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Coffee may protect your heart but energy drinks could harm it
The AHA's new scientific statement finds up to 400mg of caffeine daily — roughly 3-5 cups of black coffee — is generally safe and may protect the heart, while concentrated energy drinks and shots are
Samarkand's Lesson for Silicon Valley: People, Not Silk
An essay drawing on the ancient Silk Road hub of Samarkand argues that the city's prosperity came from welcoming foreign artisans and their knowledge, not just trade goods — a lesson for Silicon Valle
Milky Way flipped in collision with dwarf galaxy 10bn years ago, astronomers say
Durham University astronomers say supercomputer simulations show the Milky Way's disc was flipped more than 90 degrees after a head-on collision with the Gaia Sausage dwarf galaxy roughly 10 billion y
ABC Conjecture Proof Formalization Stuck on 'The Wall'
An interim report from Japan's LANA project shows no progress in using computer formalization to verify Shinichi Mochizuki's controversial 2012 proof of the ABC conjecture, with members citing an unre
Broad Institute, Hospitals Form Gene Therapy Nonprofit
The Broad Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, and Maine's Jackson Laboratory have formed a new nonprofit — the Center for Therapeutic Genetics — to develop gene therapies for rare diseases and cut
USC: Midlife TV viewing linked to smaller brain regions
A USC study of about 1,700 adults tracked since the late 1980s found that frequent midlife television viewing was linked to smaller memory-related brain regions and more white-matter damage decades la
Novo Nordisk Sues Eli Lilly Over 'Deceptive' GLP-1 Ads
Novo Nordisk filed a federal lawsuit against Eli Lilly in New Jersey, accusing its rival of running a "deceptive" nationwide ad campaign that uses "outdated clinical trials" to make Zepbound and Mounj
Hawley seeks criminal probe of abortion pill makers
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche committed to halting mail shipments of abortion medication, and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) followed by referring the nonprofit Plan C and manufacturer Danco Laborato
Flawed COVID NPI Studies Risk Locking In Wrong Pandemic Lessons
Stanford researchers argue recent studies claiming COVID lockdowns didn't save lives made critical errors by comparing states that all intervened within a three-week window during different outbreak p
Broad-Led Center to Reuse Gene Therapy Across Rare Diseases
Researchers at the Broad Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, and the Jackson Laboratory launched the Center for Therapeutic Genetics, a new nonprofit developing gene-therapy platforms reusable acro
Rare disease drugmakers lobby Trump on Medicare price pilots
The Rare Disease Company Coalition lobbied the Trump administration last week to exclude orphan drugs from Medicare pricing pilots tied to the president's most-favored nation drug pricing policy.
Politicizing NIH Grants Weakens Research Risk Oversight
A Fordham law scholar argues the Trump administration's proposed OMB rule to politicize federal science grantmaking would do more than erode meritocracy or drive talent abroad — it would cripple the N
New 'Edge of Chaos' Theory Tested at Royal Society
A New Scientist features editor reviews philosopher Benedict Rattigan's Dynamic Symmetry Theory — the claim that everything from cells to stars thrives at the boundary between order and chaos — after
Scientists found mystery bacteria inside one of the ocean’s most elusive whales
Florida Atlantic University researchers have identified three previously unknown Helicobacter bacterial genotypes in stranded pygmy sperm whales, with all four infected animals showing stomach ulcers,
Scientists map how flu hijacks cells by dissolving paraspeckles
Scientists at EMBL produced the first molecular map of direct protein contacts between influenza A and human proteins inside intact infected cells, revealing the virus dissolves nuclear paraspeckles t
Spermidine boosted COVID vaccines in older adults
A small pilot trial found that spermidine, a compound naturally present in wheat germ, mushrooms, and aged cheese, improved antibody responses to COVID-19 vaccination in older adults whose immune syst
Umeå Antibody Halts Prostate Cancer Spread in Preclinical Study
Researchers at Umeå University created a fully human antibody that halted growth and metastatic spread of aggressive prostate cancer in preclinical studies via a newly identified mechanism that may ca
Ex-Workers: LifeMD Providers Saw 25 Patients Per Hour
Former LifeMD employees told STAT that telehealth providers were sometimes expected to review 25 patient cases per hour — roughly two minutes each — using only electronic intake forms, even as Novo No
FDA pins cyclospora on Taylor Farms despite false test
The FDA said Monday it remains focused on Taylor Farms' lettuce from central Mexico as the source of a multistate cyclospora outbreak, despite a false positive test result the agency briefly posted on
Antibiotic Resistance Rising in Children, Study Finds
A global analysis of 106,581 pediatric infection samples across 82 countries found antibiotic resistance rose in every region from 2004 to 2022, with last-line drug resistance projected to reach 82% f
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