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A large study tracking thousands of adults over five years reveals that core personality traits, particularly extraversion and conscientiousness, strongly predict how often a person drinks alcohol.
Psychedelics like psilocybin (from magic mushrooms), LSD, DMT and mescaline profoundly alter how we perceive, feel and think. After decades of neglect, they are again the subject of serious scientific inquiry, largely…
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(MedPage Today) -- Wide variations in the numbers of type 1 diabetes patients and specialists throughout the U.S. may affect care availability as diagnostic and treatment modalities continue to advance, data from a…
The number of North Carolina high school students reporting mental health issues and alcohol and drug use have dropped to pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest biennial survey of student ...
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Devon Frye Movies love exploring obsession. An obsessed protagonist can be one of the most engaging kinds of characters because they will not relent no matter what. Whether it is…
(MedPage Today) -- A 2-year-old girl whose parents sued a Texas hospital to prevent it from testing if she was brain-dead after she drowned in a hotel pool on Memorial Day has been removed from life support and died, her…
You finally get a free afternoon, yet instead of relaxing, you feel like you should be doing something productive. Psychology suggests this isn't simply a strong work ethic. Internalised productivity ...
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the second largest ever, and shows no sign of slowing down. To help, researchers are trying to expand experimental vaccines and treatments
Cyclosporiasis has been getting all the headlines, but infections from raw milk have sickened more than 100 in Idaho this summer.
Researchers used MRI scans to observe how methylphenidate affects the brains of children with ADHD. In a placebo-controlled experiment, the medication reduced rapid shifts in brain network connections ...
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. A neighbor of mine, a woman of a certain age and considerable wisdom, stopped me on the street recently with advice I have not been able to shake. "Bala," she…
Clinical psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Bendick in St. Petersburg emphasizes that improving overall health begins with establishing consistent daily habits rather than overwhelming life overhauls.
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(MedPage Today) -- Liposomal daunorubicin and cytarabine (Vyxeos) didn't hold up to standard daunorubicin/cytarabine induction therapy in children and young adults with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a…
Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine are investigating how to keep opioids' pain-relieving benefits while reducing their addictive potential. In a study published in Nature, they report a ...
A new study shows how exercise releases muscle-derived "exerkines" that protect dopamine neurons and counter sarcopenia in Parkinson's disease.
A new study introduces "apical hypercontextualisation," explaining how psychedelics target serotonin receptors on layer V pyramidal neurons to shift brain processing from raw sensory input toward associative context.
Researchers uses The Virtual Brain to show how regional acetylcholine receptor density shapes whole-brain activity and localized sleep waves.
(MedPage Today) -- Former First Lady Jill Biden said she noticed a concerning symptom before former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer -- he was waking up to use the bathroom up to seven…
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina Let me pre-emptively apologize for the anger a polemical essay of this kind will, no doubt, cause in some readers. For there is no polite way of stating my conviction that…
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina I’ve written about two men from the same family who separately became serial killers, Danny and Larry Ranes. Larry, the youngest brother by a year and a half, killed five…
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. A flurry of admonishments erupts from two parents nearby, and I turn to see a small child half-naked and rising from a squat on the gravel path. Pull your pants…
Researchers from three institutions, including UC Santa Barbara, have demonstrated that artificial intelligence has the potential to make future visual prostheses, like a bionic eye, more precise, predictable and…
(MedPage Today) -- Colder was not better when it came to donor heart storage, according to preliminary findings from a retrospective analysis. Between static cold storage (SCS) at 4-8°C and 10°C, there was a marked…
A Thai herbal medicine programme could expand access to methamphetamine addiction treatment while reducing costs and improving recovery outcomes, according to a researcher at Thammasat University.
A recent study suggests that basil extract might help ease anxiety and depression. When taken with standard antidepressants, patients using a nightly basil syrup reported greater symptom relief than those taking a…
A new study reveals that the cardioprotective drug dexrazoxane significantly reduces heart damage caused by chemotherapy in pediatric cancer patients 15 years or more after treatment ends.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary autoinflammatory disease in which the body's own immune system overreacts to minimal or inappropriate stimuli, producing recurrent attacks of fever and painful…
Like spies evading detection by mastering disguises, many cancer cells are adorned with a copious coat of sugar-derived molecules that throws the proverbial hounds of the immune system off the scent.
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