Elite sports are laboratories of health and performance innovation, but not every experiment belongs in your routine - Adam Annaccone, University of Texas at Arlington

12 hours ago

What happens when your hospital is also your insurance company? We're starting to see the effects -- Geronimo Bejarano Cardenas, Brown University and Grace Mackleby, University of Southern California

12 hours ago

Many youth athletes quietly struggle with eating disorders – Colorado mandates new training that could turn things around -- Erin Harrop, University of Denver

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Florida lost 450,000 ACA enrollees in 2026 as premiums rose an average of 37% nationally, new data shows -- Robert Applebaum, Miami University

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US government is pushing to gain unprecedented access to your medical records – as data protections are weakening -- Jennifer D. Oliva, Indiana University

1 day ago

How is deli meat made? The food science behind the turkey, ham and other cold cuts in your lunch -- Anna Dilger, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

1 day ago

Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's – how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain -- Hatim Sharif, The University of Texas at San Antonio

6 days ago

For refugees to the US, discrimination can make healthcare harder to get -- Hyojin Im, Virginia Commonwealth University

6 days ago

Can a vaccine built for one Ebola virus stop another? The World Health Organization is about to find out -- Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia

4 days ago

Pregnant and parenting teens in Nairobi's informal settlements: the hidden mental toll of stigma -- Anthony Idowu Ajayi, African Population and Health Research Center; Caroline W. Kabiru, African Population and Health Research Center, and Vallery Obure, African Population and Health Research Center

5 days ago

Executive order on vaccines bypasses an evidence-based process that has kept kids safe -- Jake Scott, Stanford University

5 days ago

Why Americans seeking affordable doctor visits and medicines abroad may misjudge healthcare quality -- Kelli Frias, American University and Deidre Popovich, Texas Tech University

25 days ago

Trump administration is withholding more than $1B in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota, in latest example of weaponizing real and imagined fraud -- Ben Zdencanovic, University of Cambridge

15 days ago

South Dakota's abortion pill advertising ban runs into free speech roadblock -- Lucinda M. Finley, University at Buffalo

25 days ago

Colorado was the first state to cap a drug's price – then a federal court stepped in -- Shweta Kumar, University of Kentucky

29 days ago

How to do your own online health research like a scientist – a biostatistician's step-by-step guide -- Lucy McGowan, Wake Forest University

12 days ago

Flawed studies linking hormone therapy to breast cancer made doctors reluctant to prescribe it for menopause relief – especially for breast cancer survivors -- Versha Pleasant, University of Michigan

19 days ago

Time for a clock change? Congress considers daylight saving time ... again -- Beth Ann Malow, Vanderbilt University

28 days ago

Dr. ChatGPT is getting remarkably good at diagnosing health problems - but actual doctors are still better at weighing treatment options -- Andrew Parsons, University of Virginia

2 months ago

US immigration policies interfere with prenatal care and parenting choices, hurting people and communities -- Jallicia Jolly, Amherst College

2 months ago

I'm a doctor who helped rename PCOS to PMOS – a 10-year process of listening to 14,000 patients and health professionals speak on how to improve care -- Melanie Cree, University of Colorado Anschutz

2 months ago

Nearly half of maternal deaths in Pennsylvania occur more than 6 weeks after giving birth -- Yenupini Joyce Adams, University of Notre Dame

2 months ago

Reduced health insurance payments for hospital births had a bigger impact on sterilization rates than correcting an injustice -- Liana Woskie, Tufts University and Kimberly Turner, University of Pittsburgh

2 months ago

People with premenstrual dysphoric disorder have higher rates of suicidal thinking, planning and attempts -- Eliza Zhitnik, UMass Amherst and Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, UMass Amherst

3 months ago

Flesh-eating bacteria are devouring limbs in warming waters worldwide − here's how to protect yourself -- Bill Sullivan, Indiana University

6 days ago

First mRNA flu shot approved by FDA bodes well for improving drugs of the future – though a few hurdles remain before mRNA can move beyond vaccines -- Li Li, UMass Chan Medical School

