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Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Social-media break has huge impact on young women's body image, study finds

There's a large and growing body of evidence pointing to potentially negative impacts of social media on mental health, from its addictive nature to disruptions in sleep patterns to effects on body image. Now, a new study has found that young women who took a social media break for as little as one week had a significant boost in self-esteem and body image -- particularly those most vulnerable to thin-ideal internalization.

Understanding youth nicotine use to prevent initiation and escalation

Using multiple nicotine products can be associated with higher levels of nicotine dependence among youth and increased mortality in adults, compared with the use of one product alone. Researchers have now uncovered factors that contribute to adolescents using multiple nicotine products. These findings, they say, will help inform efforts to prevent escalation from single to multiple product use.

Losing keys and everyday items 'not always sign of poor memory'

The mysteries of how memory works are explained in a new book that suggests anyone can boost their powers of recall -- and that losing your keys is normal.

Brain cancer in children is notoriously hard to treat – a new mRNA cancer vaccine triggers an attack from within

Brain cancers remain among the most challenging tumors to treat. They often don’t respond to traditional treatments because many chemotherapies are unable to penetrate ^[1] the protective barrier around the brain. Other treatments like radiation and surgery can leave patients with lifelong debilitating side effects ^[2].

As a result, brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in children ^[3]. Brain tumors in children...

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