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Adults With Mental Illness Die 15-20 Years Earlier
A Rethink Mental Illness analysis of NHS data finds adults with severe mental illness in England are 4.8 times more likely to die before age 75—15 to 20 years earlier than the wider population—largely
8 common food additives linked to high blood pressure and heart disease
A French study of over 112,000 adults found that heavy consumption of common food preservatives was associated with significantly higher rates of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, with e
Culture Is a Literal Form of Life, Scientist Argues
A University of Sussex scientist argues that human culture is not a byproduct of biological life but a literal second form of life that has driven human evolution — and that self-coding machines may r
Ancient DNA Maps 400 Years of Plague After Black Death
A University of Tartu-led team reconstructed 26 ancient Yersinia pestis genomes and refined dating methods to show that plague resurfaced across Europe for over 400 years after the Black Death, evolvi
Clinicians Warn Medical AI Lacks Evidence Beyond Diagnostics
Clinicians are flagging that medical AI's expansion beyond diagnostics and imaging outpaces the clinical and performance evidence supporting its use, with real-world care improvements so far falling s
WEHI finds gut cell death signal that predicts IBD relapse
Researchers at Australia's WEHI have identified a persistent molecular defect in intestinal cells of IBD patients that remains active even during remission and may predict future flare-ups, based on a
A deadly ebola relative is surging after years in the shadows
A rare ebola relative called Bundibugyo virus has triggered an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo with 695 confirmed cases and 138 deaths, prompting a Boston University expert to argue that
Stanford grows half-human mouse brains; Xenon drops 30%
Stanford scientists grew human cerebral organoids inside mice whose own brains were genetically reduced, producing neuro-chimeric pups roughly half-human by brain volume — and inside them, rare cell t
'People forget we exist': Why older LGBTQ+ people fear losing identity
A Centre for Ageing Better report warns older LGBTQ+ people in England face poorer health, social isolation, and discrimination in care settings, accelerating demand for specialist housing like Manche
Jehovah’s Witnesses allow blood-derived products but keep ban on whole-blood transfusions
Jehovah's Witnesses announced Friday that members may now receive blood-derived products like plasma and platelets, while maintaining the decades-old ban on whole-blood transfusions and leaving each c
Northwestern Study: Disorder Can Stabilize Complex Networks
Northwestern physicists have shown that carefully calibrated variation between a network's components can make complex systems more stable than perfect uniformity, publishing a new mathematical framew
Scientists solve a 50-year mystery and discover a new human blood group
After a 50-year puzzle, scientists traced the AnWj blood group antigen to homozygous deletions in the MAL gene and established MAL as the 47th recognized human blood group system, enabling genetic tes
Nursing Home Beds Are Disappearing. That’s a Problem.
Nursing home beds are disappearing nationwide just as the oldest baby boomers turn 80, with New York nonprofit ArchCare alone cutting 269 beds — nearly 12 percent of capacity — in 18 months.
Spider season! Ten species you’ll see scuttling across Britain’s carpets and lawns this autumn
A seasonal guide profiles 10 spider species commonly spotted across Britain each autumn, with experts explaining why the arachnids seem suddenly everywhere — they're simply at full size now, and the m
Phil Gates' Final Country Diary After 40 Years
Phil Gates publishes his final "Country diary" column after nearly 40 years, distilling his lasting lesson: that beauty and fascination can be found in the most ordinary plants, such as broad-leaved d
Trump Touts GENEROUS Model; CMS Says 40 States Signed
President Trump announced Friday that all 50 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico would join his GENEROUS model to lower Medicaid drug prices — but CMS quickly clarified that only 40 states had actually s
Xenon stock plunges as B.C. drug developer pauses enrolment in depression study
Xenon Pharmaceuticals shares dropped about 30% after the B.C. biotech paused enrolment in a late-stage depression trial of its lead drug azetukalner due to adverse events, overshadowing its simultaneo
Al-Khalili claims to solve arrow of time for Christmas lectures
Physicist Jim Al-Khalili, delivering this year's Royal Institution Christmas lectures on BBC, argues tech billionaires chasing immortality are wasting their finite time — and claims to have solved the
RFK Jr. Tells Anti-Vaccine Conference: 'Friend at White House'
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the Children's Health Defense conference he founded that anti-vaccine activists have 'a strong and steadfast friend at the White House,' publicly reversing
Geriatrician: Accurate AI Can Still Harm Older Patients
A UCSF geriatrician argues in a JAMA Network Open commentary that even accurate AI end-of-life prediction models can harm older patients when their outputs feed high-stakes clinical decisions like tra
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