July 22, 2025

Sleeping With a Fan on: Side Effects and Other Ways to Stay Cool

Written by Jennifer Clements, MD, MSEd, NBHWC | Reviewed by Karen Hovav, MD, FAAP Updated on January 24, 2024 Key takeaways: As long as your fan is clean, sleeping with a fan on generally doesn’t cause serious health problems. But fans circulate air that may dry your nose and throat, and trigger other uncomfortable symptoms. Sleeping with a […]

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9 Medications That Cause Joint and Muscle Pain

Written by Amy B. Gragnolati, PharmD, BCPS | Reviewed by Christina Aungst, PharmD Updated on April 1, 2024 Key takeaways: Joint and muscle pain are side effects of some medications. Examples of medications known to cause joint or muscle pain and weakness include fluoroquinolone antibiotics such as levofloxacin and statins such as simvastatin (Zocor). Fibrates such as gemfibrozil

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Can you hack aging with NAD supplements?

Early research shows potential—but human studies haven’t proven the hype. Clarissa Brincat Jul 18, 2025 9:07 AM EDT Many supplements promise to turn back the clock—but science says the reality of “anti-aging” pills, like NAD, is far murkier. Image: Dimitri Otis / Getty Image Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips

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‘Weekend warriors’ with diabetes have a 33% lower risk of cardiovascular mortality, study shows

by American College of Physicians edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin  Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A prospective cohort study examined the associations of different physical activity patterns with all-cause, cardiovascular (CV) and cancer mortality among adults with diabetes. The study found that weekend warrior and regular activity patterns meeting current physical activity recommendations were associated

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Researchers engineer rare immune cells to create powerful new cancer vaccine

by The Mount Sinai Hospital edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a new study published in Cancer Immunology Research, scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a novel method to generate billions of rare immune cells known as conventional type I dendritic cells (cDC1s), potentially paving the way for

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Blood plasma reveals shared pathways in neurodegenerative diseases

by Washington University in St. Louis edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin A framework for mapping human plasma proteome in neurodegeneration. Credit: Nature Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03833-1 Scientists know that many proteins and pathways are involved in the development and progression of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and that these proteins

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Key genes controlling brain tumor spread identified—may lead to new treatments

by Uppsala University edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Glioblastoma xenografts recapitulate known growth patterns. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61999-1 An international research team led from Uppsala University has identified new mechanisms behind how the aggressive brain tumor glioblastoma spreads in the brain. Targeting the identified connection between the tumor invasion routes and the tumor cell states

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