Studies

A medical journal retracted a paper that claimed "current smoking was not associated with adverse outcome" in COVID-19 patients due to conflict of interest.

Puff Smoke

"The claims of a protective effect must be viewed with extreme caution by both the general population as well as clinicians."

Paper Claiming Cigarettes Protect Against COVID Retracted for Ties to Tobacco Industry

"Exposure to a high background radiation displays clear beneficial health effects in humans," according to a team of Israeli researchers.

Rad Dude

"Exposure to a high background radiation displays clear beneficial health effects in humans."

Scientists Claim That Actually, Radiation Is Good For You

Scientists found traces of aluminum in the same place in donor brains as the toxic protein clumps that eventually cause Alzheimer's Disease.

Medical Metal

The metal may play a role in forming the neuron-killing plaques associated with Alzheimer's.

The Stuff Beer Cans Are Made From Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

A team of researchers says it discovered entirely new coronaviruses in genetic data released by agricultural labs in China.

Lab Leak

Genetic data from an agricultural lab seemed to contain entirely new coronaviruses.

Scientists Claim to Discover “Unexpected” New Viruses in Wuhan

In a massive review of existing mouse research, scientists linked a high-sugar, high-fat diet to cognitive impairments later in life.

Picky Eaters

Fast food and junk calories cause serious cognitive issues in mice — and possibly in people as well.

Mice Fed Fast Food Get Noticeably Stupider, Scientists Warn

A recent survey of human-made chemicals inside pregnant women's bodies found dozens of plastics and other compounds that scientists can't identify.

Alarming Ingredients

"It's very concerning that we are unable to identify the uses or sources of so many of these chemicals."

Scientists Detect Chemicals Inside Pregnant Women They Can’t Even Identify

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Buyer Beware

A massive study revealed another possible link between diet and cognitive health.

Scientists Link Eating This Common Baseball Stadium Food With Dementia Risk

Generation X and especially millennials are aging shockingly poorly, according to a massive new study on health outcomes.

Same TBH

"The worsening health profiles we found in Gen X and Gen Y is alarming."

Millennials Are Aging Really Badly, Experts Say

A massive study found that walking speed seemed to help predict COVID disease severity and deaths, regardless of related factors like obesity.

Take a Lap

What does walking speed have to do with COVID?

Your Walking Speed Might Predict Whether COVID Kills You

A team of scientists submitted a new cancer medication for the FDA's approval without having experimented on a single animal.

Guilt-Free Science

Is medical research about to get more humane?

Scientists Create Cancer Drug Without Any Animal Tests

A study shows that the coronavirus can directly attack and kill heart cells, potentially settling a longstanding scientific debate.

Direct Attack

Just when you thought the coronavirus couldn't get any worse.

Study: COVID-19 Can Kill Heart Cells

Preliminary data suggests that the coronavirus variant P.1 is capable of reinfecting people who already survived COVID-19.