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Opinion: STAT readers on the value of primary care, obesity as a disease, and more
“The real opportunity is to move beyond policies and narratives that pit specialties against one another,” presidents of the AAFP, ACP, and AAP write.
Circuit logic of oxytocin and vasopressin complementary actions
Oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (VP) are evolutionarily conserved neuropeptides that regulate social behavior, emotional processing and physiological homeostasis. Although traditionally studied as individual modulators of affiliation, stress and autonomic function, emerging evidence indicates that…
Development and validation of the digital well-being scale using university students
IntroductionDigital technologies are central to university students' academic, social, and personal lives, offering opportunities for learning and connection while also introducing challenges such as distraction, emotional strain, and difficulties with self-regulation. Despite increasing interest…
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Opinion: STAT readers on the value of primary care, obesity as a disease, and more
“The real opportunity is to move beyond policies and narratives that pit specialties against one another,” presidents of the AAFP, ACP, and AAP write.
Circuit logic of oxytocin and vasopressin complementary actions
Oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (VP) are evolutionarily conserved neuropeptides that regulate social behavior, emotional processing and physiological homeostasis. Although traditionally studied as individual modulators of affiliation, stress and autonomic function, emerging evidence indicates that their actions are best understood at…
Development and validation of the digital well-being scale using university students
IntroductionDigital technologies are central to university students' academic, social, and personal lives, offering opportunities for learning and connection while also introducing challenges such as distraction, emotional strain, and difficulties with self-regulation. Despite increasing interest in digital well-being, there is a…
Immersive Technologies in Forensic Mental Health and Prison Settings: Scoping Review
Background: The application of immersive technologies, particularly virtual reality, has expanded rapidly across health care domains, including mental health, rehabilitation, and education. These technologies enable the creation of controlled, interactive, and ecologically valid environments that can support therapeutic interventions, skill…
Effects of Social Media Narratives on Affective and Behavioral Responses to Menopause Content: Randomized Online Experimental Study
Background: Social media is an increasingly prominent channel for communicating menopause information and experiences, yet the affective and behavioral consequences of different narrative framings remain unclear. Objective: We examined how distress, normalizing, and transformative narratives influenced women’s immediate responses to…
Opinion: What the 20th-century war on smog tells us about today’s wildfire smoke
The evolution of air pollution policy shows how to respond to the dangerous haze caused by Canadian wildfires, experts write in opinion piece.
Quitting smoking is hard. A Medicare change may push doctors to give more help
Physicians who offer counseling on quitting cigarettes and alcohol during patient visits would get a 19% increase in reimbursement under a proposed Medicare change.
Lettuce at Taco Bell in five states confirmed as a source of diarrhea-causing parasite
Health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell locations across five U.S. states as a source of the outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.
STAT+: The end for GSK’s chronic cough treatment
Sonothera's ultrasound gene therapy delivery, a new Alzheimer's drug controversy, and more biotech news from The Readout
Playing the Long Game for Youth Mental Health: A conversation with Grassroot Soccer on the power of sport and partnership
We spoke with Grassroot Soccer’s Mental Health Specialist Charmaine Nyakonda about the organization’s approach, the impact of their collaboration with SNF, and the growing role of sports in improving the mental health of young people and communities globally. The post…
The Download: perimenopause misinformation and China’s latest AI leap
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. There’s a lot of hype around perimenopause. Don’t buy it. Perimenopause used to be considered taboo,…
Altered tryptophan metabolism as a contributor to cognitive impairment in chronic kidney disease: a narrative review
Approximately 40% of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) experience cognitive impairment (CI), which is strongly associated with increased mortality. CI is driven by multiple factors, including vascular injury, accumulation of uremic toxins, disruption of the blood–brain barrier, and chronic…
CD163+ perivascular macrophages in schizophrenia: a research framework for testing macrophage-related mechanisms
Elevated densities of CD163+ perivascular macrophages have been reported in schizophrenia post-mortem brain tissue, particularly in regions involved in neurodevelopment, dopaminergic signaling, and blood–brain barrier (BBB) regulation. However, the biological significance and developmental lineage of these findings remain unclear. While…
Physical education performance as a protective pathway: breaking the cycle between learning burnout and gaming disorder in Chinese adolescents
Background and AimsGaming disorder (GD) and learning burnout (LB) are critical issues impacting adolescents, with GD recognized by the World Health Organization as a behavioral addiction and LB contributing to academic disengagement. While prior research has examined bivariate relationships, such…
Associations between childhood threat and deprivation experiences, self- and other-mentalizing, and adult psychopathology: evidence from a community sample
IntroductionChildhood adversity is a well-established transdiagnostic risk factor for psychopathology, yet the mechanisms linking specific adversity types to mental health remain unclear. The Dimensional Model of Adversity and Psychopathology (DMAP) distinguishes deprivation, defined as the absence of expected social and…
Pharmacotherapy, acupoint stimulation, and psychotherapy for perimenopausal women with anxiety, depression, and panic disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
BackgroundPerimenopausal women frequently experience physiological and psychological symptoms, including anxiety, depression, and panic disorders, mainly due to declining ovarian function and hormonal changes. Current options include pharmacotherapy, acupoint stimulation (AcuStim), and psychotherapy (psych), but their comparative efficacy and safety remain…
Circadian dimensions in insomnia disorder: mechanistic evidence, candidate phenotypes, and a phenotype-stratified research framework
Insomnia disorder is one of the most common sleep disorders and is traditionally conceptualized in terms of hyperarousal, altered sleep homeostasis, and cognitive-behavioral perpetuating factors. The two-process model of sleep regulation indicates that sleep initiation and maintenance depend not only…
An AI co-scientist to accelerate biomedical research
Nature Medicine, Published online: 17 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41591-026-00037-zThe AI agent Biomni performs research tasks across diverse biomedical fields; with further training and optimization, it could be a powerful research partner for scientists.