Kazmira Therapeutics has just rolled out 1Cannabis, an online platform aimed at boosting knowledge about prescription cannabinoid therapies for both healthcare providers and patients.
Researchers recently explored how loneliness affects memory in older adults. They studied over 10,000 people aged 65 and above from 12 countries for six years. At the start, participants self-reported whether they felt highly lonely, somewhat lonely, or not lonely. Notably, none of them had memory...
A new study has found that young people who don't smoke but eat very healthy diets rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains might have a higher risk of lung cancer. To reach this conclusion, researchers studied 187 people who were diagnosed with lung cancer before age 50. They collected details...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that vit achieved its key first-year goals in the implementation of its April 2025 Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies, marking one year of transformative action to modernize drug development through innovative, human-relevant...
The U.S. Government has reported tremendous progress in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and in combating the epidemic as a whole across the world. The U.S. Department of State has released PEPFAR program data covering the period of July 1, 2025, to September 31, 2025. U.S. Government-supported...
BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics, Inc. (BBOT) said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Fast Track designation to BBO-11818 for the treatment of adults with advanced KRAS-mutant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. The designation follows preliminary data released in January 2026, in which...
A new study shows that as more people use electric bikes and scooters, serious head and spine injuries are increasing among both riders and pedestrians in cities. The lead researcher, Hannah Weiss, a neurosurgery doctor in training, said she was shocked by how many patients were coming in with these...
A 2023 review explored whether the length of time poop stays in the body before being passed affects the gut bacteria. They looked at earlier studies involving thousands of people, including both healthy individuals and those with conditions like irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, and liver disease....
A large study looked at ancient DNA from about 16,000 people who lived over the past 10,000 years in West Eurasia, and found that natural selection has influenced human genes much more than scientists once believed. By comparing DNA from ancient remains and over 6,000 people today, researchers found...
Health officials in San Francisco have confirmed the city's first case of a type of mpox called clade I, which is predicted to cause more serious illness than the type seen in the 2022 outbreak. The infected person is an unvaccinated adult who was hospitalized but is now getting better. Officials...
The modern workforce increasingly relies on night shift schedules, especially in sectors such as healthcare, information technology, and manufacturing. While these schedules support a 24-hour global economy, they often come at a high biological cost. Thyroid disorders are among the most prevalent...
Scientists at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) have unveiled MitoCatch, a breakthrough technology designed to deliver healthy mitochondria directly into diseased cells.
Exercising at a time that matches your body clock may help lower the risk of heart disease, especially in people who are already at risk, according to a recent study published in the open-access journal Open Heart. Researchers studied 150 people aged 40 to 60. They identified whether each person was...
A large study in the United States found that the HPV vaccine can help prevent head and neck cancers within 10 years of getting the shot. During the study, researchers compared about 510,000 vaccinated males with the same number of unvaccinated males, aged 9 to 26, over up to 10 years. They found...
Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. (ALGS), Thursday announced an exclusive license agreement to develop and commercialize pevifoscorvir sodium with Xiamen Amoytop Biotech Co., Ltd. for chronic hepatitis B virus infection. As per the terms of the deal, Aligos will receive an upfront milestone of $25 million...
April 17, 2026 15:29 ET The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to raise concerns for policymakers who worry about the impact of the supply shock and high energy prices on the real economy. Producer price data and various survey results on the housing market were the main news from the U.S. this week. In Europe, industrial production data for the euro area gained attention. GDP figures out of China and the policy move by the Singapore central bank were in focus in Asia.