A combination of probiotics and an herbal supplement called Triphala extended the lives of fruit flies by 60 percent, report researchers. The study, published in Scientific Reports, adds to a growing body of evidence of the influence that gut bacteri

More than 11 million Americans may have incorrect prescriptions for aspirin, statins, and blood pressure medications, according to a new study. Researchers based their findings on an updated set of calculations—known as pooled cohort equations, or PC

The message of a dance performance can feel obscure, but what about when it’s viscerally uncomfortable to watch? In this quick video, Susan Koff, clinical professor of dance education at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education,

Globular clusters could be up to 4 billion years younger than previously thought, according to new research. Comprised of hundreds of thousands of stars densely packed into a tight ball, globular clusters had been thought to be almost as old as the U

While it may ruin your day when your boss yells at you, new research indicates that it can also ruin theirs, leading to behavioral changes that flip their attitudes at work. New research in the Journal of Applied Psychology takes prior workplace stud

In a new multicenter clinical trial, a personalized vaccine improved the survival rates of some people with the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma. Currently, most people die less than 18 months after being diagnosed with the aggressive cancer. The pha

Parenting concerns contribute significantly to the psychological distress of mothers with late-stage cancer, according to a new study. Cancer is the leading cause of disease-specific death for parenting-age women in the United States, and women with

People who take drugs that suppress the immune system are less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study. The findings suggest that a person’s own immune system helps nudge him or her down the path toward Parkinson’s. Restrainin

About 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States suffer from eating disorders, which range from the more commonly known anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa to the lesser known binge-eating and avoidant-restrictive-food-intake disorders

Pete Hamill was in Ireland putting the finishing touches on his first novel when he received a telegram from Robert F. Kennedy. The New York senator was running for president and wanted Hamill to work on his campaign. Hamill, now a writer in residenc

Working out can reduce the influence that genes have on obesity for women over 70, according to a new study. “Our sample, which included older women, is the first to show that in the 70- to 79-year-old age group, exercise can mitigate the genetic eff

New research with roundworms may add to our understanding of the transitions between a wakeful active state and the stillness of sleep—and what the importance of sleep really is. “We spend more than a third of our life asleep. But we don’t really und

New research shows that, for patients with multiple sclerosis, the disappearance of lesions into cerebrospinal fluid is a better indicator of who will develop disability than the appearance or expansion of the lesions. For decades, clinicians treatin

Fear of losing their socioeconomic standing in the face of demographic change may be driving white Americans’ opposition to welfare programs, even though whites are major beneficiaries of government poverty assistance, according to new research. Whit

An already-available medication may help people with a certain type of genetically caused obesity lose weight and keep it off. Around two to six percent of all people with obesity develop it in early childhood; it’s in their genetic cards. Mutations

Researchers have developed an artificial sensory nerve system that can activate the twitch reflex in a cockroach and identify letters in the Braille alphabet. The work, reported in Science, is a step toward creating artificial skin for prosthetic lim

Too many deadlines—such as upcoming appointments—makes us less efficient with our time, research shows. People facing upcoming appointments, meetings, tasks, etc., perceive they have less time than they actually do, an eight-test study shows. In addi

New research may explain the link between a high level of iron in the body and prostate cancer. The researchers uncovered the role of the iron storage gene FTH1 and its pseudogenes in regulating iron levels in cells and slowing down prostate cancer g

Blame for the gender wage gap in the United States shouldn’t fall on women, report researchers. In a review paper, they draw on existing psychological research to highlight myths regarding the gap between men and women and to offer possible explanati

Colonoscopies and upper-GI endoscopies performed at outpatient specialty centers in the United States result in far more infections than previously believed, according to a new study. An analysis of data from 2014 shows that patients who had one of t

New research clarifies the outcomes of cells within a human embryo. Why, for example, does one stem cell become a neuron rather than a muscle cell? And why does another decide to build cartilage rather than cardiac tissue? New research illuminates th

Memory, learning, and cognitive flexibility depend on a protein “off-switch” in the brain, according to new research. This new knowledge could enable scientists to better understand and combat neurological diseases that inhibit memory, such as Alzhei