Psychology Public health has treated loneliness and social isolation as the same problem for decades. A study of 30,000 people found they are not, and the one everyone talks about barely affects cognitive decline. Aug 11 · 8 min read · The Journal of Gerontology
Medical Research & Innovations For years, studies found that taking Tylenol during pregnancy raised the risk of autism and ADHD. A study of 708,000 children just showed those studies were measuring the wrong thing entirely Aug 1 · 7 min read · Jama Network
Neuroscience Researchers told 41 people to breathe differently while making risky decisions. A slow exhale physically changed which risks they were willing to take Jul 26 · 5 min read · Neuron
Medical Research & Innovations New research finds that Crohn’s and colitis patients start developing depression and anxiety years before they are diagnosed. The gut-brain connection begins earlier than anyone realized Aug 9 · 8 min read · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Medical Research & Innovations Scientists finally have a biological explanation for why long COVID patients lose motivation and can’t think clearly. They scanned their brains and found the dopamine system was physically damaged Jul 30 · 8 min read · Lancet
Medical Research & Innovations Researchers finally quantified the hair loss risk that GLP-1 drug users have been reporting for two years, and found it is 37 to 68 percent higher than on comparable medications Jul 24 · 8 min read · The BMJ
Medical Research & Innovations For decades, doctors assumed men’s libido follows testosterone, peaking in youth and declining steadily. A study of 67,000 people just showed that assumption is wrong Aug 6 · 7 min read · Nature
Neuroscience New research finds a single dose of LSD lowers stress and improves problem solving ability, but not in the way scientists expected. The effects showed up a week after the drug wore off Jul 28 · 6 min read · Nature
Neuroscience The popular theory that highly sensitive people detect more sensory information than others just ran into a laboratory that found no evidence it is true Jul 22 · 8 min read · Journal of Research in Personality