Scientists find unusual build-up of soot-like particles in lung cells of COPD patients

Whether it's a personal challenge, for charity, or on your bucket list, marathons are one of the most sought-after goals for amateur and recreational runners worldwide.

Measles is back. In recent months, outbreaks have re-emerged across North America, including 2,968 cases in Canada as of May 31, 2025. At the heart of many of these surges lies missed childhood vaccinations—not just because of access barriers, but also due to conversations that didn't happen.

No more hunger after cooking? A newly identified network of nerve cells is responsible, a research group at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research has discovered in mice.

The human brain is very good at solving complicated problems. One reason for that is that humans can break problems apart into manageable subtasks that are easy to solve one at a time.

The "unchecked expansion" of social media platforms is driving an unprecedented global mental health crisis in kids and teens, a children's NGO said Wednesday, calling for urgent coordinated action worldwide.

Health officials in Arizona say there are four linked measles cases in Navajo County, marking the state's first outbreak this year.

QIMR Berghofer-led research in collaboration with Australian oncology company Kazia Therapeutics has found that combining the drug candidate paxalisib with immunotherapy triggered a molecular epigenetic process that prevented the spread of cancer cells and overcame treatment resistance in preclinical models of triple negative breast cancer.

A new study from Karolinska Institutet involving over a million women links difficult childhood experiences to the risk of being diagnosed with endometriosis later in life. The study shows a link between childhood exposure to violence and a two-fold increase in the risk of developing this gynecological disease.

An intensive low-energy diet program, similar to the "NHS Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission", significantly improved eating disorder symptoms in people with type 2 diabetes and excess weight who were at risk of developing eating disorders, according to a University of Oxford study published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

There's an urgent need to quantify the role of fungal toxins (aflatoxins) found in agricultural crops, such as maize and peanuts (groundnuts), in the escalating rates of liver cancer in Ghana, as well as elsewhere in Africa and Asia, concludes a commentary published in BMJ Global Health.

When it comes to advanced cancer or Alzheimer's disease, over half of doctors would consider assisted dying for themselves, but preferences seem to vary according to their jurisdiction's legislation on euthanasia, reveal the results of an international survey, published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics.

Beards have long attracted suspicion, sometimes seen as stylish, sometimes as unsanitary. But how dirty are they, really?

A new study from Emory University addresses the growing global crisis of antibiotic-resistant infections. Many of these drug-resistant bacteria are spread through hospitals, and there are few antibiotics available for treatment.

A clinical study led by Lew C. Schon, MD, FACS, FAAOS, Director of Orthopedic Innovation at The Institute of Foot and Ankle Reconstruction at Mercy Medical Center, is drawing attention across the orthopedic and biomedical communities for its findings on total ankle replacement surgery.

Yale School of Medicine researchers have identified a biomarker panel that improves the assessment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression in children. Their findings are published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Among the billions of neurons in the brain, fewer than 500 are responsible for suppressing binge drinking, according to new research by Gilles E. Martin, Ph.D., associate professor of neurobiology.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection is marked by excessive inflammation of several organs, leading to multi-organ failure. The recognition of the virus by our bodies triggers severe immune responses, causing a "cytokine storm," which can lead to acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome.

There are many factors that contribute to infant language development, not least of which is baby talk—the modified speech mothers and other adults often use when speaking to infants.