Self-guided online compassion therapy may improve quality of life in chronic illness
An eight-week online compassion program helped adults living with chronic conditions report better quality of life, suggesting that…
Advanced wastewater treatments may create unexpected environmental risks
Advanced wastewater treatment technologies are widely used to remove pollutants and pathogens before treated water is discharged or…
Men face higher risk of late-stage cancer diagnoses than women
Between 2015 and 2022, men were more likely than women to be diagnosed with regional and/or distant stages…
Trial identifies 4 grams a day as the tested safe level for L-tyrosine in healthy men
A new crossover trial suggests that daily L-tyrosine was well tolerated in healthy men, but researchers caution that…
A Doctor Diagnosed At 17 Is Now Redesigning Preventive Care For Women
Dr. Léger’s new Women’s Health Program at Extension Health hopes to rewrite women’s health. Extension Health “Your Labs…
Vitamin A and thyroid hormones in the retina shape fetal vision
Humans develop sharp vision during early fetal development thanks to an interplay between a vitamin A derivative and thyroid…
Study explores how shared cells influence health across generations
During pregnancy, maternal and fetal cells migrate back and forth across the placenta, with fetal cells entering the…
Maternal thyroid hormone imbalance linked to increased autism risk in offspring
Women with persistent thyroid hormone imbalance across pregnancy may be at an increased risk of having children with…
Prenatal stress hormones may shape when a baby’s teeth erupt
A new birth cohort study reveals that a mother’s stress-related hormones in late pregnancy, especially cortisol, may quietly…
Gene expression maps explain why diseases often occur together
By grouping patients based on gene activity, scientists show that shared molecular pathways, especially immune-related ones, help explain…