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Cleveland Clinic · Video

Gynecologic Cancer Nurse Practitioner Adrienne Masek, CNP

ScienceDaily Fitness · Research

Goodbye joint replacements? Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis

Scientists have found a surprising way to regrow damaged knee cartilage by blocking a protein that becomes more abundant with age. In old mice, the treatment restored naturally lost cartilage and also helped prevent osteoarthritis after ACL-like knee injuries, while human cartilage taken from knee replacement patients began producing new, functional joint cartilage after exposure to the same inhib

ScienceDaily Fitness · Research

Goodbye joint replacements? Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis

ScienceDaily Staying Healthy · Article

Scientists say this simple habit could strengthen your marriage

Couples who exercise together report better communication, healthier conflict resolution, and lower marital stress than those who work out alone. Even something as simple as taking a walk together may create valuable opportunities to talk, listen, and feel more connected.

NutritionFacts.org · Article

Why Don’t Health Insurers Promote a Healthier Diet?

Why don’t more big payors in health care embrace plant-based eating? Many of the diseases “that cause a constant drain on health care budgets can […]

NY Times Health · Article

Presley Gerber Documented His Own Struggles, in His Own Words for Years

The son of Cindy Crawford, who died last month, left behind a trove of first-person testimonials about years of drug use, trying to stay clean and his mental health.

NY Times Health · Article

Presley Gerber Documented His Own Struggles, in His Own Words for Years

ScienceDaily Chronic Illness · Article

One simple addition to postpartum care made a major difference

New mothers paired with patient navigators were much more likely to receive postpartum care, depression screening, preventive testing, and ongoing primary care. By helping with barriers such as transportation, childcare, scheduling, and confusing medical information, navigators may provide a powerful way to improve women’s long-term health.

NY Times Well · Research

My Doctor Says I Have Fibroids. What Happens Next?

NY Times Well · Research

My Doctor Says I Have Fibroids. What Happens Next?

Here’s what experts say about how the noncancerous growths are treated.

NY Times Well · Article

It Can Keep Cancer in Remission. Why Is No One Talking About It?

Despite mounting evidence that exercise programs can improve cancer outcomes, access to them remains limited.

NY Times Well · Article

It Can Keep Cancer in Remission. Why Is No One Talking About It?

STAT News · Research

Opinion: Why the FDA should not approve an ineffective multicancer screening test

“Telling more people they have cancer is not progress; progress is having fewer people die from cancer,” H. Gilbert Welch writes of Grail’s multicancer screening test.

STAT News · Research

In this hospital, pulse oximeters went from overestimating to underestimating blood oxygen. Why?

Researchers found pulse oximeters went from overestimating blood oxygen levels to underestimating them; inaccuracies were worse in patients of color.

ScienceDaily Staying Healthy · Article

A few drops of this Japanese tree oil may help you sleep more soundly

In a small study, sleeping near the scent of Hinoki root essential oil was linked to fewer nighttime awakenings, better morning alertness, and brain-wave changes associated with smoother sleep onset. The findings suggest an overlooked forestry byproduct could someday become a natural ingredient in sleep and relaxation products.

ScienceDaily Cancer · Article

MIT scientists find a hidden cancer risk of the keto diet

A ketogenic diet increased small-intestinal tumors in cancer-prone mice while reducing tumors in the colon, revealing a strikingly different response within neighboring parts of the gut. Researchers traced the increased risk not to ketones, but to the way intestinal stem cells processed the diet’s high levels of fat. That fat-burning activity pushed the cells to multiply more rapidly, potentially

Cleveland Clinic · Video

In Good Health: Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist and Hand Treatments

Mindful.org · Article

3 Simple Ways to Reconnect With Nature (Even If You Live in the City)

NY Times Well · Research

Can Health Trackers Help You Manage Menopause Symptoms?

Apple, Oura and Whoop have all recently added features for midlife women. Here’s what the tools can — and can’t — measure.

NY Times Well · Research

Can Health Trackers Help You Manage Menopause Symptoms?

Cancer Health Science · Research

Study Identifies Two Factors That May Help Patients Benefit From Off-the-Shelf CAR T-Cell Therapies

Some patients’ immune systems may reject donor-derived CAR T cells before they can fully expand and eliminate cancer.

Oncology Brothers · Podcast

WCLC 2026 Highlights: MAVERICK, ADAURA, HARMONi, PAPILLON, DESTINY-Lung04 with Dr. Christine Lovly

Welcome to the Oncology Brothers podcast! In this episode, we were joined by Dr. Christine Lovly, a thoracic medical oncologist from City of Hope, to discuss key studies presented at the World Conference on Lung Cancer 2026. We dived into five pivotal studies, including: MAVERICK: study on the role of MRI surveillance in small cell lung cancer (SCLC), showing that prophylactic cranial irradiation

ScienceDaily Nutrition · Article

Scientists reveal what seven days of fasting does to the human body

Scientists found that prolonged fasting triggers major changes throughout the body, but many of the most interesting effects only appeared after about three days without food. The results suggest fasting may influence health in ways that go beyond weight loss and could eventually inspire treatments that mimic its effects.

STAT News · Research

Could we one day vaccinate against every cancer?

What science says so far about which cancers can be beat by vaccines — and which will require more creative approaches.