Compounds from soy and other plant sources could protect against breast cancer recurrence or affect survival, researchers report.
US Poverty Has Declined in Recent Years, Even With the Pandemic
Poverty has fallen by 27 percentage points since 1980, according to new research.
Poverty has fallen by 27 percentage points since 1980, according to new research.
Is BMI a Bogus Measure of Health?
It may be time to leave BMI in the past, a new commentary argues.
It may be time to leave BMI in the past, a new commentary argues.
Why Do We Sleep? Researchers Have a Theory
Why do we sleep? Researchers have constructed a theory that could explain both the meaning of sleep and the complexity of the brain.
Why do we sleep? Researchers have constructed a theory that could explain both the meaning of sleep and the complexity of the brain.
Just Adding Nursing Home Staff Won’t Ensure Quality Dementia Care
Additional staffing alone will not be sufficient to bridge the quality-of-care and health outcome disparities among nursing home facilities with varying percentages of residents with dementia, a new study shows.
Additional staffing alone will not be sufficient to bridge the quality-of-care and health outcome disparities among nursing home facilities with varying percentages of residents with dementia, a new study shows.
This Trick Can Help You Keep Your New Year’s Resolution
Why is it so hard to set—and keep—New Year’s resolutions?
Why is it so hard to set—and keep—New Year’s resolutions?
Connected Areas Boost Chance of Elephant Survival
The long-term solution to elephant survival requires not only that areas are protected but are also connected to allow populations to stabilize naturally, a new study suggests.
The long-term solution to elephant survival requires not only that areas are protected but are also connected to allow populations to stabilize naturally, a new study suggests.
Why You Shouldn’t Fear Sharing Negative Stuff About Yourself
People often keep adverse information about themselves secret because they worry that others will judge them harshly, but those fears are overblown, according to new research.
People often keep adverse information about themselves secret because they worry that others will judge them harshly, but those fears are overblown, according to new research.
Sugary Drink Purchases Fizzled After Tax
After excise taxes were placed on sugary drinks, purchases declined dramatically and steadily across five American cities.
After excise taxes were placed on sugary drinks, purchases declined dramatically and steadily across five American cities.
More Green and Blue Spaces May Boost Older Adult Health
Even small differences in the availability of urban green and blue spaces may be associated with better mental and physical health in older adults, according to a new study.
Even small differences in the availability of urban green and blue spaces may be associated with better mental and physical health in older adults, according to a new study.
AI Flags Suicide Risk Factors Among Teens
Researchers have used artificial intelligence to map which factors are particularly related to young people’s suicide attempts.
Researchers have used artificial intelligence to map which factors are particularly related to young people’s suicide attempts.
Severe Flooding Affects Human Health More Than We Thought
A new study shows flooding’s impact on human health is much greater than is typically recognized, going beyond health issues such as the risk of accidental injury, and exposure to waterborne and infectious diseases.
A new study shows flooding’s impact on human health is much greater than is typically recognized, going beyond health issues such as the risk of accidental injury, and exposure to waterborne and infectious diseases.
Chimps Recognize Friends and Family Decades Later
Great apes and chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, can recognize groupmates they haven’t seen in over two decades, a new study shows.
Great apes and chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, can recognize groupmates they haven’t seen in over two decades, a new study shows.
Former NFL Player Brains Show Lasting Impact of Hits to the Head
New research adds to a growing stack of evidence that collision sports involving repeated blows to the head may lead to dementia and other forms of cognitive disorders.
New research adds to a growing stack of evidence that collision sports involving repeated blows to the head may lead to dementia and other forms of cognitive disorders.
Loneliness Is About More Than the Need to Belong
While previous studies and explanations for loneliness have only looked at people’s need to belong and have warm relations, the story is a little more complicated, according to a new study.
While previous studies and explanations for loneliness have only looked at people’s need to belong and have warm relations, the story is a little more complicated, according to a new study.
Childhood Trauma Ups Risk of Chronic Pain Later
Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, or neglect, either alone or combined with other types of childhood trauma, increases the risk of chronic pain and related disability in adulthood, a new study shows.
Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, or neglect, either alone or combined with other types of childhood trauma, increases the risk of chronic pain and related disability in adulthood, a new study shows.