Planets & Transits
New Moon in Leo August 12, 2026
The New Moon arrives in Leo August 12 at 8:36 PM UTC, and with it comes a singular...
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- Written by: Allison Hydzik, University of Pittsburgh
At least 15 percent of people with depression don’t get relief from conventional treatments such as antidepressant medications and psychotherapy.
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- Written by: Sergio Diez Alvarez, University of Newcastle
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 and revolutionised the treatment of bacterial infections. Ever since then we have been searching for new antibiotics to address the myriad of infections humans encounter and the growing risk of resistance to them.
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- Written by: Voster Muchenje, University of Fort Hare and Carlos Nantapo, University of Fort Hare
Food, nutrition and human health institutes around the world have been fighting to reduce the risks associated with consuming detrimental fatty acids that are linked to cardiovascular diseases.
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- Written by: Michael S. Jaffee, University of Florida
The demands of being a presidential candidate take a toll on sleep. And the demands are not likely to lessen for whomever is elected.
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- Written by: Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
A report published in May from researchers at Johns Hopkins claims that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., behind only heart disease and cancer.
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- Written by: Julia Evangelou Strait, Washington University in St. Louis
A new breast cancer study shows that tumors can mutate in response to treatments that reduce estrogen levels in the body.
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- Written by: Peter Sivey, RMIT University
While Australia’s health system compares well internationally, costs are rising. So are chronic diseases related to unhealthy lifestyles, such as heart disease, diabetes and some cancers.
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- Written by: Emma Thorne, University of Nottingham
New research finds that sperm quality in a population of stud dogs studied over a 26-year period had fallen significantly.
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- Written by: Andrew Pollard, University of Oxford
Recent calls for the introduction of a vaccine against chickenpox (varicella-zoster virus infection) following a severe case of the disease in Cambridge, England may surprise many parents who consider the disease to be a mild illness that “everyone gets”.
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- Written by: Amir Zarrabi, Stellenbosch University
A new method of male contraception that is as effective as a vasectomy but entirely reversible with little to no side-effects is being tested and is showing promising results in animal trials.
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- Written by: Arch Mainous, University of Florida
Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions, with an estimated 29 million people in the U.S. having the disease and another 86 million considered prediabetic. With an estimated cost of US$245 billion, prevention becomes critically important to stem the tide of increasing diabetes prevalence.
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- Written by: Stan Steindl, The University of Queensland and James Kirby, The University of Queensland
Anger can be very quick, powerful, reactive, and can make us do things we typically wouldn’t do. There is nothing inherently wrong with anger as an emotion, but nowhere is anger less helpful, more common, and potentially more dangerous than when we are behind the wheel of a car.
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- Written by: Caroline Wright, Nottingham Trent University
We’ve all been there, you buy some potatoes, pop them in the cupboard, and then promptly forget about them. Then the next time you open up the cupboard, you discover said potatoes have started sprouting and now resemble an alien lifeform.
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- Written by: Brian Wallheimer, Purdue University
A rapid heating and cooling of milk significantly reduces the amount of harmful bacteria, extending its shelf life by several weeks.
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- Written by: David Orenstein-Brown
A new analysis of the medical records of more than 5.5 million older adults admitted to nursing homes between 2011 and 2014 shows that those with delirium face an increased risk of death. They’re also more likely to be readmitted to the hospital.
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- Written by: Bridget Hodkinson, University of Cape Town
The prevalence of gout is increasing worldwide. It has become the most common cause of inflammatory arthritis in men, and its prevalence in postmenopausal women continues to rise. This increase is due to changes in diet and lifestyle, increased use of certain diuretics and increasing obesity.
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- Written by: Louise Hickman, University of Technology Sydney and Jane Phillips, University of Technology Sydney
Admitting a loved one to a nursing home is a difficult decision and is usually only arrived at once the person’s care needs cannot be met by the family and community-based services. Dementia has profound consequences for the quality of life for those with the condition, their family and friends.
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- Written by: Daniel J Wilkinson, University of Nottingham and Philip J Atherton, University of Nottingham
Sometimes, older men seem to possess incredible strength for their age. People call it “old man strength”. But is it an actual phenomenon? Do older guys really retain their strength? Or even get stronger?
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- Written by: Kara Gavin, University of Michigan
Researchers are testing a non-drug pain treatment for people who are trying to overcome addiction.
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- Written by: Jamie T. Mullins, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition with no known cure. It impacts people of all ages through episodic constrictions of the airways, which may be even worse than it sounds.
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- Written by: Sonia Yun Liu, University of Sydney
When I am asked by friends what I do for living, I tend to raise eyebrows because my job is somewhat odd to many city people. That’s because I’m a poultry nutritionist.
