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23 Apr
Late-Night Snacking and Stress: A Recipe for Bathroom Trouble
A new study finds people with chronic stress who eat 25% of their daily calories after 9 p.m. are more likely to suffer constipation or diarrhea.
22 Apr
Commonly Used Lyme Disease Tests May Miss Most Early Cases
As tick season begins, a new study shows commonly used Lyme disease tests often fail to catch early infections—even in patients with the classic rash.
21 Apr
Teen Pot Use May Slow Brain Development in Key Areas, Including Memory and Thinking
A large, new study finds kids who start using marijuana as teens experience slower gains in memory and thinking as they grow.
New Guidelines Highlight Behavioral Therapy For Insomnia
Combining medications with behavioral therapy to treat chronic insomnia might not be best for all patients, a new practice guideline says.
Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) works best on its own, but can be combined with sleep meds for some patients, according to the guideline published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep ...
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Eye Photos Might Offer Early Warning Of Chronic Health Problems, AI Study Finds
The eyes are the windows not only to the soul, but also to a person’s health, a new study says.
Premature aging of the retina could be a red flag for major diseases like diabetes or heart disease, researchers recently reported in the journal Communications Medicine.
They found that people had a higher risk of chronic d...
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Drop in NIH Funding Delays Thousands of Studies
Many scientists are waiting much longer than usual for research funding and some projects are now on hold.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation’s largest funder of medical research, has fallen about $1 billion behind its typical timeline for awarding new grants this year, The New York Times reported.
Fro...
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- April 23, 2026
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U.K. Plans To Ban Cigarette Sales for Future Generations
The U.K. is taking steps to ensure young people can never legally buy cigarettes.
Lawmakers approved a bill this week that will raise the legal age to purchase tobacco, The Associated Press reported.
Under the plan, anyone born after Dec. 31, 2008, will be permanently banned from buying cigarettes.
“The end of sm...
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- April 23, 2026
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988 Hotline Leads to Fewer Suicides Among Young People, Study Finds
A nationwide mental health hotline saved more lives than expected.
A new study found that suicide rates among young people dropped after the launch of the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline, with thousands fewer deaths than researchers had initially predicted.
The research, published April 22 in JAMA, looked at suicide deaths ...
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- April 23, 2026
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Gene Cure For Inherited Deafness Effective, Long Lasting, Clinical Trial Finds
A new gene therapy to treat inherited deafness produces a lasting cure, a new international study has found.
The treatment, which targets the OTOF gene, restored hearing in 90% of participants, researchers reported April 22 in the journal Nature.
These results have lasted up to at least two and a half years after treatment, ...
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