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More than one-quarter of Americans exaggerate symptoms to obtain antibiotics

More than a quarter of Americans have exaggerated or made up symptoms to try to get antibiotics from their doctor, either for themselves or for their children, a new study has found.

30 Oct 2026

Myeloid immune cells play key roles in aortic health and disease

The aorta is often viewed primarily as the body's largest blood vessel-a durable conduit that delivers oxygen-rich blood from the heart to every organ.

30 Oct 2026

Mayo Clinic enters new medical era with precure research

Mayo Clinic researchers are uncovering the earliest shifts in disease biology - long before symptoms appear - revealing how disease takes root and opening new possibilities to identify, predict and potentially prevent disease before symptoms develop.

30 Oct 2026

Platelet hyperactivity drives glioblastoma progression and deep vein thrombosis

New Cleveland Clinic research published in Cancer Cell shows that people with glioblastoma have more active platelets, which are cells involved in blood clotting. Platelets also communicate with other cells and can influence immune activity. The overactive platelets in people with glioblastoma slow the activity of cancer-fighting T cells, which can contribute to tumor growth and cancer progression.

30 Oct 2026

Discarded fruit and vegetable parts offer overlooked fiber benefits

Most of us routinely discard the peels, skins, stalks, and seeds of fruits and vegetables at mealtime. But new research from King's College London suggests these scraps could be a valuable – and overlooked – source of dietary fiber, offering potential benefits for both public health and the environment.

29 Oct 2026

Multivitamins boost key vitamin levels, but do they improve your health?

A scoping review of 157 clinical trial reports found that multivitamins consistently improved circulating levels of folate, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12, while other nutritional and clinical effects varied by formulation, population, and baseline nutritional status. Selected prenatal and cognitive outcomes improved in some trials, but evidence for cardiovascular disease prevention was largely negative, and the review could not establish the overall certainty of clinical benefits.

29 Oct 2026

New metabolic score may help predict healthy aging and disease risk

Studies conducted in various countries indicate that approximately 60% of people over the age of 65 currently live with two or more chronic conditions simultaneously.

29 Oct 2026

UDE students develop wearable sensor patch for noninvasive health tracking

Having blood drawn, sending samples to a lab, waiting for results: Monitoring metabolic health often involves time-consuming tests.

29 Oct 2026

New smartphone patch accurately measures heart health without electronics

The patch is the first of its kind in the world and can assess a patient’s heart condition when combined with an ordinary smartphone.

29 Oct 2026

Kyushu University and Cipher Core join forces to launch preventive healthcare pilot in Bangladesh

Kyushu University and Cipher Core, a Japanese information security company providing security and financial technology solutions, have signed a joint-research agreement and begun preparations for a preventive healthcare pilot in Bangladesh under the Healthy Bangladesh initiative.

29 Oct 2026

New iron contrast agent offers safer cardiac MRI scans

The Biomolecular Nanotechnology research group led by Ikerbasque research professor Aitziber L. Cortajarena from CIC biomaGUNE has developed a new iron-based contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging that can be used for both diagnosis and treatment.

29 Oct 2026

What parents can expect during a stressful NICU stay

Lyndsay Gardner was enjoying a normal, healthy pregnancy until her water broke at 31 weeks. Due around Christmas in 2023, she gave birth to her son just before Halloween instead.

29 Oct 2026

Circadian desynchronization: The hidden cost of daylight saving time transitions

Turning the clocks back an hour each fall can feel like a gift: an extra hour of sleep. But the tradeoff is less daylight in the evening, and the annual switch continues to earn mixed reviews.

29 Oct 2026

Ancient protein model shows early steps in energy metabolism

Researchers in Japan engineered ancestral nucleoside diphosphate kinase variants with restricted amino acid repertoires to explore alternative catalytic functions. One variant, Arc1-12KR, retained its protein fold despite lacking catalytic histidine and unexpectedly converted two ADP molecules into ATP and AMP. The findings reveal alternative catalytic potential in simplified proteins and offer clues to possible routes of energy metabolism during early protein evolution.

29 Oct 2026