisely slice DNA and create longer “sticky ends,” helping genetic fragments join up to five times more efficiently than conventional methods. The breakthrough could...
Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02516-2Many researchers are unaware of an upcoming law that will require them to register with a regulatory body, as is the case for...
Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10926-5The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study demonstrates how family-based genomic data can disentangle direct genetic...
Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10687-1The Review examines rapid LLM adoption in clinical care, outlining emerging security and safety risks across development...
A widely prescribed blood pressure drug was associated with a 33% higher risk of serious kidney problems in people with type 2 diabetes, even when they were already taking kidney-protective...
Kratom use and serious health problems linked to it have risen dramatically across the United States over the past decade. Poison center reports jumped from just 19 cases in 2010 to more than 1,200...
AstraZeneca is stopping a clinical trial of the experimental drug volrustomig as it didn’t look set to help fight lung cancer better than existing therapies. The company had two separate late-stage...
A Covid shot being administered at a 2021 drive-through event in Avondale, La.
Dr. Evelyn Griffin, Louisiana’s surgeon general, testified in May about a bill that would have prohibited businesses and schools from mandating new vaccines or other medical interventions.
Nature, Published online: 17 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02532-2As climate change ramps up, scientists must urgently understand how night-time heat makes it harder for our bodies to rest and...
Nature, Published online: 17 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02589-zEmerging treatments known as orexin agonists show wide-ranging promise similar to that of GLP-1 receptor agonists. Plus,...
The studio’s marketing director blows off some steam on the sudden surge of scrutiny, believing this kind of culture can’t possibly be good for anyone’s mental health
Pet owners are increasingly extending the longevity treatments humans pursue for themselves to their dogs, experimenting with supplements, red light therapy and drugs including rapamycin even as...
A centuries-old heart drug costing less than ten cents a day could help keep heart-failure patients out of the hospital. New research suggests low-dose digoxin can reduce heart-failure...
The emergency department of Yangon General Hospital on Friday.
COVID-19 can reactivate dormant viruses hiding in the body, including Epstein-Barr, cytomegalovirus, and several herpes viruses. One poorly understood viral family was strongly associated with long...
Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may be leaving a measurable imprint inside the human body. Researchers analyzing more than two decades of U.S. health data found that blood bicarbonate levels...
Treating a 77-year-old woman for heat-related illness last month at MontLégia hospital in the Belgian city of Liège.
Rescue workers searching for survivors at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Ansar, a village in southern Lebanon, on Saturday.
Last year the Food and Drug Administration cut a program that tracked cyclospora outbreaks and delayed a rule that would have required companies to swiftly provide supply chain records in...
Treating a 77-year-old woman for heat-related illness last month at MontLégia hospital in the Belgian city of Liège.
Donating plasma for Grifols at a hospital in Barcelona in 2020. The company has suspended collecting plasma in Canada because of scrutiny over two deaths.
Supplement stacks. Red light therapy. Peptide shots. Many people are biohacking their health to try to live longer, better lives. And now, they’re doing the same for their beloved pets. Anna Edney...
Christy Knowings, a cast member of Nickelodeon’s ’90s hit All That, died Tuesday, August 11, after being removed from life support at a Los Angeles-area hospital, TMZ reports. She was 46. Knowing’s...
PatientRightsAdvocate.org says it wants to republish the proprietary billing codes that guide billions of dollars in health care payments.