Gwada-negative: The rarest blood group on Earth

A new review of antidepressant withdrawal effects—written by academics, many of whom have close ties to drug manufacturers—risks underestimating the potential harms to long-term antidepressant users by focusing on short-term, industry-funded studies.

Somali women describe a complex and shifting tradition of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Somalia, according to a study published in PLOS Global Public Health by Zamzam I.A. Ali from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK and the Mayo Clinic, US, and colleagues.

An estimated 4 million children undergo surgical procedures in hospitals across the United States each year. Although postoperative complications, such as infections, can pose significant health risks to kids, timely detection following hospital discharge can prove challenging.

Loneliness is common and is a strong and independent predictor of depression and poor health outcomes, according to a new study published in PLOS One by Dr. Oluwasegun Akinyemi, a Senior Research Fellow at the Howard University College of Medicine, Washington DC, U.S.

A study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows that exposure to lead during pregnancy and early childhood may accelerate the rate at which children forget information—a critical marker of memory impairment that may have implications for learning and development.

Researchers at Radboud University and the Radboudumc found that mothers with postpartum depression benefit from oxytocin nasal spray. The oxytocin causes mothers to respond more positively to their newborn child. "Although extra oxytocin does not affect mothers' caregiving behavior and stress levels, it does contribute to better contact between mother and child," according to psychologist Madelon Hendricx-Riem, one of the researchers.

Introducing peanut-containing foods to infants can dramatically reduce the risk of peanut allergies later in childhood.

A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior evaluated the feasibility of Nutri, a user-centered digital platform designed to support personalized, evidence-based diet goal setting during routine primary care visits for patients with type 2 diabetes. Findings show that primary care providers (PCPs) who used the system consistently, found it usable and satisfactory, and that patients were able to engage with the intervention effectively.

A clinical trial led by the Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital and Research Institute has found that women experience some of the subjective effects of acute alcohol intake, such as drunkenness and sedation, more intensely than men, when consumed over a short period of time.

Infections in the brain can have serious consequences and are often fatal. The immune defense system works differently here than in the rest of the body. A team of researchers at TWINCORE—Center for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research in Hanover—has now discovered, in collaboration with partners, which signaling pathways play a central role in communication between immune cells in the brain in their defense against viruses. The results have now been published in the Journal of Neuroinflammation.

You may be seeing elaborate shower cleansing routines on social media: daily exfoliation, double cleansing, antibacterial soap, loads of scented body scrubs and shower oils.

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women worldwide and represents a major public health concern due to its high incidence and significant mortality rates. In the U.S. alone, approximately 297,790 new cases of invasive breast cancer were reported in women in 2023, resulting in an estimated 43,700 deaths.

A research team led by Prof. Liu Qingsong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Science has developed IHMT-15130, a selective and irreversible inhibitor of Bone marrow kinase in chromosome X (BMX) kinase, which showed robust efficacy in preclinical models of cardiac hypertrophy.

The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, with a total of 1,288 cases nationally and another six months to go in 2025.

Researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Institute for Biological Research in Ness Ziona have used the platform developed for COVID-19 vaccines to create the world's first mRNA-based vaccine against a deadly, antibiotic-resistant bacterium.

Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are capable of regenerating after injury. This is why injuries to the central nervous system are considered irreversible, while damage to peripheral nerves can, in some cases, heal, even if it takes months or years. Despite decades of research, the mechanisms behind peripheral nerve regeneration remain only partially understood.

Riding on horseback through brush and over numerous dead turkeys, Margo Mellon spent Tuesday scanning the flood-ravaged ground of Texas' Hill Country for dead bodies.

It's been recognized for some time that Alzheimer's disease affects brain regions differently and that tau—a protein known to misbehave—plays an important role in the disease. Normally, tau helps stabilize neurons, but in Alzheimer's disease, it begins to misfold and tangle inside neurons. It spreads across the brain forming toxic clumps that impair neuronal function and ultimately lead to cell death.