Organized Scientific Fraud Is Growing at Alarming Rate

The rise of “fake” science poses a serious threat to the integrity of academic research, a new study warns.

A widespread underground network of fraudsters is pumping out fake scientific results at an ever-increasing pace, researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 

In fact, ...

Good Weight-Loss Diets Avoid Processed Foods, Study Finds

Want to drop some pounds? Drop the ultra-processed foods, a new study says.

People lost twice as much weight on a diet with minimally processed foods compared to one with ultra-processed products, even though both diets were nutritionally matched, researchers reported Aug. 4 in the journal Nature Medicine.

“The global ...

Veterans' Study Points to Better Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder

There’s a better way of treating binge eating disorder, a new study argues.

The method, called “regulation of cues,” reduced patients’ odds of binge eating by 20% compared to those who got standard cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), researchers reported Aug. 4 in JAMA Network Open.

“The study s...

New Drug May Fight a Deadly Bone Marrow Disorder

A recently approved leukemia pill also might help some patients diagnosed with a deadly bone marrow disorder, a new pilot study says.

About 3 in 5 patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) responded to treatment with olutasidenib (Rezlidhia), which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved in 2022 for patients with acute myel...

Freeze-Dried Fruit Recalled From Sam’s Club Over Listeria Risk

Popular freeze-dried fruit snacks sold at Sam’s Club are being recalled because of possible listeria contamination.

Doehler Dry Ingredient Solutions, LLC is recalling some 15-count boxes of “Member’s Mark Freeze Dried Fruit Variety Pack” after internal testing found the presence of Listeria monocytogenes, t...

Presidential Fitness Test Returns to U.S. Schools

The Presidential Fitness Test is returning to U.S. schools after more than a decade.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to bring back the program, which aims to improve physical fitness among students. The test was launched in 1956 and ended in 2013.

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kenn...

Couple Welcomes Baby From 1994 Embryo in Rare ‘Embryo Adoption’

An Ohio couple has welcomed a healthy baby boy from an embryo frozen for more than three decades, setting what doctors believe is a new world record.

Lindsey and Tim Pierce’s son was born last Saturday after developing from an embryo frozen in 1994 — exactly 11,148 days earlier.

The Pierces used embryo adoption, where unu...

A Saliva-Based Test for Breast Cancer Might Be Near

In a small new study, a handheld saliva-sampling device successfully detected breast cancer 100% of the time, researchers said. 

The study only involved 29 saliva samples, and more research is needed. 

However, the results remain “very exciting because this device could improve access to breast cancer screening and si...

MS May Begin Years Earlier Than Thought

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) begin experiencing new health issues up to 15 years before the classic signs of the illness appear, Canadian research shows.

“MS can be difficult to recognize as many of the earliest signs — like fatigue, headache, pain and mental health concerns — can be quite general and easily mistak...

U.S. Murder-Suicides Are More Common Than Thought

Murder-suicides — where a person kills one or more people before killing themselves soon after — are sensational, but very rare.

Or are they? 

New research finds that these tragedies are occurring more often in the United States than has been recognized.  

Many are taking place between intimate partners, a...

An Artificial Sweetener May Hamper Cancer Treatment

Findings from a study in mice suggest that using a common artificial sweetener, sucralose, could hamper certain immunotherapy treatments in cancer patients. 

However, for folks reluctant to give up the ubiquitous sweetener, the same team of scientists may have found a way around the problem: Giving mice a supplement that boosts levels...

Floods Have Big Downstream Effects on People's Health

Long after floodwaters recede, the impact of flooding on the health of older adults is profound, new research shows. 

Rates of hospitalizations for a range of conditions affecting the skin and nervous system, as well as poisonings, injuries or mental health woes were all elevated during and after major floods, according to a new ...

Climate Change Will Send Many More Californians to the ER

California’s emergency departments will be more clogged than ever as climate change pushes daily temperatures higher, a study finds.

But there is one silver lining to the new research, however: Thousands of fewer deaths in California from extreme cold. 

Nevertheless, high temperatures will also be flooding hospitals with p...

Scientists Find New Ecosystem in Deepest Trenches of Pacific Ocean

A scientific expedition into a region of the Pacific Ocean named for Hades, Greek god of the underworld, has uncovered an other-worldly ecosystem 30,000 feet deep.

"It’s a totally new thing that has not been seen before," said Dominic Papineau, an exobiologist at China’s State Key Laboratory of Deep-sea Science and Intelligence...

Do Millipedes Hold Key to Pain Relief, Parkinson's Treatment?

To fend off predators, millipedes release defensive compounds that could one day play a part in treating pain and neurological diseases.

"These compounds are quite complex, so they’re going to take some time to synthesize in the lab," said chemist Emily Meyers, whose research specializes in leveraging the chemistry of underexplored e...

New Health Record System Aims to Make Sharing Info Easier, Trump Says

President Donald Trump has introduced a new effort to help Americans more easily share their health records with doctors, using new technology and artificial intelligence (AI) tools.

“Today the dream of easily transportable, electronic medical records finally becomes a reality,” Trump said during a White House event with leader...

Hulk Hogan’s Cause of Death Revealed: Heart Attack at Age 71

Pro wrestling icon Hulk Hogan died of a heart attack, Florida officials confirmed Thursday.

The 71-year-old entertainer, whose real name was Terry Gene Bollea, died last week in Clearwater, Florida.

The official cause of death was acute myocardial infarction, the medical term for a heart attack, according to records from the medical ...

Justin Timberlake Reveals Lyme Disease Struggle After Tour

Singer Justin Timberlake has Lyme disease, a condition he says caused nerve pain, fatigue and other symptoms during his recent tour.

In a post on Instagram Thursday, the 44-year-old pop star said the tick-borne illness left him feeling “relentlessly debilitated, both mentally and physically.”

"When I first got the diagnos...

Hearing Loss Can Keep Young People From Education, Jobs

Hearing loss prevents many young adults from achieving their potential in schooling and careers, new research suggests.

That’s especially true when impaired hearing hits young Black Americans or Hispanic Americans, the study found.

"Hearing problems may make it harder for people to communicate effectively at work, which can lim...

Are Some 'Low-Grade' Prostate Cancers More Deadly Than Thought?

Men diagnosed with what are known as Grade Group one (GG1) prostate tumors are often told they don’t require treatment, only “watchful waiting,” because GG1 cancers are at low risk of spreading.

There’s even been talk among experts of not calling GG1 tumors “cancers” at all.

However, new research s...