Vaping: Emerging harms health systems can't ignore

When e-cigarettes first appeared around 2010, they were hailed as a breakthrough: nicotine delivery without the toxic tar and combustion byproducts of traditional cigarettes. Public health bodies cautiously endorsed them ...

Blood tests for cancer? We're still a way off

A new kind of blood test promises to find cancer early—sometimes even before symptoms appear. The pitch is compelling: a single sample of blood could scan the body for dozens of different cancers at once, catching disease ...

7-Tesla MRI machine uncovers new insights into PTSD

Powerful brain imaging has helped uncover why people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who engage in negative self-talk may be struggling with the first line of treatment. The discovery, published in Nature Mental ...

Precision radio waves may help counter brain diseases

A study has found that precise application of radio waves can change the activity of brain cells in ways that could counter neurological conditions. Led by researchers at NYU Langone Health, the work introduces a technique ...

How individual brain activity drives collective behavior

People may think of survival as an individual act—every animal (and person) for themselves. But a new study from UCLA suggests that when it comes to facing hardship together, social groups may function more like a unified ...

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