Cart is empty The detailed mechanism of how the placebo effect reduces the perception of pain in rats has been uncovered by RIKEN neuroscientists. These findings, published in Science Advances, could potentially lead to ways to harness the placebo effect in therapy.
What’s the difference between skim milk and light milk?
If you’re browsing the supermarket fridge for reduced-fat milk, it’s easy to be confused by the many different types.
Changing the way health care staff speak about people living with dementia
Changing the way health care staff speak about people living with dementia can lead to significant improvements in care practices, culture, and human connection, new research has found.
Beyond tired with cancer-related fatigue
Cancer-related fatigue can be distressing. It is a persistent, subjective sense of physical, emotional and cognitive tiredness and/or exhaustion related to cancer or cancer treatment that is not proportional to recent activity. It interferes with daily function and quality of life. Cancer-related fatigue is different from the usual tiredness we all experience. It’s more intense, it’s not temporary and it’s not relieved by rest alone.
Mental health and substance misuse treatment is increasingly a video chat or phone call away
More Californians are talking to their therapists through a video screen or by phone than in person, marking a profound shift in how mental health care is delivered as record-setting numbers seek help.
Housing, nutrition in peril as Trump pulls back Medicaid social services
During his first administration, President Donald Trump’s top health officials gave North Carolina permission to use Medicaid money for social services not traditionally covered by health insurance. It was a first-in-the-nation experiment to funnel health care money into housing, nutrition, and other social services.
More than half of U.S. workers say job insecurity has significant impact on their stress
A majority of U.S. workers (54%) said job insecurity has had a significant impact on their stress levels at work, and more than a third (39%) said they are concerned they may lose their job in the next 12 months due to changes in government policies, according to the American Psychological Association’s 2025 Work in America survey.
Students often overestimate how much alcohol their peers drink—study shows how to reduce risk
Growing up in a close-knit community in Ghana, Joshua Awua saw firsthand how strong social bonds could also bring pressure to fit in—especially when it came to alcohol.
For kids with autism, swim classes can be lifesaving
In an airy indoor pool with fish cutouts on the walls, a group of small children bobbed, floated and tentatively flutter-kicked.
Pulmonary embolism in children more common than previously thought
Pulmonary embolism in children has been acknowledged to be an issue in clinical care but was thought to be rare. Now new research published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and at the ATS 2025 International Conference shows that it is much more common than previously understood.