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Overdose killed more pregnant Colorado women than childbirth itself—until a dramatic shift. Maternal overdose deaths plummeted 60% in one year.
Opioids may be far less effective for acute pain than doctors have long assumed, according to the largest review of its kind.
A new prostate cancer drug shrinks tumors in early trials, offering hope for the most common male cancer affecting 1.5 million men worldwide annually.
A viral sleep hack is turning off the bathroom lights before bed. Dark showering mimics your body's natural temperature drop and blocks melatonin-suppressing light—and sleep experts say the science checks out.
Some tumors have cracked the code to escape their "glutamine addiction"—a metabolic weakness scientists thought they could exploit. New research reveals how.
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A woman born without a womb just gave birth to a healthy baby boy after receiving a transplant—a medical milestone that rewrites what's possible in reproductive medicine.
Video games aren't just fun—Boston University researchers found they're effective stress management tools that help regulate emotions.
Lupita Nyong'o won an Oscar while suffering debilitating pelvic pain—a condition most people never discuss.
Surgeons are treating spina bifida in the womb by applying stem cells from the placenta directly to the baby's spine—a breakthrough that could transform birth defect treatment.
Plant-based diets can sustain healthy infant growth, according to research spanning 1.2 million babies in their first two years of life.
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Jersey just legalized assisted dying. Now Westminster and Scotland are weighing similar bills for terminally ill patients.
Jersey's assisted dying law could enable the first legal deaths by 2027 following Royal Assent.
Eli Lilly's orforglipron pill outperformed existing GLP-1 drugs in clinical trials, offering a potentially more effective oral alternative to Wegovy and Mounjaro injections.
Your diet is as crucial to dental health as your toothbrush. Cheese, leafy greens, and other foods actively strengthen enamel and fight cavity-causing bacteria—here are nine you should eat.
One DMT dose paired with therapy reversed treatment-resistant depression for months, offering hope to millions who've failed standard antidepressants.
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A woman signed up to donate a kidney to a stranger—then discovered she'd unknowingly saved her own life in the process.
A pomegranate compound directly dismantles the toxic protein clumps that cause transthyretin amyloidosis—offering a potential breakthrough for this rare, progressive disease.
Two days of oatmeal transformed cholesterol levels in people with metabolic syndrome—LDL dropped 10% in a striking new clinical trial.
Sperm swim faster in summer, a finding that could revolutionize fertility treatment timing, researchers say.
A bride danced through her wedding night while performing a vital cystic fibrosis treatment—and the internet couldn't look away.
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Ten yoga sessions can slash the worst opioid-withdrawal period in half, new research shows—dramatically boosting recovery odds when relapse risk peaks.
While culture chases novelty, becoming a regular at your favorite café is quietly radical—and science says it's essential for your mental health.
Scientists just cracked a critical problem: how to deliver last-resort antibiotics directly to infected tissue without poisoning the rest of your body.
Your brain rewires itself to ignore a "lazy eye"—and scientists just found a way to reverse it, even in adults.
Scientists just created a pacemaker that vanishes when your heart heals. Igor Efimov's team at Northwestern engineered the first dissolvable device, eliminating risky removal surgery.
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Scientists are engineering bacteria to devour tumors from within. University of Waterloo researchers exploit how cancer's oxygen-starved core becomes a feast for specially designed spores.
Computerized brain games help traumatic injury patients rewire neural pathways and boost cognitive performance, new research reveals.
Hugo Powell made history as the first British baby born to a mother with a transplanted womb from a deceased donor.
A man's nightmare became a lifesaver: his dream of a heart attack prompted real medical tests that uncovered a genuine cardiac condition, preventing tragedy.
A woman born without a womb has given birth to Britain's first baby using a transplanted organ from a deceased donor—a milestone she calls "simply a miracle.
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Root canal treatment may do more than save your tooth—it could lower heart disease inflammation and improve blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
A child's polio diagnosis has triggered an urgent vaccination campaign in Malawi—but the disease still ravages other regions. Can it be stopped?
Scientists at Stanford Medicine reversed Type 1 diabetes in mice by resetting the immune system—a breakthrough that could transform treatment for autoimmune diseases and organ transplants.
April Lockley answers calls for the Miscarriage and Abortion hotline from her living room while her 3-year-old plays nearby—a juggling act she believes teaches her daughter about compassion.
Scientists have taken a significant step toward neutralizing Epstein-Barr virus....
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Generative AI matched or outperformed human experts on complex medical datasets, slashing months of model-building work to moments.
Lara Smith spent 30 years hunting the world's best textiles. Now she's exposing heat as sleep's biggest enemy—and building solutions through her podcast and brand Lusomé.
Actor Eric Dane died at 53, less than a year after his ALS diagnosis. Before losing his voice to the disease, he recorded a final message for his teenage daughters.
Two entrepreneurs are using fashion and humor to fight colon cancer stigma—with a slogan that's impossible to ignore.
Forget the bar scene—millions are ditching nightlife for "daylife," bonding over yoga, hiking, and fitness instead. This shift signals a cultural reset toward meaningful connections and away from alcohol.