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The hidden cost of the night shift and how to sleep it off
Researchers are documenting the mounting health toll of shift work — from dementia and heart disease to probable carcinogenicity — while testing whether splitting sleep into two blocks, rather than fo
JCVI backs MenB for 15-year-olds; gum bugs hit heart valves
JCVI finally caved: every UK teenager around age 15 should get the MenB vaccine, reversing a decade of leaving 11-plus kids unprotected. The Kent outbreak earlier in 2026 — 29 confirmed or suspected c
DoD Testosterone Screening Conflicts With Medical Guidelines
A urologist warns the Pentagon's new mandatory testosterone screening for service members ages 30 and over is an unprecedented policy that conflicts with Endocrine Society guidelines and carries docum
Popular sugar substitutes linked to faster brain aging
A study of nearly 13,000 Brazilian adults found that higher consumption of six common artificial sweeteners was associated with faster declines in memory and thinking skills, equivalent to about 1.6 y
Mediterranean Diet Linked to Protective Mitochondrial Proteins
A USC-led study finds that older adults who closely follow the Mediterranean diet have higher blood levels of two mitochondrial microproteins — humanin and SHMOOSE — that have previously been linked t
Intermittent fasting helped people keep weight off for a year
A 12-week time-restricted eating program helped 99 overweight or obese adults preserve meaningful weight loss a full year after the structured intervention ended, with early-day eating windows proving
Skyroot's Vikram-1 reaches orbit in India's first private launch
Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket reached Low Earth Orbit on Saturday, making the Hyderabad-based startup the first private Indian company—and only the third country after the US and China—to achiev
Doctors failed to spot my hidden condition for so long I was left permanently disabled
Actress Daneka Etchells tells the BBC she spent 17 years being dismissed by doctors before her endometriosis was diagnosed — by which point it had caused permanent nerve damage and a lifelong mobility
FDA to Inspect Mexican Farms in Cyclospora Probe
The FDA is planning to inspect farms in Mexico and a lettuce shredding facility to trace how Cyclospora-contaminated lettuce from Taylor Farms reached Taco Bell.
AI-Designed Nucleases Expand CRISPR Toolbox
AI-designed nucleases are expanding the CRISPR gene-editing toolbox, with coverage highlighting efficiency gains over natural designs and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna's entry into AI protein design.
Mitaru Expands BBC Reporting Into 'Act of Service' Doc
Ilie Mitaru's award-winning BBC report on equine therapy for incarcerated veterans at a Texas jail is becoming a feature documentary, "Act of Service," with Peabody winner Alex Lieberman producing and
Study Finds Moderate AI Use Boosts Creativity
New research from the University of British Columbia identifies a 'Goldilocks zone' for AI-assisted creativity — moderate use enhances output, while too little or too much engagement diminishes it.
SpaceX Shares Fall 6.9%, Erasing $1 Trillion
SpaceX shares fell as much as 6.9% to $122.12 on Friday, putting the rocket-and-AI company on track to erase more than $1 trillion in market value from its all-time high.
Medicare Proposes 19% Pay Bump for Quit-Smoking Counseling
Medicare wants to pay doctors 19% more for counseling patients on quitting smoking — a move experts say could finally make cessation advice a routine part of primary care rather than a rushed aftertho
CDC: Taco Bell Lettuce Source of Cyclospora Outbreak
Federal officials confirmed that lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell in five states is a source of a record-breaking cyclospora outbreak, with Michigan alone reporting over 5,000 cases and Taylor
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about rising drug shortages, GSK coughing up a trial loss, and more
Active U.S. medication shortages climbed to 227 in the second quarter of 2026, with sole-source products driving nearly half of new shortages, while GSK is abandoning its $2 billion chronic cough drug
Supplement that binds to microplastics may remove them from our body
A first human test of Quorum Innovations' Qi601 postbiotic showed it bound microplastic particles in saliva, cutting freely floating particles in one participant from 2,152 to 185.
AI-Designed CRISPR Proteins Outperform Natural Versions
A team led by CRISPR co-discoverer Jennifer Doudna used artificial intelligence to design synthetic gene-editing enzymes that edit genomes more efficiently than their natural counterparts, publishing
988 LGBTQ+ Youth Line Returns Under Trump Trans-Denial Order
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline's LGBTQ+ youth specialized services will return by year's end under constraints from Trump's executive order denying transgender identities, and Trevor Project crisis
Focal therapy halves prostate cancer side-effect risk, 10-year study
A 10-year NHS study of nearly 3,500 men finds focal therapy matches surgery and radiotherapy for prostate cancer while cutting side effects like incontinence and sexual dysfunction by more than half,
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