If you’re over 45, chances are your doctor has told you to get screened for colorectal cancer. While it’s a seemingly routine recommendation these days, a great deal of scientific analysis goes into ...

Health researchers need to fully understand the underlying assumptions to uncover cause and effect. Timothy Feeney and Paul Zivich explain Physicians ask, answer, and interpret myriad causal questions ...

A recent study co-authored by MIT economists challenges the common assumption that getting more sleep leads to increased energy, emotional stability, and overall well-being. The study, conducted in ...

Obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation (AFib) are two conditions that share a potentially deadly link. Having one increases the odds of developing the other, and together, the breathing ...

New research is challenging long-standing assumptions about autism and physical activity, offering fresh insights into the experiences of autistic adults. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Drugs that act on NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptors, which are essential for learning, memory and moment-by-moment consciousness, are key for treating neuropsychiatric disorders.

A study released this month by researchers from Stanford University, UC Berkeley and Samaya AI has found that large language models (LLMs) often fail to access and use relevant information given to ...

Cancer immunotherapy drugs called immune checkpoint inhibitors take the brakes off the body’s immune system, allowing it to find and attack cancer cells. One such checkpoint protein, programmed cell ...

Source: Flickr: Cracking Under Stress by Bernard Goldbach, CC by 2.0 In this series of posts, I will be discussing false assumptions that are rampant in the personality disorders research literature ...

Peruse any women’s magazine, and you’ll likely find advice on how to boost workouts. But what many don’t realize is that the research behind most exercise advice is based almost entirely on men.