Health

The future of fertility, from artificial wombs to AI-assisted IVF

A look back at the history of infertility treatments and ahead to the tech that could change everything we thought we knew about reproduction.

Kristin Houser

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Drugs

The exciting research that may cure Parkinson’s

GeneCode is developing a drug it hopes won’t just alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms but also protect and restore patient’s neural health.

Kevin Dickinson

A child sitting on a couch in a dimly lit room, holding and looking intently at a tablet, as if testing the Goldilocks hypothesis for the perfect screen brightness.

Mental Health

Beyond screen time: Rethinking kids’ tech use with the “Goldilocks hypothesis”

The “Goldilocks hypothesis” asks parents to think beyond screen time and consider the habits that teens build around technology use.

Kevin Dickinson

Virology

Bird flu is everywhere. Are the vaccines ready?

As avian influenza continues to devastate the bird population and jump into mammals, scientists are preparing to protect two important groups.

B. David Zarley

Healthcare

What that study linking sugar-free sweeteners and heart disease really tells us

A new study links higher blood levels of sugar-free sweeteners, commonly found in ketogenic diet foods, to a greater risk of death.

Ross Pomeroy

Mental Health

The case for viewing depression as a consciousness disorder

A new hypothesis explains depression as an altered state of consciousness, which could help researchers make an objective diagnostic test.

Mo Costandi

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Mental Health

There is now a blood test for anxiety disorders

A new blood test for anxiety may be able to help doctors diagnose patients and find effective treatments for them more quickly.

Kristin Houser

Virology

As bird flu spreads in the US and worldwide, what’s the risk that it could start a human pandemic?

Many virologists are concerned that the latest bird flu outbreak could spill over to humans and cause a new human pandemic.

Sharon Wu and Emma Worden-Sapper and Sara Sawyer

Medicine

First ever therapy for rare genetic disorder now approved

The FDA has approved the first drug for Rett syndrome, a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder, which disproportionately affects women and girls.

B. David Zarley

Medicine

Pfizer’s nasal spray for migraines is heading to pharmacies

The FDA has approved Pfizer’s zavegepant, a nasal spray for migraines that can ease pain in as few as 15 minutes.

Kristin Houser

Psychology

Psychedelics open a new window on the mechanisms of perception

Some neuroscientists think psychedelics and the hallucinations they induce could help reveal how we generate our perceptions of the world.

Anil Ananthaswamy | Knowable Magazine

Medicine

Here’s how your sleep affects your immune system

Researchers found that patients who slept less than six hours a night were 27% more likely to have an infection.

Angharad Brewer Gillham

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Medicine

A single injection of stem cells slashes risk of heart attack or stroke by 58%

An injection of stem cells reduced the risk of heart attack or stroke by 58% in a trial of people with heart failure.

Kristin Houser

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