20+ hour, 4+ min ago   (855+ words) Prenatal paracetamol exposure was linked with differences in infant girls’ ovaries and uterus, but future fertility remains uncertain. Pain and fever are common reasons people use paracetamol, known as acetaminophen in the United States. During pregnancy, that ordinary medicine choice…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (970+ words) Columbia researchers estimate autism life expectancy on Medicaid at about 65 years, with excess deaths from flu, malnutrition, and drowning. Autism is a lifelong condition, and most of the research on it has gone into causes, screening and treatment. How long…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1237+ words) Oregon psilocybin services enrolled 346 adults for three months, and their depression, anxiety and PTSD scores fell steeply and stayed down. In Oregon, any adult 21 or older can book a supervised psilocybin session at a licensed service center. The client pays…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (973+ words) A small trial found that laughter therapy and pursed-lip breathing reduced reported breathlessness in people with COPD. Breathing is something most people barely notice until it becomes difficult. For people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, feeling short of…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1225+ words) Sunlight contains indigo light that indoor LEDs largely lack, and restoring it completely stopped nearsightedness in a near-primate model. Two hours a day of outside light lowers a child’s chances of developing myopia. What nobody could pin down was which…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1152+ words) Beauty influencers shape what teens buy, and few teens read the labels on personal care products that can carry hormone-disrupting chemicals. Cleanser, deodorant, shampoo, lip balm, a spray of something scented. By first period, a high school girl can already…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (995+ words) Feeding wild birds brings joy, calm, connection, and meaning, with 95% of bird feeders saying the activity positively affects their well-being. A bird feeder can become part of an ordinary day: fill it, glance out the window, and see which birds…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (920+ words) A French study of 108,000 adults links food coloring additives, including cola's caramel color and popular natural dyes, to a higher risk of type 2 diabetes. A French study of more than 108,000 adults has linked food coloring additives to higher type 2 diabetes…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1170+ words) Health concerns about food dyes go beyond cancer, with studies linking them to attention and hyperactivity in some children. Federal rules on food color were written to catch chemicals that cause cancer. Yet cancer isn’t what’s driving the current phaseout....

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (825+ words) The warning on U.S. alcohol containers hasn't changed in almost 30 years. Researchers tested eight replacements, and the ones naming cancer worked best. The government warning on alcohol containers in the United States has not been rewritten since Congress required it in…...