Are pop stars who light up making smoking cool again? Pop star Sabrina Carpenter leans over a sink, a cigarette between her fingers, dressed in a corset made entirely of cigarette packs. Dec 2, 2025 0 17
Sugar starts corroding your teeth within seconds. Here's how to protect your pearly whites from decay Between Halloween candy, Thanksgiving pies and holiday cookies, the end of the year is often packed with opportunities to consume sugar. But what happens in your mouth during those first minutes and hours after eating those ... Dec 2, 2025 0 19
Comparing DNA language models to guide optimal AI selection for genomics Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have performed a comprehensive evaluation of five artificial intelligence (AI) models trained on genomic sequences, known as DNA foundation language models. ... Dec 2, 2025 0 12
Why undisturbed sleep is important to brain injury recovery A new study highlights how important uninterrupted sleep is to recovery after a traumatic brain injury, finding that fragmented sleep in injured mice is linked to a loss of rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep and increased fatigue. Dec 2, 2025 0 15
Omomyc enhances PARP inhibitor effects and overcomes resistance in breast cancer models Findings from a preclinical study demonstrate that Omomyc—the only direct MYC inhibitor to have successfully completed a phase I clinical trial—causes DNA damage in cancer cells which is synergistically enhanced in combination ... Dec 2, 2025 0 17
Who will develop type 1 diabetes? New calculator offers quick, low-cost answers Predicting who will develop type 1 diabetes is now cheaper and more accessible, thanks to a new tool based on research conducted at the University of Exeter which could one day help determine who to target with recently approved ... Dec 2, 2025 0 22
Oregon's first-in-the-nation hospital price cap cuts costs without compromising care As health care costs continue to soar across the U.S., a growing number of states are setting limits on how much hospitals can charge. These policies, known as hospital payment caps, aim to curb spending by tying hospital ... Dec 2, 2025 0 17
Q&A: How mindfulness may help people disconnect from their smartphones With more than four billion people around the globe owning a smartphone, researchers are now looking at ways to reduce a growing public health concern—problematic smartphone use. Dec 2, 2025 0 6
Nitrogen dioxide exposure from gas stoves can be avoided by switching to electric Twenty-two million Americans would no longer be breathing in unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide if they switched from gas and propane stoves to electric stoves. Dec 2, 2025 0 16
'HIV-free generations': Prevention drug rollout brings hope to South Africa Kegoratile Aphane did not flinch when the needle pierced the skin of her right buttock, injecting a yellow-colored drug touted as a revolution that could end the HIV pandemic. Dec 2, 2025 0 10
