Research

Loneliness Binge Eating

Loneliness may cause unhealthy food cravings, study suggests

Abnormal work hours can lead to long-term health consequences, study says

Work hours health risks long term

Sharing a bedroom with your dog may prevent a good night's sleep, study finds

Dog Sleep Bed

Children's Health

Later bedtimes, irregular sleep habits linked to lower grades for high school students, study finds

Sleep teenagers grades

Vaping increases risk of heart failure by nearly 20%, study suggests

Vaping Heart Failure

Happiness levels have fallen in the U.S., and though Americans say therapy has benefits, many aren't receiving it

Happiness Mental Health

AI can detect depression in white people based on their social media posts – but not in Black people, Penn study finds

AI Depression Disparities

Hospital patients are commonly misdiagnosed with pneumonia – to the detriment of their health, study finds

Pneumonia Misdiagnosis

Exercise isn't enough to counteract the impact of daily soda consumption

Soda Exercise Heart Disease

Intermittent fasting may be risky for your heart, new research suggests

Intermittent Fasting Heart Disease

New clinical trials to examine treatments for long COVID symptoms

Long Covid Study

Why even public health experts have limited insight into stopping gun violence in America

The switch to daylight saving time is unpopular – and unhealthy, experts say

Daylight Saving Time Health

Daily marijuana use greatly increases risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds

Children's Health

Getting vaccinated for COVID-19 during pregnancy gives infants 6 months of protection, study shows

Erectile dysfunction drugs linked to reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease

Viagra Alzheimer's Disease

Eating the Atlantic diet may reduce belly fat, lower cholesterol

Atlantic diet salmon

Experimental prosthetic helps man who lost his arm regain some sense of feeling

Prosthetic Hand Temperature

Eating fermented foods like sauerkraut and yogurt may help your mental health

Mild concussions put kids at greater risk for developing depression, anxiety and ADHD, study finds

Concussions Depression ADHD

How long a dog will live may be predicted by the size of its nose, study finds

dog breed nose size lifespan

Strong parental support lowers the depression risk of young adults, study finds

Parents Young Adults

Sitting at work all day is bad for your health – but sprinkling in physical activity can help

Sitting Heart Disease

Even mild concussions caused by sports can lead to persistent health problems, researchers say

How many siblings teens have may affect their mental health, study finds

siblings mental health

Screen time for babies, toddlers may harm their abilities to process the world around them, Drexel researchers say

Baby Screen Time

What makes pee yellow? Researchers identify enzyme that gives urine its color

Urine Yellow Color Research

Why some people don't trust science – and how to change their minds

Video games like 'Super Mario Odyssey' have the potential to help people with depression, study suggests

Depression Video Games

Drinking during holidays and special occasions could affect how you parent your kids

Parenting Holidays Drinking

CRISPR and other new technologies open doors for drug development, but which diseases get prioritized?

Drug Development

Most pregnant women develop morning sickness – and scientists now know why

Morning sickness hormone

Chronic fatigue syndrome affects more people than once believed, CDC finds

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Married couples tend to share high blood pressure, study finds

Blood pressure married couples

To show the benefits of eating vegan, scientists gave twins different diets

Vegan twin study

Consuming wasabi leads to 'significant' improvements in memory, study finds

Wasabi memory benefits

The mental health of people born in the '90s is not improving with age – unlike other generations, study finds

Mental Health 1990s

Weight-loss drug Wegovy could help treat alcohol addiction, researchers say

Certain personality traits – like being an extrovert – may lower risk for dementia

Dementia Personality Link

Alternative Medicine

Psychedelics may help people with ADHD, but research remains limited

Insulin injections could one day be replaced as a diabetes treatment with rock music, study suggests

Diabetes Rock Music 2

Children's Health

Young Black males with ADHD are underdiagnosed and undertreated, Penn State study finds

ADHD Racial Disparities

Congenital syphilis cases have spiked nationwide – and Philly is no exception

New born syphilis rates

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