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Sexual arousal can cause ‘tunnel vision’, making it more difficult to recognize when someone is not that interested in you, a new US study has found. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Previous research has shown that sexual arousal can cause people to overestimate their partner’s romantic interest in them, but these interactions included neutral or positive signals from potential partners. In this new study, potential partners provided mixed or ambiguous cues to more closely reflect the early encounters of their relationships in the real world. Sexual arousal made participants significantly more likely to interpret ambiguous interactions optimistically. They were interested…

Why is entry into medicine and surgery becoming more diverse, but less so at senior levels? A new study from the University of Surrey claims the answer lies in how careers are judged on a day-to-day basis. Researchers have found that despite long-standing equality policies, who rises through the ranks in British surgeries still depends on who already controls the room. The study, published in the Journal of Management Studies, analyzed 10 years of NHS career data and found that surgeons from underrepresented groups were more likely to leave training and less likely to be promoted, especially in environments where…

The Geneva University Hospital Center for Emerging Viral Diseases (HUG), a WHO collaborating center, has just identified the hantavirus strain that killed three people on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The variety is Andes. This identification was made possible by a sample taken on May 5, 2026 by the National Center for Infectious Diseases and Virology (CRIVE, HUG’s Institute of Virology) from a person who boarded the MV Hondius and tested positive for hantavirus in a PCR test. Andes virus is the only hantavirus with documented human-to-human transmission, explains Dr. Manuel Schibler, director of the HUG Institute for…

Since a groundbreaking study in 2009, researchers have discovered that common gut bacteria Bacteroides fragilisby secreting toxins that damage the lining of the colon, promote the formation of colon tumors and can lead to colorectal cancer. But until now, the exact mechanism the toxin uses to attach to these cells has remained a mystery. A multicenter team led by researchers from the Bloomberg Kimmel Cancer Immunotherapy Institute at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has identified the missing link. The study was published on April 22nd. naturethe following becomes clear: B. fragilis…

People who have been diagnosed with major depressive disorder may experience a temporary high when they take small, frequent doses of the hallucinogen lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). In a small pilot study, participants who took low doses accurately reported feeling more energized, more creative, and more connected on the days they took the drug. The study was published in the journal Advances in neuropsychopharmacology and biological psychiatry. Classic psychedelic compounds such as LSD are known to cause significant changes in perception when taken in large doses. For decades, strict legal regulations have largely halted clinical research on these substances. Recently,…

Theris, an AI-powered behavioral health provider, has quietly launched an update to its platform. Founded in 2023, the startup delivers healthcare and powers it with AI tools for healthcare providers, automating clinical workflows from admission to billing. Once the session takes place, an AI agent records and analyzes the session with the patient’s consent. AI agents can uncover details from a patient’s medical record that a healthcare provider might have missed or flag potential drug interactions. “Our number one goal is to improve patient outcomes,” co-founder and CEO Anthony Capone told Fierce Healthcare in an exclusive interview. teris logo Theris…

Researchers have developed a new mathematical method for analyzing standard brain scans to predict the onset of Alzheimer’s disease long before symptoms appear. This new tool can track the hidden influence of genetic and cardiovascular risk in healthy adults by assessing how well an individual’s brain matches the structural patterns characteristic of the disease. The study was published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of cognitive decline in older adults. The gradual changes that lead to this condition begin in the brain decades before the first signs of memory loss or confusion appear. This long…

For decades, scientists believed they had figured out one of the body’s key fat-burning proteins. This enzyme, known as hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL), was thought to function primarily as the body’s emergency fuel switch, helping release stored fat when energy is in short supply. But researchers discovered something unexpected. HSL not only acts on the surface of lipid droplets within fat cells. It was also active deep in the cell’s nucleus, where DNA is stored and important gene activity is controlled. The discovery reveals a completely different aspect of the protein that scientists have been studying since the 1960s. The survey…

Recent research reveals that adults of all ages can meaningfully improve their cognitive, emotional, and social well-being through short daily brain teasers. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, suggests that mental decline is not an inevitable part of aging and suggests proactive approaches to prolonging your years with a healthy, highly functioning mind. Over the past century, advances in medicine and public health have doubled the average human lifespan. However, this increase in years of life does not necessarily equate to longer periods of brain health. A period of brain health is a period of life during which…

MADRID – Spanish authorities on Friday prepared to take more than 140 passengers and crew onboard a hantavirus-infected cruise ship bound for the Canary Islands, where health authorities said a cautious evacuation would be carried out. The ship is scheduled to arrive on the Spanish island of Tenerife off the coast of West Africa on Sunday, where passengers will be taken to a “completely isolated and locked-down area,” Spain’s head of emergency services, Virginia Balcones, said. The United States and Britain have agreed to send aircraft to evacuate citizens from cruise ships. Three people have died since the outbreak and…