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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The idea of tracking blood sugar without needles has challenged health tech for years. For people with diabetes, constant monitoring is critical, yet the tools remain uncomfortable and invasive. Finger pricks hurt. Traditional continuous glucose monitors still sit under the skin. That daily burden adds up fast. Recently, one small device has …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Historically, parents were advised to avoid feeding peanuts to babies for the first few years of life, but emerging research has confirmed that introducing them sooner — as early as infancy — could help stave off food allergies. A 2025 study led by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia analyzed medical records from …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Research conducted partly aboard the International Space Station (ISS) suggests that “microgravity” could help scientists fight drug-resistant superbugs, according to a report from SWNS. Microgravity is the condition in which people or objects appear to be weightless, NASA states. Experiments by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison show that viruses and bacteria …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A simple blood test may detect Crohn’s disease years before symptoms appear, according to a new study reported by SWNS. Canadian researchers say the discovery could enable earlier diagnosis and potential prevention of the chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The test measures the immune system’s response to flagellin, a protein found in …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). A new study suggests that exercise can treat depression just as effectively as therapy and antidepressants. A Cochrane review looked at 73 randomized controlled trials …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New developments in artificial intelligence could use sleep data to predict disease risk, a new study suggests. Stanford Medicine researchers have developed an AI model trained on nearly 600,000 hours of sleep data collected from over 60,000 participants at various sleep clinics. The model, called SleepFM, reportedly can predict a person’s risk …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! With an aggressive new strain spreading across the country, this year’s flu season has been marked by record-high hospitalizations and reportedly intense symptoms. As people look for ways to contain the spread, new research has found that a few simple factors can greatly reduce transmission. Researchers from the University of Maryland Schools …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! GLP-1 has become a popular buzzword in the weight-loss community — but now some are touting “GLP-3s,” claiming they are taking obesity medications to the next level. GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) medications work by mimicking a naturally occurring hormone in the body that helps regulate blood sugar and appetite. The informal term “GLP-3” …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Missing out on adequate sleep could be taking years off your life. New research from the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), published in the journal Sleep Advances, found that poor sleep may shorten life expectancy more than other lifestyle factors like diet, exercise and loneliness. The researchers analyzed nationwide CDC survey …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A single 10-minute workout may trigger blood changes that help fight colon cancer. That’s according to new research from scientists at Newcastle University, who found that exercise quickly changes the blood in ways that affect colon cancer cells in the lab. In the study, the U.K. researchers exposed colon cancer cells to …