Meditation and nonnative language training appear not to confer cognitive effects, according to a study published online July 14 in JAMA Network Open to coincide with the annual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, held from July 16 to 20 in Amsterdam….

Reviewers’ Notes A gene called Myc (pronounced "mick") that is among the most important drivers of cancer in both mice and humans also plays a newly discovered crucial role in aging, according to a new Cell Reports study by researchers…

Calling all bargain-hunting parents! There are a lot of online destinations for back-to-school deals, but one discount site outshines them all in terms of savings and inventory. It’s Zulily, and it’s home to thousands of unbeatable deals on clothes, backpacks,…

Reviewers’ Notes Among nearly 10 million US infants born between 2016 and 2018, breastfed babies were 33% less likely to die during the post-perinatal period (day 7−364) than infants who were not breastfed, reports a new study in the American…

With obesity rates projected to continue rising globally, there is an urgent need to understand the intricate mechanisms that contribute to metabolic diseases such as diabetes. Addressing this critical issue head-on, Jiyoung Park and her research team in the Department…

Dr. Alfonso Sabater pulled up two photos of Antonio Vento Carvajal’s eyes. One showed cloudy scars covering both eyeballs. The other, taken after months of gene therapy given through eyedrops, revealed no scarring on either eye. Antonio, who’s been legally…

In a recent review and meta-analysis published in the BMC Medicine Journal, researchers evaluated previous work conducting controlled trials of patients undergoing antibiotic therapy with and without antibiotic supplementation. Their results elucidated that probiotic supplementation did not change gut microbiome…

Reviewers’ Notes In one of the first large-scale studies of genes related to diet, researchers have uncovered almost 500 genes that appear to directly influence the foods we eat. The findings represent an important step toward using a person's genetics…

A common genetic variant explains why some people are asymptomatic after being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, according to our recently published study in the journal Nature. Early in the pandemic, we were intrigued that many people did…

DR ELLIE CANNON: Could my pins and needles be linked to my heart surgery? Three years ago I had a heart attack followed by a quintuple bypass. Ever since the surgery, I have suffered numbness and pins and needles in…