News for Healthier Living
The Medical Minute: Is BMI telling the whole story?
 Body mass index has been used for decades to assess healthy weight. But a Penn State Health obesity medicine physician says waist size and other measurements can provide a clearer picture.
September 2, 2026
September 11 2026 - UNC Study Develops Data-Driven Tool to Help Oncologists Identify High-Risk Periods for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients
- Researchers Discover Rare Cortical Neurons That Can Help Put the Brain to Sleep
- New Disease Found That Causes Night Blindness and Loss of Peripheral Vision
- Obesity May Remove a Natural Defense Against Breast Cancer
- New 'Smart' Nanoparticles Help the Immune System Better Attack Tumours
- Cancer Is Now The Leading Health Threat For 9/11 Survivors 25 Years On
- Nerve Stimulation Eases Diabetic Nerve Pain, Study Says
- Most Women Who Regularly Use Eyelash Extensions May Get Skin Mites
- JMIR News: Shadow AI, Vocal Biomarker Tech, Griefbots, and a Prescription Video Game
- Protein Clues in the Blood May Help Children Avoid Diseases Later in Life
- Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Can Be Identified in Kids as Young as 8
- 25 Years Later: Sept. 11 Pentagon Burn Survivors Reunite with Care Teams Who Helped Save Their Lives
- Probiotic Use Spikes In US, But No Improvement In Gut-Healthy Diet Habits
- Weight-Loss Surgery Might Boost Female Fertility
- What's Living On Baby's Skin Might Predict Childhood Eczema Risk
- First-of-its-Kind X-ray Imaging Tool for Studying Nuclear Materials
- Nonprofits Are Helping Musicians Pay For Insurance in Austin, Texas, And Beyond
- Chemotherapy Also Damages Healthy Cells In Children
- Remote Work Increases Sleep And Reduces Physical Activity--Sedentary Behaviour Can Increase By 45 Minutes
- Uma Scientists Develop A New Technology That Improves The Diagnosis Of Allergy To Antibiotics Such As Amoxicillin And Other Penicillins
- Reporter Boot Camps, In-Person Visits, and Science Comms Training Programs: A Newswise Best Practices Webinar
- Researchers Uncover Mechanism Behind Dangerous Blood-Clotting Disorder
- 25 Years After 9/11, Study Finds Neighborhood Environment May Influence Frailty, PTSD, and Depression Risk Among World Trade Center Responders
- Cancer Research Heads to Space in Adelaide-Led Microgravity Mission
- Kazakhstan Researchers Strengthen National Defenses Against Diseases That Spread from Animals to Humans
September 10 2026September 9 2026 - How AI Is Changing Construction From Classroom to Job Site
- UTHealth Houston Team Reverses Nerve Pain in Diabetic Mice
- Keeping Elite Women's Basketball Players Healthy During International Competition
- New Interactive Map Helps States Navigate Wildfire-Energy Policy Activity
- 'Power Naps' May Improve Clinical Performance for Sleep-Deprived Anesthesiology Residents
- RNA Creates a Self-Destruct Switch for Cellular Machinery Linked to Leukemia
- New Tools Predict Which Tumors Will Respond to Treatment by Comparing Their Internal "Floor Plans"
- ASTRO to Showcase Advances in Radiation Medicine and Cancer Research in 2026 Annual Meeting Press Program
- Early MS treatments differ most in relapses and MRI lesions, not disability
- Cardiologists Expected This New Drug To Prevent Heart Attacks — So Why Did It Fail?
- Suicide-Related ER Visits In Children Rise, But Many Hospitals Lack Specialized Mental Health Care
- Semaglutide Linked To 40% Fewer Asthma Attacks
- Lied Center Celebrates Milestone in Expansion, Renovation
- Ribbon Cutting to Mark Mesonet Progress, Salute Stakeholders
- Virginia Tech Researchers Seek to Reduce Chronic Pain for Rural Adults
- Mayo Clinic Researchers Find a Way to Reprogram Immune Cells and Boost Chemotherapy Response in Glioblastoma
- A Road Paved by Research: A Johns Hopkins Medicine Patient's Experience with the Evolution of Sickle Cell Treatment
- Current Blood Pressure Thresholds May Miss Critically Injured Children
- Beyond the Prescription: How GLP-1 Companion Digital Programs Address Persistence to Medication and Postcessation Weight Regain
- Fake Doctor Reviews Look More Trustworthy Than Real Ones, Study Finds
- Psychedelics and Anesthetics Create Mirror Image Patterns in the Brain
- Pig Kidney Kept Man Alive For A Year While Awaiting A Human Organ Donation
- Students Hungry, Anxious, Distracted After End Of Universal Free School Meal Policy, Study Says
- The Market Forces Quietly Adding Thousands To Patient Bills
- Study Finds Social, Financial, and Healthcare Factors Shape Resilience in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
- Gut, Airway and Tumor Microbes Emerge as Promising Predictors of Immunotherapy Response in Lung Cancer
- Spinal Cord Stimulation Eases Pain and Improves Sensation in People with Diabetic Nerve Damage
- Healthy lifestyle in middle age adds happiness alongside longevity to old age
- Vitamin A Metabolite Preserves T Cells' Function as KAIST Points to a New Strategy for Treating Intractable Brain Tumors
- Surgery-Centered Framework Reshapes Hepatocellular Carcinoma Care
- Alzheimer's: a Nasal Spray Protects Neurons and Memory
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