11 days ago

Cholera still kills thousands each year – in places without clean water, it's far from history -- Katrine L. Wallace, University of Illinois Chicago

20 days ago

Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Philadelphia in 1976 was mysterious and deadly – 50 years later, scientists know the cause but outbreaks continue -- Charles N. Haas, Drexel University and Robert Promisloff, Drexel University

1 month ago

World Cup creates perfect conditions for infectious diseases to spread – here are the biggest threats health experts are watching for -- Andrés Henao, University of Colorado Anschutz

2 months ago

If you think someone has an eating disorder, should you say something? A dietitian explains how to express concern without body shaming -- Miranda Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic

1 day ago

In memory care deserts, senior centers can help close the gap in brain-related healthcare -- Rasheera Dopson, Northern Arizona University; Eric Cerino, Northern Arizona University; Megan McCoy, Northern Arizona University, and Paulina German, Northern Arizona University

14 days ago

Millions of family caregivers manage complex diets for older relatives – often with little nutritional guidance -- Minakshi Raj, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

25 days ago

Screen time guidelines for kids and adolescents have shifted as research paints a more nuanced picture -- Gabriel E. Hales, Michigan State University

1 month ago

Teens are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support – here's how to keep kids safe -- Phoebe S. Moore, UMass Chan Medical School; Megan Kelly, UMass Chan Medical School, and Yael Dvir, UMass Chan Medical School

4 days ago

What is emotional regulation? A child psychologist explains -- Jessica Griffin, UMass Chan Medical School

11 days ago

Nearly 20% of new moms have anxiety or depression, but a promising psychedelic treatment is on the horizon -- Camille Hoffman, University of Colorado Anschutz

1 month ago

Childhood experiences of LGBTQ+ stigma can harm romantic relationships decades later – psychologists explain how to reconnect with yourself and your partner -- Melissa Gates, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Christina Balderrama-Durbin, Binghamton University, State University of New York

1 month ago

Glucosamine supplements may speed memory loss from Alzheimer's, new research shows -- Ramon Sun, University of Florida

2 months ago

One of the most common brain disorders is one of the most misunderstood – how functional neurological disorder is both 'all in your head' and beyond it -- Mackenzi Moore, University of Colorado Anschutz

1 day ago

Cyclospora spreads through human waste – so how did it get on food? -- Joan Rose, Michigan State University

8 days ago

Should you wash your prewashed lettuce? An infectious disease expert explains how to eat your greens safely during the cyclospora outbreak -- Lisa Cuchara, Quinnipiac University

19 days ago

Chronic pain is missing from America's heat warnings -- Feinuo Sun, University of Texas at Arlington

8 days ago

Lightning strikes kill thousands globally each year, but for those who survive, the storm is far from over -- Daile Zhang, University of North Dakota

8 days ago

Many cancer survivors have impairments that make using mobile devices and websites difficult -- Rachel F. Adler, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Devorah Kletenik, Brooklyn College

28 days ago

What Pennsylvania's AI chatbot lawsuit teaches us about the psychology behind medical trust -- Gretchen Chapman, Carnegie Mellon University

2 months ago

Reddit and TikTok - with the help of AI - are reshaping how researchers understand substance use -- Layla Bouzoubaa, Drexel University

7 months ago

Focused sound energy holds promise for treating cancer, Alzheimer's and other diseases -- Richard J. Price, University of Virginia

10 months ago

US teens are smoking and vaping less than their peers abroad -- Holly Jarman, University of Michigan; Claire L. Ma, University of Michigan, and Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, UMass Amherst

1 day ago

The typical gig worker is changing – and struggling more than ever to make ends meet -- Jacob Lederman, University of Michigan Flint

11 days ago

What makes muscles contract? A physiologist explains how muscles move -- Kiki Crawford, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

21 days ago

Replacing gas stoves with electric stoves greatly reduces asthma symptoms -- Ashwini Sehgal, Case Western Reserve University

25 days ago