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Researchers found that pregnant women who eat heavily at night face much higher odds of their newborns needing intensive care. The risk jumps nearly four times higher when night eating syndrome appears alongside gestational diabetes. This connection held up even after accounting for weight, age, and other health factors. A hospital-based study compared 615 expecting mothers. Some had gestational diabetes while others did not. Doctors used a standard questionnaire to spot night eating patterns. Scores of 25 or above signaled the syndrome. The condition showed up far more often in the diabetes group. Women with gestational diabetes also reported worse sleep, more exhaustion, and less support from friends or family. They tended to move less and scored lower on healthy habit scales. All thes

Families often struggle to join intensive programs that help children manage obesity. A small project tried to bring the Positive Actions Towards Health (PATH) program into a home health agency. The goal was to see if the treatment could work inside a child’s own home. The team made several changes to fit PATH into daily care. They added lesson plans and checks to the agency’s electronic health record. A digital weight‑tracking tool helped families see progress. They also tweaked how they recruited parents and set up appointments. All changes were recorded using the FRAME framework, and the team watched how the program spread using REAIM. Ten families signed up and attended an average of eight sessions, though some came only a few times. Five kids had measurements taken after six months,

Your body stays upright using reflexes and feedback. These mechanisms work together in standing and walking. A simple model can capture their combined effect. It links delayed position and velocity of the center of mass to ground forces. It is not known if the model's parameters change with the task. Fifteen young adults participated. They walked at 1. 25 m/s for five minutes. Then they did three standing tasks. The tasks were normal stance, one‑leg stance, and a step posture. Each task lasted one minute and was repeated five times. Researchers measured body motion and floor forces. They used the data to fit the model and find delay and gain values. The model fit better for standing than for walking. Side‑to‑side delay was longer in walking. Front‑to‑back delay was similar. Position gains

People often assume that using cannabis leads directly to trying harder drugs. New evidence suggests the story is more complicated than that. It is not just about whether someone smokes marijuana. It turns out the way they consume it changes the picture. Different methods of taking cannabis connect to other substance habits in unique ways. This makes the whole situation harder to predict. To figure this out, scientists examined a large group of adults from across the nation. They pulled data from the 2023 National Survey of Drug Use and Health. This dataset included many people who use marijuana regularly. The team looked at eight different ways to consume the plant. These ranged from smoking and vaping to eating or drinking it. They also tracked drops, topicals, pills, and other forms.

Researchers examined esophageal cancer across the world from 1990 until 2021. They discovered that the disease has become much less common during this span. The overall age-standardized prevalence dropped noticeably, revealing a clear downward trend. Fewer individuals were being diagnosed each year. In 2021, the average number of cases per 100,000 residents fell to 11. 474. This represented a 13. 96 percent drop when compared to 1990 figures. The yearly new cases also decreased by roughly 25 percent. Deaths from this cancer fell even more sharply, dropping by 30. 67 percent. The burden measured by disability-adjusted life years shrank by 36. 87 percent as well. The highest rates were recorded in Turkmenistan, where the problem remains most severe. Men generally experienced higher rates than

Many people who live with HIV in low‑ and middle‑income countries also have to deal with high blood pressure or diabetes. Taking care of both infections and these long‑term illnesses is not easy, especially when clinics and medicines are scarce. Researchers wanted to know what patients actually do day‑to‑day to stay healthy. To find answers, the team searched several big databases for studies done between 2013 and early 2026. They looked at any kind of research from those countries, regardless of how data were gathered. Two reviewers checked each paper, pulled out the important bits, and judged the quality. They then grouped similar ideas using a method called thematic synthesis and linked them to a theory that explains how new routines become normal. The confidence in the findings was ch

Chronic lower back pain often leaves patients struggling with weak muscles and distorted sense of their bodies. Researchers found that virtual reality could help by letting users experience a stronger digital self during exercises. This technique, known as the Proteus effect, suggests that when people see themselves as bigger or stronger versions of themselves, they might feel more capable and perform better. In this small test, sixteen people dealing with chronic low back pain worked alongside sixteen healthy volunteers who served as comparison groups. Both groups did the same virtual squat exercise where their digital avatar became progressively more muscular over time. The researchers measured grip strength, trunk extension power, and knee extension strength right before and after the

When surgeons place a stent in a carotid artery, some patients get serious eye damage known as retinal artery occlusion. A major study found that this problem happens far more often after carotid artery stenting than after the older endarterectomy technique. Researchers tracked thousands of people over many years to see exactly how likely these eye issues were. The study pulled data from the TriNetX Research Network covering nearly two decades. They followed 17,851 adults who either had their carotid artery cleaned out or received a stent. By carefully matching similar patients, the team could compare the two procedures side by side. The main question was whether vision problems would show up six months or a full year later. The results were clear. Those who got the stent had nearly doub