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Why regular cancer screenings are so important for yourself

Cancer screenings are a powerful tool for protecting long-term health. They can detect cancer early—when treatment works best—and in some cases, they can even help...

Common brain health issue greatly raises dementia risk

A common but often hidden brain condition could make older adults four times more likely to develop dementia. This condition is called cerebral amyloid angiopathy,...

Perseverance Rover discovers an ancient Martian beach, complete with waves

When the rover now named Perseverance landed in Jezero crater in early 2021, scientists already knew they had picked an interesting place to scope...

Eating less protein may help slow liver cancer

their risk of liver cancer—or slow its growth—by simply eating less protein. The research, published in the journal Science Advances, showed that low-protein diets helped...

These women may have double stroke risk in or after pregnancy

A new study presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2026 has found that women who have had a stroke caused by...

New blood test could catch pancreatic cancer earlier

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most dangerous cancers, mostly because it is usually found too late. About 95% of pancreatic cancer cases are...

Nitrate in water may increase dementia risk while nitrate from vegetables may lower the...

A new study from Edith Cowan University in Australia and the Danish Cancer Research Institute has found that not all sources of nitrate in...

Why stiffness matters a lot for kidney heal after injury

Healing from sudden kidney damage isn’t just about the kidney cells growing back. New research from the University of Connecticut shows that the kidney’s...

Heavy metals may worsen ADHD symptoms in children

Children with ADHD often show signs like being very active, acting without thinking, or having trouble paying attention. In Catalonia, Spain, about 6% of...

Gout drugs could help prevent heart attack and stroke

A new study has found that the same medications used to treat gout can also lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes in...

Daily aspirin may raise cancer death risk in older people

Many people have heard that taking a small dose of aspirin every day might help prevent cancer, especially colon cancer, if used over many...

Study finds the key cause of memory loss in Alzheimer’s

Scientists at University College London (UCL) have discovered new clues about why people with Alzheimer’s disease may suffer from memory loss. Their study, done in...

AI in breast screening can find more cancers

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women worldwide. For decades, mammography screening has been one of the most important tools...

Gut microbiota transplants may boost kidney cancer treatment

A new study from Italy has shown that gut microbiota transplants—also known as fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT)—may improve the success of immunotherapy in people...

How the brain and immune system may worsen heart attacks

A heart attack happens when arteries become clogged, cutting off blood flow and oxygen to the heart. This can lead to serious damage and...

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Astronomers catch a black hole erupting after 100 million years

Astronomers have captured one of the clearest views yet of a supermassive black hole coming back to life after an extraordinarily long period of...

A lost ice age giant speaks again—from inside a wolf’s stomach

Scientists have recovered the complete genome of a woolly rhinoceros that lived more than 14,000 years ago—and they did it using tissue preserved inside...

A new atlas of the Milky Way’s ghost particles

Right now, as you read this sentence, roughly a trillion neutrinos are passing straight through your body. They slip through flesh and bone and even...

Scientists may have solved the mystery behind the universe’s gravitational waves

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder think they may have cracked a mystery that has puzzled astronomers since the first detection of the...

Your dog’s dinner could be warming the planet more than your own

Many dog owners carefully think about what they eat for the sake of the planet—but new research suggests they may want to pay just...