Medical Research & Innovations · October 13, 2026 · 5 min read

Scientists found that a plastic chemical sold as the safer replacement for phthalates showed up in over half of pregnant women and was linked to smaller babies

In 2002, a new plastic softener called DINCH went on sale as the answer to a growing health scare. Phthalates, the chemicals that make plastic soft and bendy, had been…

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Psychology

A study of 21,797 Swedish twins found that teens who spent 6+ hours a day gaming or online on weekdays had over 3 times the rate of later depression or anxiety. Then researchers compared each teen with their own twin.

Most parents of teenagers have heard the warning: too many hours on screens, and depression and anxiety follow. Studies keep finding the…

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Scientists found that men who never married were about two years older biologically than married men, but women who never married showed no such gap

Married people tend to live longer, and for decades studies have hinted that men get more out of marriage than women do.…

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A study that followed 1,266 adults for 35 years found that cannabis users had more broken, restless sleep on wrist monitors. Yet the same people rated their sleep no worse than non-users did.

Millions of people reach for cannabis at night because it seems to help them drift off. Researchers at Northwestern University had an…

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A study of 1.17 million hospital patients found that for-profit hospitals had about 11 more deaths per 1,000 medical admissions than nonprofits. 71% of their nurses said their workloads were unsafe.

Most people don’t choose their hospital. The ambulance goes to the nearest one, or the insurance plan decides. Few patients know whether that hospital is run as a nonprofit or…