When people stop taking the new generation of weight-loss drugs they pile back on the kilos four times faster than they would after ending diet and exercise regimens, new research found Thursday.

Eating some common food preservatives is linked to a slightly higher risk of eventually developing cancer and diabetes, according to two large French studies published Thursday.

It's obvious to most people as soon as they set foot in a place they know well—like their childhood bedroom or a former classroom—that place and memory are intimately linked.

Researchers at Boston Medical Center, working with colleagues at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health report that US preterm birth rates rose from 2011–2021 in households earning less than 200% of the federal poverty level, while remaining stable among higher-income households. Black mothers had the highest preterm birth rates across all income levels.

In its effort to correlate genomic structure with gene function, the 4D Nucleome Consortium (4DN), led by Job Dekker, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, has extensively mapped and analyzed the three-dimensional folding of the human genome in human embryonic stem cells and immortalized fibroblasts over time. The result is the most detailed view of the four-dimensional human genome available and the identification of more than 140,000 looping interactions between genes and long-range regulatory elements. The study is published in Nature.

Stress, the body's natural response to different types of challenges and daily problems, is an inherently harmless state experienced by most people worldwide. While short-term stress is a common experience and can even be beneficial, acute or prolonged stress responses are known to be linked with various neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression and anxiety disorders.

While many kids dream of becoming a professional or Olympic athlete, there may be physical and emotional drawbacks to children in elementary and middle school training like one.

A 17-year longitudinal study from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev followed children from birth to adolescence to explore whether early-life factors can predict ADHD, and for whom the environment matters most.

Gene-silencing company Alnylam charts ambitious five-year plan as sales of key drug miss expectations.

Stoke Therapeutics and the FDA were unable to reach agreement on an expedited submission for the company’s severe epilepsy treatment, the company said Sunday.