Researchers found a one-cent pricing trick that made people more willing to order smaller portions, and it only worked on the small plates

Ordering a half sandwich and a cup of soup often feels like a bad deal: you get half the food, but nowhere near half the price. A PhD student at…

Nov 13, 2026 · 3 min read

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1 in 10 women diagnosed with cannabis addiction during pregnancy ended up in the ER for a psychiatric crisis within a year of giving birth

Cannabis use during pregnancy has grown in the United States, often for nausea, anxiety or sleep. Researchers at UC Merced, Michigan State…

3 min read · Annals of Epidemiology

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People with knee arthritis lost about a quarter of their body weight on a new weekly injection, and two-thirds had their knee pain cut in half

Knee osteoarthritis makes walking and climbing stairs painful for millions of people, and extra weight adds load to the joint with every…

3 min read · New England Journal of Medicine

Medical Research & Innovations

Scientists tested the belief that women are more sensitive to cannabis, and the group that felt it most turned out to be men who rarely use

Many people believe women are more sensitive to cannabis than men, an idea based largely on animal research. Researchers at the UCLA…

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Kids who ate more ultra-processed food had stronger reward-brain reactions to pictures of cookies and fries, and they gained more body fat a year later

Ultra-processed foods make up about 67% of the calories American children eat. Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC wanted to know whether those foods change how a…

Nov 7 · 3 min read

Researchers found a one-cent pricing trick that made people more willing to order smaller portions, and it only worked on the small plates

1 in 10 women diagnosed with cannabis addiction during pregnancy ended up in the ER for a psychiatric crisis within a year of giving birth

People with knee arthritis lost about a quarter of their body weight on a new weekly injection, and two-thirds had their knee pain cut in half

Scientists tested the belief that women are more sensitive to cannabis, and the group that felt it most turned out to be men who rarely use

Kids who ate more ultra-processed food had stronger reward-brain reactions to pictures of cookies and fries, and they gained more body fat a year later

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