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People have been told for decades to get eight solid hours, yet a huge data set now suggests that when you sleep can overshadow how long you sleep. More than one in three American adults routinely get less than seven hours of nightly rest. In a new analysis of 88,461 volunteers wearing wrist actigraphy sensors, Professor Shengfeng Wang …

Doctors at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a surprising new cause of skin cancer, a strain of the human papillomavirus (HPV) commonly found on the skin. The findings, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, could reshape how scientists understand certain skin cancers, especially in people with weakened immune systems. A case that changed the …

A downside to hot weather is all the bugs that can feast on or sting us. Is there anything you can do to avoid this? And what should you do if you are attacked? Here’s what pharmacists have to say about the best ways to prevent and treat stings and bites. Know which bugs to be wary of The British …

Discussion This report describes the public health response to two cases of B. procyonis eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in unrelated pediatric patients reported during a short period (September 2024) in Los Angeles County, California. Few cases of B. procyonis eosinophilic meningoencephalitis have been documented in the United States (5,9), and most of these patients have been young, male children with developmental disabilities, …

A woman who died from cancer after refusing chemotherapy to treat it was instead having five coffee enemas a day to beat the disease, an inquest into her death has been told. Paloma Shemirani, a 23-year-old Cambridge graduate, died after suffering a heart attack linked to her non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the Royal Sussex County Hospital on July 24 last year. …

In its weekly update yesterday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the United States has 14 more measles cases, raising the national total to 1,333 cases. The cases have been reported in 40 jurisdictions, and 87% of confirmed cases (1,156 of 1,333) are outbreak-associated. There have been 25 outbreaks (three or more related cases) this year …

Not so long ago, Brian Valenza woke up at 4:30 a.m. every morning to tackle the day head-on, a habit he inherited from his years of service with the Navy SEALs. At 48, he’s sleeping in. Valenza, the CEO of a security firm and co-host of a network of longevity retreats said he still keeps a disciplined routine, but he …

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Artificial sweeteners were introduced to offer a healthier alternative to sugar – but as a new study highlights, these substitutes bring their own health risks with them. And it doesn’t take much of the stuff to make a difference: the researchers behind the study, from several institutions in Australia and the Netherlands, found that drinking just a single can of …

A case series describes 41 US children with influenza-related acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) that killed 27% of them—despite receiving multiple treatments and most of them being previously healthy—during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 respiratory virus seasons. For the study, published yesterday in JAMA, the Influenza-Associated Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy Working Group assessed the clinical characteristics, interventions, and outcomes of children with flu-related ANE, …