6+ hour, 53+ min ago   (616+ words) Noise is often treated as an annoyance, a background hum of traffic, construction, and crowded spaces that we tune out without a second thought. A growing body of research, however, suggests that the sounds surrounding us may do more than…...

18+ hour, 19+ min ago   (607+ words) Listening for schizophrenia: how AI can help with early diagnosis The speech of people with schizophrenia sounds subtly different from their healthy counterparts. Can AI hear those differences better than human psychiatrists? By Astrid Landon & Knowable Magazine “We have the…...

1+ day, 32+ min ago   (807+ words) When heavy drinking stops, the brain does not simply return to a sober baseline. It undergoes a prolonged and often dangerous period of readjustment known as alcohol withdrawal, during which neurons rewire their signaling, gene expression shifts across entire pathways,…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (513+ words) CORDIS | European Commission Long-term study proposes screen time limit for social media. Are you consuming social media content, or is this content consuming you? A research team in the United States has come up with a screen time threshold in…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (177+ words) Sep 10, 2026 | General Healthcare Starting an intervention before surgery that pairs personalized mental health coaching with medication optimization reduces post-surgery depression and anxiety in older adults, according to a clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open. Led by led by researchers…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (131+ words) Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine Read article—Features a study led by Lynn Fiellin, a professor of biomedical data science and medicine, and postdoctoral research fellow Caroline Barry showing that PlaySmart, a digital behavioral health game developed in the Fiellin…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (293+ words) An ancient toothache may have given researchers their earliest look yet at habitual drug use among humans. Archaeologists studying two sets of human teeth from caves on Indonesia's... It's Oldest Evidence of Habitual Drug Use—and the Damage An ancient…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (195+ words) More children are getting access to cellphones and social media from a young age, raising concerns about the impact of online exposure on their development. While technology can provide children with opportunities to learn, communicate and connect, excessive screen time…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (276+ words) Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior & Department of Neurobiology and Behavior Noel Drury MD Endowed Chair University of California, Irvine Scientific Council Member (Joined 2025) Previously untreated clinical trial participants with positive biomarkers for both of 2 commonly prescribed antidepressants…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (690+ words) Edited by Daniel Moran The deepest loneliness often strikes not among the isolated, but among lifelong caregivers who've become allergic to being cared for. Picture the person who runs everyone else’s emergencies. Birthdays remembered without a reminder. Hospital lifts arranged....