Scarless thyroid surgery improves nerve and parathyroid protection but raises operative demands

Ahead of Menopause Awareness Month, the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University and sexual wellness brand Womanizer released headline results from a groundbreaking clinical study examining how masturbation can affect menopause symptoms.

You might best know chromium as a bright, shiny metal used in bathroom and kitchen fittings. But is it also essential for your health?

Doctors and nurses are better at triaging patients in emergency departments than artificial intelligence (AI), according to research presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress.

Researchers at the Mount Sinai Health System have identified specific ways in which addressing religion and spirituality during radiation therapy can play an important role in the care of patients with gynecologic cancers. The study, published in the September/October 2025 issue of Practical Radiation Oncology, is the first to identify which aspects of spiritual history patients themselves prioritize and find most meaningful.

Women recovering from breast cancer face both powerful benefits and persistent barriers to staying active after treatment, according to a new study.

New research from Hebrew University sheds light on how even the most human of traits, such as empathy, can become a source of vulnerability during war.

One-third of our lives is spent sleeping, yet 30–40% of adults are reported to experience some form of insomnia. Japan in particular has the lowest sleep duration among the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, falling at one hour below average.

A new study from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) sheds light on how a firstborn child's behavior after the arrival of a sibling can predict the quality of their sibling relationship over time. The research, published in Social Development, highlights the crucial role of maternal reflective functioning in mitigating negative outcomes, particularly for children exhibiting internalizing behavioral problems.

Albertsons Companies has issued a voluntary recall in 15 states for several store-made deli products due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.

Whether or not those who are pregnant should take a COVID-19 vaccine to protect themselves and their infants became more controversial in May, when three top U.S. health officials—Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, and Food and Drug Administration director Marty Makary—announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) immunization schedule will no longer recommend it "for healthy children and healthy pregnant women." The CDC web page featuring "General Recommendations for Vaccinating Pregnant Women" now says for COVID-19: "No guidance/not applicable."

The largest survey of its kind has found alarming differences in the quality of care and advice given to individuals receiving cosmetic injections in the UK.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced a recall of about 58 million pounds of frozen corn dogs and other sausage-on-a-stick products.

When France launched its strategy to fight endometriosis in 2022, it widely promoted a simple saliva test that was promised to revolutionize diagnosis of the little-understood disease, which causes debilitating pain in women across the world.

A major study from the University of Sydney has shown that a popular style of yoga increased falls in older people by a third, in a result that has surprised researchers.

Every few years, the concept of fasted exercise training pops up all over social media.

A large genome-wide analysis reports that common obesity traits share, and in some cases drive, risk for diabetic kidney disease, diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic neuropathy. The study maps shared DNA signals, tests causal links, and points to pathways that could support earlier screening and treatment across organs. The findings are published in the journal Biomolecules and Biomedicine.

An advanced AI tool can detect tiny brain lesions that cause severe epilepsy in children, allowing faster diagnosis, more precise treatment and a potential cure, according to a new study.

To mark the upcoming International Day for Older Persons, a new study from The University of Manchester is calling for cities to do more to support older people who want to stay in their own homes and communities as they age.