Black MS patients dying younger than white ones, study finds
Black people with multiple sclerosis (MS) die from the disease at a younger age than white people, a new study reports.
Jul 24, 2026
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Social Sciences: News and Research on Social Sciences
MeSH tree: I01
Poll: Costs are top health care issue for midterm voters, but fraud tops GOP list
Health care costs top the list of voters' health care priorities for the midterm elections, with half (51%) of all voters and more than half of Democratic (60%) and independent (55%) voters saying the issue is extremely important ...
Jul 23, 2026
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Study reveals stress a significant factor in women experiencing long COVID
Stress appears to play a role in women with young children who are diagnosed with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, known as Long COVID, and those who report having Long COVID symptoms. This finding, based on results ...
Jul 23, 2026
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Exercise improves hip arthritis pain and function, but gains may be too small
Exercise finds improvements in pain and function may fall short of what patients would notice in daily life, but more studies are needed to make firm conclusions, a new publication in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews ...
Jul 22, 2026
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Singing therapy provides symptom relief and greater quality-of-life for people with chronic belching
A new randomized clinical trial suggests that singing therapy may provide a more effective and engaging treatment option than standard breathing exercises for people with supragastric belching, a chronic gastrointestinal ...
Jul 22, 2026
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Antivaccine legislation is rising rapidly in US states, driven primarily by GOP push
Despite overwhelming evidence of the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, vaccine hesitancy intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic and has fueled skepticism toward other lifesaving vaccines for children, adults and ...
Jul 20, 2026
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Alcohol, sex and violence: A dangerous cocktail that makes young women vulnerable to HIV
South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic in the world, with adolescent girls and young women ages 15–24 at the highest risk of getting HIV. HIV prevalence among girls and women in this age group is roughly double that of ...
Jul 20, 2026
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What does resilience show about healthy aging after trauma?
A landmark study that started in 2021 to learn about wartime trauma among Vietnamese Americans has received an additional $13.3 in funding to delve deeper into how trauma affects aging and brain health.
Jul 19, 2026
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Endometriosis presents symptom patterns that go beyond pain
Migraines, digestive problems, anxiety and depression can be part of endometriosis, although they are often interpreted as separate conditions. Research led by the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) and published in ...
Jul 16, 2026
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Loneliness is making people sick. Doctors can't cure it alone, argues researcher
While loneliness has been shown to harm one's health, framing it as a health issue shifts responsibility from society to health care, even though health care alone cannot rebuild social ties, a new University of Michigan ...
Jul 15, 2026
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