Federal officials and health care executives rubbed elbows at the ritzy MAHA Summit, causing some supporters to question what MAHA has become.

A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.

Intuitively, these products should work. But they don’t fix any medical problem when measured objectively or compared against placebo.

Background Numerous studies have shown that the external nasal dilator (END) increases the cross sectional area of the nasal valve, thereby reducing nasal resistance, transnasal inspiratory pressure, ...

Health secretary calls for medical and lifestyle details to be sent to doctors and AI to address ‘chronic disease epidemic’

Jennifer Reich has spent two decades speaking to families about their immunization decisions. In an interview, she unpacks what she's learned.

During Donald Trump’s first presidency, American public opinion broadly shifted leftward. But a new study reveals this "liberal rebound" was accompanied by surging emotional hostility between politica...

The change follows a court ruling barring Title IX from protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people and has angered advocates for sexual assault survivors.

This cohort study examines cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between smartphone ownership and eating disorder symptoms among adolescents aged 12 and 14 years in the US.

Protein is everywhere — in chips, candy, cookies, even water. Does that make these products healthy?

A succession of clinical trials is upending the field

Imagine overhearing on a bus that the city council plans to implement new restrictions under an urban planning program called “15-minute cities”. Curious, you search the term on Google.It’s likely tha...

At a time of rampant medical misinformation online, artificial intelligence can do a good job of correcting falsehoods, but the tone of the correction is key, according to new research led by Washingt...

New headlines linking every 100 grams of ultra-processed foods we eat to death might be taking this narrative a bit too far.

'It's not fraudulent, and it's not really slop,' one expert says

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the name of a drug most people had never heard of before was suddenly on everyone’s lips. An off-patent antiparasitic blessed by the World Health Organization, ...

Millions of operations should be scrapped

Many food and beverage products contain on-package claims, such as ‘Low Calorie’, ‘High Protein’, ‘All Natural’ or ‘Heart Healthy’, to communicate nutritional or health-related benefits. This study fi...

Research suggests a run can feel surprisingly easy and still benefit your thinking skills.

Since the WHO declared the end of the COVID-19 emergency in May 2023, public vaccination remains a complex issue intertwined with politicization and misinformation. This research article examined h...

The perils of machine-made prose

The province they describe—rural, homogeneous, under siege—bears little resemblance to reality

An online platform removed 257 papers written or co-written by the University of Chicago’s Nicholas Polson after other academics raised questions.

For millions around the globe, a freshly brewed cup of coffee is a wake-up drink first thing in the morning and a pick-me-up during a long, tedious workday. Scientists now have clues that it might be ...

In a world where there is so much conflicting information about how we are supposed to live, what can we really know?Knowing the truth, what’s real from what’s fake, should be easy. In today’s world, ...

This randomized clinical trial evaluates whether an artificial intelligence–driven human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine chatbot improves caregiver HPV vaccine literacy compared with a government leaflet...

New research reveals that believing in conspiracy theories directly reduces people's faith in societal fairness, eroding the perception that resources are distributed based on merit, equality, or need...

Fiber-rich plants, not supplements, are the best fuel for your gut microbiome.

A new study finds people at the extreme end of conspiracy thinking have a 91% predicted chance of holding incompatible beliefs.

The influencer, whose real name is Braden Peters, is accused of giving the girl alcohol and having sex with her when she was unable to give consent. One of his lawyers said he was innocent.

A fake disease, complete with absurd clues and a fictional laboratory aboard the USS Enterprise, was enough to fool AI chatbots—and even find its way into the scientific literature. The hoax exposes a...

Trials investigating mRNA vaccines for lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and other diseases are already underway.

What works well in theory seems not to in practice

Alberta cannot build a functioning health system by recruiting newcomers to sustain it while denying some the care they need to live, work and stay.

Kits contain prescription antibiotics and are ripe for misuse, doctor says

When state health departments, federal health agencies and medical societies diverge, how is an ordinary person supposed to know whom to trust?

The two media personalities have zero military experience.

The province they describe—rural, homogeneous, under siege—bears little resemblance to reality

The world's most influential neuroscientist cuts through the noise on strength, health and longevity

Thousands of knock-off records worth a fortune are being seized in the UK by anti-counterfeit police stings