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Vitamin B12 and folate deficiencies may be linked to fatigue and decreased motivation.

A study by Japanese scientists on the relationship between blood homocysteine levels, vitamin B12 and folate status, and fatigue and motivation indicators in healthy adults was published in the journal Nutrients. The paper is titled "Associations of Plasma Homocysteine Reflecting Vitamin B12 and Folate Status with Fatigue-Related Outcomes in Healthy Adults."

29 May 2026, 09:27

High dose of vitamin D3 during pregnancy linked to better memory in children at age 10

This isn't a new, stand-alone trial launched specifically to assess children's intelligence. It's a post-hoc secondary analysis, a supplemental analysis of data from an already conducted randomized clinical trial, the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood 2010, which initially examined the effect of vitamin D3 supplementation during pregnancy on the risk of wheezing and asthma in children.

22 May 2026, 19:27

Preservatives in processed foods have been linked to a higher risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.

A large study, NutriNet-Santé, was published in the European Heart Journal. It examined the association between food additives and preservatives and the risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The authors analyzed data from 112,395 participants in France, followed from 2009 to 2024.

21 May 2026, 19:09

New study: More than 150 minutes of activity a week may be needed for significant heart protection

The main conclusion of the study is that the standard 150 minutes of moderate or vigorous physical activity per week provides measurable benefits for the heart, but significantly more activity may be needed to achieve a more significant risk reduction.

20 May 2026, 22:03

Asthma drug may help overcome tumor resistance to immunotherapy

This is preclinical work: the researchers used mouse tumor models, human immune cells, human tumor samples, and large public oncology databases. Therefore, the results cannot be interpreted as proof that montelukast is already effective in treating cancer in patients; rather, they represent a strong experimental signal that still needs to be confirmed in clinical trials.

20 May 2026, 21:53

Obstructive sleep apnea pill shows phase 3 effect: AD109 reduces sleep apnea

The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine published results from the randomized phase 3 SynAIRgy trial, which studied the experimental drug AD109 in obstructive sleep apnea.

19 May 2026, 08:58

Grapes have been linked to changes in skin gene activity and less oxidative stress after UV exposure.

A new study in ACS Nutrition Science found that consuming grapes for 2 weeks was associated with changes in gene expression in human skin.

18 May 2026, 10:20

Children can "remember" the smell of vegetables even before birth: a study tracked the reaction from the fetus up to 3 years old.

A new study in Developmental Psychobiology shows that 3-year-olds reacted less negatively to the smell of vegetables they had already encountered through their mothers' diets before birth.

14 May 2026, 09:30

Orforglipron tablet helps maintain weight after injectable weight loss drugs

A new publication in Nature Medicine has shown that a daily tablet of orforglipron helps people with obesity or overweight maintain a significant portion of the weight loss they lost after prior treatment with injectable glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and related incretin drugs.

14 May 2026, 08:43

A large meta-analysis found no reliable link between testosterone and risk-taking.

A new study in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews challenges the popular idea that testosterone itself makes people more risk-prone.

13 May 2026, 18:22

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