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Sienna Miller and Oli Green shared some big news on the red carpet. The 43-year-old actress, clad in a sheer white gown, showed off her growing baby bump. She shared her good news just ahead of the holidays at the Fashion Awards in London. Oli, 28, looked just as thrilled to share the news. The pair...
Sleeping in a pitch-black room may be vital for long-term heart health. Exposure to ambient light while sleeping was linked to increased stress in the brain, heightened arterial inflammation, and a greater risk of heart attack and stroke.
Getty Images for Unsplash+ Persistent hormone disruption during pregnancy trimesters appears to increase the likelihood of autism in children, shows a new large cohort study. Women who experience continuing thyroid hormone irregularities throughout pregnancy may face a higher chance of having a chil...
Experts say it's not rude to ask if someone is feeling unwell before a holiday gathering, as mild symptoms can be serious for vulnerable individuals. Normalizing this conversation helps protect those at higher risk of severe illness from respiratory viruses like the flu, RSV, and common colds.
In Borneo’s dense rainforest, some communities of Punan people still find their medicine among the trees. For generations the forest has been their living pharmacy, with each medicinal plant tied to tradition. But as modern pressures grow, both the forest and the knowledge it shelters are slipping a...
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It’s hard to believe William Shatner turned 94 years old in 2025. He’s as spry as ever and continues working in Hollywood and sharing joy on social media. Earlier this fall, William gave fans a scare. An ambulance showed up at this home for a “medical emergency.” He quickly cleared the air. And whil...
Health Looking to build muscle? Lose weight? Need more protein, right? Probably not. Forget influencers, nutritionist says. Here’s how much you really need, why too much can actually hurt you Samantha Laine Perfas Harvard Staff Writer November 25, 2025 8 min read High-protein diets are having a mome...
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Women and youth empowerment through education Welcome to the final week of The Optimist Daily’s Annual Local Changemakers series, where we’ve spent five weeks celebrating community-rooted leaders driving bold solutions across the globe.
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Service dogs are professionals who are trained to be attentive, helpful and extremely well-behaved for their owners who rely on them for everyday living. They aren't easily distracted and have solid control over their impulses because their job performance is vital to humans who need them. No one wa...
From obesity in cats and dogs and osteoarthritis in pigs, to cancer in whales and high blood glucose in racoons, chronic diseases are increasingly becoming a concern across the animal world, a recent study finds. Most of these ailments can be traced back to human-driven changes, the author says. Ant...
A team of neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom identified five broad phases of brain structure over the course of an average human life. These eras occur as the human brain rewires to support the different ways of thinking while we grow, mature, and eventually decline...
Surveyed for the first time since its discovery two decades ago, the settlement "breaks from all the things that we thought we knew about Central Asia up to this point," a study author says...
Participants lost more weight on a low-fat vegan diet than on the Mediterranean diet, largely due to eliminating animal foods and reducing oils and nuts. Increased intake of plant foods, even “unhealthy” ones, was strongly associated with greater weight loss....
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Penn State researchers have developed a new navigation tool that could reshape digital assistance for people with visual impairments. The smartphone-based system, called NaviSense, uses artificial intelligence to identify objects in real time and guide users toward them with audio and haptic cues. T...
On November 22, the Saturday before Thanksgiving, Nashville bakery owner Kathy Leslie was cooking up hot holiday meals for over 700 families. It’s a tradition that Leslie’s Shugga Hi Bakery & Cafe has been carrying on for nine years.“So listen, this is the truth: people are hurting,” Leslie told New...
Oliver Chu from California first person to have the one-off treatment for Hunter syndrome Doctors are cautiously optimistic about a groundbreaking gene therapy for children affected by a devastating inherited disorder after seeing positive results in the first boy to receive the treatment. Three-yea...
The NHS has made the morning-after pill available for free across nearly 10,000 pharmacies in England, a major expansion of women's health services. This change aims to make emergency contraception more accessible and affordable, aligning with the NHS's goal of shifting more care into local communities.
A research team has found that specific immune cells can connect with muscle fibers in a lightning-fast, neuron-like way to promote healing. These cells deliver quick pulses of calcium, triggering repair within seconds. The mechanism works in both injury and disease models. The discovery could inspi...
