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According to research from the American Psychological Association, you may be able to lose more weight if you keep a similar diet and consistent calorie intake every day. This research health psychologyshowed that adults who followed a structured eating pattern during a 12-week behavioral weight loss program achieved better results than adults who changed their food choices more frequently. Participants who repeated their meals and kept their caloric intake stable over time lost more weight than those who ate a more varied diet. “Maintaining a healthy diet in today’s food environment requires constant effort and discipline,” said lead author Dr.…

The first systematic review to track long-term trends before and after the pandemic found a dramatic increase in screen use among children and adolescents. Screen time among children and adolescents has increased significantly over the past 30 years, and has clearly increased since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new systematic review conducted at the University of Turku in Finland.This review analyzes 60 peer-reviewed studies published between 1991 and 2022, and is the first to comprehensively examine long-term trends in screen time use among individuals aged 0 to 19 years, spanning both pre-pandemic and post-pandemic periods.Co-lead author…

A comprehensive new review shows how gut microbiome disruption promotes obesity, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular risk, while pointing to dietary and other microbiome-focused strategies that may help restore metabolic balance. An integrative mechanistic framework linking dysbiosis to systemic metabolic dysfunction. Arrows indicate the progression of events from extrinsic and host-related factors to dysbiosis of the gut microbiota, changes in microbial metabolites, barrier dysfunction, and metabolic dysregulation. Upward (↑) and downward (↓) arrows indicate increase and decrease, respectively. A growing body of evidence highlights the role of the gut microbiome in metabolic health. Recent reviews published in magazines nutrients We identify…

Autism has a significant and persistent gender stigma, with approximately four boys diagnosed for every girl. Experts have long believed that this disparity stems primarily from diagnostic inequality, as much of the autism research and the screening tools that result from it have historically focused on boys, effectively setting a male standard for what autism “looks like.” As a result, girls and women are more likely to be overlooked, misdiagnosed, or diagnosed much later in life.This disparity has also shaped the science around autism. With fewer women with the disorder, fewer women will participate in research, creating a feedback loop…

A wide-ranging review found that everyday factors, from diet and alcohol to stress, hygiene and sexual behavior, can influence the microbial balance in four key areas of a woman’s body, impacting infection risk, inflammation and long-term health. Research: Shaping the female microbiome: A review of lifestyle factors that influence the vaginal, intestinal, oral, and skin microenvironments. Image credit: Julien Tromeur / Shutterstock In a comprehensive review recently published in the magazine microbial ecologyresearchers synthesized evidence examining the effects of modifiable health behaviors such as diet, smoking, obesity, alcohol use, stress, physical activity, and hygiene on women’s microbiome composition and function.…

A collaboration between Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital and SciLifeLab has integrated whole genome sequencing into routine diagnostic investigations of rare diseases at Karolinska University Hospital. To date, more than 15,000 patients have undergone whole-genome sequencing, and 23% have had a genetic diagnosis, according to a study published today. genomic medicine. This study describes how Karolinska University Hospital and CylifeLab have developed a model over the past decade to integrate whole genome sequencing into the diagnostic evaluation of patients with suspected rare diseases. It summarizes data from 15,644 individuals and demonstrates how close collaboration between interdisciplinary clinical practice and advanced…

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the stories. Please review our AI policy and give us your feedback. Five people have died from heatstroke in Texas prisons over the past two summers, and lawyers for the plaintiffs testified on the first day of a federal trial over lack of air conditioning at these facilities. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has not publicly acknowledged that heat was a significant factor in these deaths, and state attorneys also disputed these claims during Monday’s hearing. The hearing in Austin followed U.S. District Judge Robert Pittman’s March 2025 ruling…

Deep sleep doesn’t just make you feel rested. It actively rebuilds the body, strengthens muscles, supports bone growth and helps burn fat. For teenagers, it is also essential to reach their full height potential. At the heart of all this is growth hormone, which surges during sleep. But scientists have long been puzzled as to why sleep deprivation, especially the early deep stage known as non-REM sleep, leads to decreased levels of this important hormone. Scientists discover the brain circuit behind it Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have revealed the answer. In a study published in the journal…

ORLANDO, Fla.—A massive conference to help local residents prepare for hurricane season opened Monday without an agency coordinating the federal disaster response. Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency blamed the absence from the National Hurricane Conference on the partial government shutdown. The conference is one of the largest aimed at helping communities prepare for the Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1st. More than 1,800 local and state emergency managers signed up to participate, as did representatives from other federal agencies, nonprofits such as the Salvation Army, and businesses such as Publix and Home Depot. The meeting ends on…

Women use higher pitched voices when talking to strange dogs than they do when talking to their own pets. The tone of the human’s voice and facial expressions also change depending on the size of the dog and the type of activity they do together. These results were recently published in the journal Animal Cognition. To understand this research, it is helpful to understand the concept of prosody. Prosody refers to the rhythm, tone, and pitch of spoken language, as well as the facial expressions that accompany spoken words. Acoustic prosody involves audio features such as pitch range, while visual…