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Negative social ties, like frenemies, could be ageing you

25 July 2025

Having someone in your life who hassles you or causes problems could be adding 2.5 months to your biological age

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Is this book the ultimate guide for getting babies to sleep? Sort of

28 May 2025

Helen Ball's How Babies Sleep draws on anthropology and biology to help babies (and their parents) get a better night's sleep. It has some fascinating insights, but is somewhat impractical

2YF8KFA A man takes the ice bath in frozen lake, the icy water providing a refreshing and invigorating experience during winter swimming

An expert's new book unravels the amazing secrets of the vagus nerve

7 May 2025

Kevin Tracey's authoritative look at the vagus nerve and its healing potential is comprehensive and compelling, cutting through the hype

The new AILIS machine tests for breast cancer detection during a clinical trial in Krakow, Poland, on December 30, 2024. AILIS is an innovative approach to breast cancer detection, developed by Michal Matuszewski. It uses Parametric Dynamic Imaging (PDI) and artificial intelligence to distinguish areas of increased activity from normal tissue, enabling the identification of cancerous lesions. Clinical trials currently take place in collaboration with the National Oncology Institute in Krakow. Upon successful results, the technology is expected to enter the Polish market first, followed by expansion into Europe. Poland has the highest breast cancer mortality rate in the EU, with early-stage detection standing at only 41%. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A political take on cancer provides a tough but much-needed analysis

9 April 2025

Nafis Hasan's Metastasis is a deep dive into the economics and politics of cancer treatment. This makes for a dense and difficult read, but one that is well worth the effort

YARUMAL, - AUGUST 18 - Alirio sits in his living room with his son Alexis, 6, snuggles in and his wife Marta. Alirio, 42, is a coffee farmer who is also a participant in the University of Antioquia study who lives near Yarumal. The study, lead by Dr. Francisco Lopera, a behavioural neurologist at Medellin's University of Antioquia, researches a local family tree with a genetic mutation that causes early-onset Alzheimer's disease. The Colombian family's genetic curse may be the world's best hope for an Alzheimer's cure. In that family tree researchers have the perfect group to study the disease and have now begin a clinical trial to see if they have a medication that might be able to delay onset. in Medellin. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

A moving story reveals hidden human cost of drug trials

2 April 2025

Drug trials are vital to medicine, but what of those taking part? Jennie Erin Smith's moving new book about what happened in a rural community hit by early-onset Alzheimer's disease gives them a voice

Single mother with son at home. She is using computer for paying bills or online shopping.

How neuroscience and bad studies have fuelled intensive parenting

5 March 2025

Motherdom is the latest book to lay bare the shaky science pressuring parents to perfectly steer their children's development from birth. It's a welcome reality check, finds Penny Sarchet

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What can we learn from a debunked theory of depression?

16 January 2025

Rebutting the serotonin theory of depression exposed an important gap in our knowledge. But Joanna Moncrieff's new book Chemically Imbalanced takes too narrow a view of how we should react

Abracadabra: An exclusive sci-fi short story for ��˲�Ʊ

11 December 2024

The award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Nnedi Okorafor journeys to the near future in this unsettling short story

Dr. Michael Perry checks on patients at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Scottsdale, AZ, June 24, 2021. The business of cryopreservation -- storing bodies at deep freeze until well into the future -- got a whole lot more complicated during the coronavirus pandemic. (Jesse Rieser/The New York Times) / Redux / eyevine Please agree fees before use. SPECIAL RATES MAY APPLY. For further information please contact eyevine tel: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709 e-mail: info@eyevine.com www.eyevine.com

Could brain freezing cure all disease – indirectly?

20 November 2024

Neuroscientist Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston's book The Future Loves You presents a bold new take on dying

GB. England. Bristol. 2021. Bristol Royal Infirmary. Martin Parr's cancer treatment. Chemotherapy transfusion.

A sharp interrogation of why we retreat from other people's illnesses

9 October 2024

How well do we look after people who are seriously sick? Astonishingly, research is scant – which makes Neil Vickers and Derek Bolton's ambitious new book, Being Ill, very welcome