Learning a new language later in life can be a frustrating, almost paradoxical experience. On paper, our more mature and experienced adult brains should make learning easier, yet it is illiterate toddlers who acquire languages with apparent ease, not adults.
“Fake it till you make it” might be common advice to climb the corporate ladder, but new University of Mississippi research shows that this attitude could also adversely affect job satisfaction and mental health.
Two artificial intelligence platforms are nearly on par with—or sometimes surpass—mental health professionals in evaluating appropriate responses to people who exhibit suicidal thoughts, according to a new RAND study.
Even celebrities aren’t immune from foot-related issues such as the dreaded thickened toenail. Actor Danny DeVito, former basketball player Shaquille O’Neal and Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt have all posted photos of their poor pinkies online over the past couple of years.
A research team led by Prof. Sun Cheng from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in collaboration with researchers from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, has successfully developed a novel spatial immune-based hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence risk prediction platform.
In a preclinical study, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) demonstrated a novel gene therapy with potentially increased effectiveness and safety for the treatment of metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), a rare disease in young children characterized by the deficient activity of a critical enzyme. Without effective treatment, MLD leads to rapidly declining neurological skills in young children and is potentially fatal. The promising findings were published in print today in the journal Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids.
The antiviral drug tecovirimat used without other antivirals did not reduce the time to clinical resolution of clade II mpox lesions or improve pain control among adults in an international clinical trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The trial enrollment was stopped in late 2024 when an interim analysis showed that tecovirimat monotherapy was ineffective in the study population. Detailed results were presented at the 2025 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in San Francisco.
Infections with the hepatitis E virus often go unnoticed because they cause no symptoms. However, in patients with a weakened immune system or existing liver damage and also in pregnant women, the virus can cause severe liver inflammation, which can be fatal. Despite existing therapeutic approaches, there are currently no authorized specific treatment options.
The average adult brain only weighs about 3 pounds, yet it is one of the most complex and vital organs of the human body. Cognition may decline and our brains become prone to disease as we age, so as medical advances and other factors help the world’s population live longer the prevalence of brain disease, including dementia, is on the rise. However, keeping our brains healthy may be easier than people realize with some helpful guidance from the American Heart Association, a global force changing the future of health of all.
Adults living with HIV in Malawi are more than twice as likely to also have dementia compared to those without HIV, according to a new study by a team of US and Malawian researchers.