USDA warns of lead risk in frozen dino-shaped chicken nuggets Food safety officials are warning the public not to eat certain frozen chicken nuggets after tests found dangerous levels of lead. Apr 3, 2026 0 5
How the human brain builds our sense of time How does Jannik Sinner manage to hit the ball at exactly the right moment, with remarkable precision? And how do we, in everyday life, perceive the duration of events around us? The answer lies in how the brain constructs ... Apr 3, 2026 0 41
Study finds female veterans faced steeper well-being declines after COVID-19 While the COVID-19 pandemic challenged all veterans transitioning to civilian life, female post-9/11 veterans experienced a sharper decline in overall well-being compared to their male counterparts, according to new research ... Apr 3, 2026 0 4
Vapes replace cigarettes as the top nicotine threat to young children While cigarette exposures are decreasing for young children, electronic nicotine products are putting toddlers at new risk of inhalation, according to Rutgers Health researchers. Their study, published in JAMA Network Open, ... Apr 3, 2026 0 10
Women with diabetes less likely to receive preventive care and some screenings, research indicates Physicians are less likely to provide preventive care such as conception counseling and some cancer screenings to women with diabetes than they do for women without the disease, a UCLA-led study suggests. Apr 3, 2026 0 4
A shift away from traditional antifungal research: Study points toward immune reprogramming to treat candidiasis Systemic candidiasis is an opportunistic fungal infection that has been difficult to treat effectively. Research published in a paper in the April edition of Cell Host & Microbe suggests that immune metabolic reprogramming ... Apr 3, 2026 0 12
Childhood cancer is a substantial contributor to global childhood mortality and global cancer burden Childhood cancer is the eighth-leading cause of childhood death globally and causes more deaths than measles, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, with outcomes largely determined by resource availability, according to the latest findings ... Apr 3, 2026 0 6
Most Americans don't realize brain donation is needed to study autism Americans are overwhelmingly supportive of autism research, but a new survey has uncovered a lack of awareness that could be slowing scientific progress. Apr 3, 2026 0 20
Overnight machine perfusion lets liver transplants safely shift to daytime, study shows It is safe for patients to receive a donor liver that has been intentionally preserved overnight using machine perfusion to enable a daytime transplant. This is shown by a study performed at the University Medical Center ... Apr 3, 2026 0 14
Children living near the Salton Sea in Southern California show slower lung function growth Children who live within 11 kilometers of the Salton Sea, a drying body of water with a high concentration of salts and contaminants in Imperial Valley, California, have slower lung function growth between ages 10 and 12 ... Apr 3, 2026 0 12
