Consumer Attitudes & Behavior

After recovering from breast cancer, women experience greater physical health decline—but how much does that have to do with how their cancer was treated?

UNICEF’s 19th Report Card suggests one in five youth in Canada face frequent bullying, one in five are lonely and one in four struggle to make friends.

Even in patients who were informed beforehand that they would be taking a placebo, the inactive pills worked.

Looking at multiple sources of data, researchers found context around stress was an important factor.

People taking Eli Lilly’s obesity drug, Zepbound, lost nearly 50% more weight than those using rival Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in the first head-to-head study of the blockbuster medications.

Though more research is needed on why there were fewer asthma visits during the later wave of wildfire smoke, the authors believe public awareness during the first wave, including air quality advisories, led people to take measures to protect themselves.

You wouldn’t put lotion on an open wound, right? Dr. Carlos Yu examines whether the typical approach to treating eczema is sabotaging potential improvement.

Later first pregnancy was also shown to be a risk factor as was postmenopausal weight gain.