A New York Times health reporter explains what makes a good study, and how she knows which papers merit an article.

For example, for every extra one to three drinks per week, the risk of dementia increased by 15%. And a doubling in the genetic risk for AUD was associated with a 16% higher risk of dementia. These ...

No level of alcohol use is safe for the brain and even light drinking is tied to increased dementia risk, results of a large ...

This multisite observational study included 470 symptomatic and asymptomatic women who presented for a breast health checkup in two centers. Among them, 238 women had symptoms such as breast lump, ...

Risk analysis of open vs. robotic assisted radical cystectomy. Randomized phase III clinical trial of neoadjuvant intravesical mitomycin C (MMC) treatment in patients with primary treatment-naïve ...

We examined the association between hydroxychloroquine use and intubation or death at a large medical center in New York City. Data were obtained regarding consecutive patients hospitalized with Covid ...

Neurons selective to running trajectories in the rat anterior cingulate cortex are reactivated during observation and interact with hippocampal replay to guide subsequent spatial navigation.

One study from Canada concluded in 2023 that hairdressing and accountancy, among other jobs, correlated with a higher risk of ovarian cancer.

A new study led by the Center for Sepsis Epidemiology and Prevention Studies (SEPSIS) at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care ...

Receiving six or more prescriptions of the drug gabapentin for low back pain is associated with significantly increased risks of developing dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI)—29% and 85%, ...