Having someone to call when the baby will not stop crying is one thing. Knowing that person would actually show up is another. A new Finnish study suggests that this kind of…
Women Report More Pain Than Men Across 11 Parts of the Body, Study Finds
Headaches. Back pain. Abdominal pain. Knee pain. Across every body site researchers examined, women reported pain more often than men. That pattern emerged from a new Nature Medicine analysis of 6.1 million…
Turning to AI for Health Answers May Signal Anxiety or Depression in Young Adults
If you have ever found yourself asking an AI chatbot about weird physical symptoms at two in the morning, a massive study shows that this habit may actually be an early warning…
An Experimental Weight-Loss Drug Helped Patients Lose Nearly 19% of Their Body Weight in a Major Trial
Weight-loss shots tend to come with extra credit. Better blood sugar, possibly calmer inflammation, even early hints about drinking habits: the list of possible side benefits keeps growing. Now a late-stage trial…
Muscle Dysmorphia Symptoms May Cause Sexual Problems Among Boys and Young Men
A groundbreaking new study reveals that the silent struggle with muscle dysmorphia is taking a heavy toll on the intimate lives of young men and boys. When scrolling through social media today,…
Healthy Diet During Pregnancy Linked to Lower Risks of Infant Colic and Eczema
What a woman eats during pregnancy may have something to do with whether her baby develops both colic and eczema. A new Harvard-led study of more than 1,300 mother-infant pairs found that…
Scientists Say the Real Problem With Smartphone Scrolling Isn’t Just Screen Time
Two people can spend five hours on their smartphones and have surprisingly different habits. Researchers at Semmelweis University in Hungary found that people who spent hours consuming online content showed differences in…
Are UFOs evidence of alien technology? Here’s what science actually says
UFOs have become almost inseparable from the idea of aliens, but science treats those two things very differently. An unidentified object is simply something that has not yet been explained, and current…
What if alien life has already been found? Some clues may be hiding in plain sight
Scientists have never confirmed life beyond Earth, but several discoveries have come close enough to keep the question alive. Strange chemistry in distant atmospheres, unusual features inside Martian rocks and organic molecules…
Could the Big Bang theory be wrong? Some of the biggest questions remain unresolved
The Big Bang theory is often described as the story of how the universe began, but that description makes the science sound more settled than it really is. The model explains several…