14+ hour ago   (888+ words) Toggling airplane mode can quickly refresh a weak phone signal by forcing a new network search, though it cannot fix areas with no coverage or heavy congestion. One bar of cell phone signal at a restaurant, a call that drops…...

13+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1110+ words) A Mass General Brigham study finds the body burns fewer calories digesting a meal in the evening, and the cause is the internal clock, not sleep or activity. A sandwich eaten at 7 p.m. costs the body less energy to break down…...

12+ hour, 31+ min ago   (943+ words) A surplus of insulating brain cells, low on one protective protein, tracked the steepest cognitive decline in adults followed since childhood. After 70, memory and quick thinking slow down for most people, and the usual explanation is that the brain’s wiring…...

12+ hour, 48+ min ago   (971+ words) Men whose genes make more of the receptor Ozempic targets had 7% higher odds of pattern baldness. Ozempic hair loss may be partly genetic. Lose a lot of weight quickly and some hair tends to come out with it. For people…...

15+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1157+ words) Early stress in mitochondria before birth helped mouse hearts resist later chemotherapy damage by creating lasting protective changes. Chemotherapy can save lives, but some drugs can also put the heart under serious strain. Doxorubicin, a chemotherapy used against several cancers,…...

23+ hour, 15+ min ago   (912+ words) Dogs and cats can carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are genetically similar to strains found in people worldwide. Antibiotic resistance is often discussed as a hospital problem, where bacteria can survive medicines that once stopped them. Resistant bacteria also occur outside…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1184+ words) Confidence builds a sense of control, and two brain circuits turn that estimate into how much you learn from a win or a loss. When a job application disappears into silence, you have to decide whether the resume was weak…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (970+ words) Columbia researchers estimate autism life expectancy on Medicaid at about 65 years, with excess deaths from flu, malnutrition, and drowning. Autism is a lifelong condition, and most of the research on it has gone into causes, screening and treatment. How long…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (967+ words) Plateau pikas labeled as pests can actually help livestock gain more weight by keeping poisonous weeds from taking over valuable grazing plants. High on the grasslands of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in western China, herders have spent decades trying to wipe…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (981+ words) Digestive problems including constipation, diarrhea, stomach pain, and IBS are more common in people diagnosed with ADHD. An ADHD appointment covers attention, impulses, and how school or work is going. Digestion rarely comes up. But constipation, diarrhea, stomach pain, and…...