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  Scientists Discover Powerful Light Treatment for Hair Regrowth A Flexible Light Therapy Hat Could Change How We Think About Hair Loss Hair loss has always carried an emotional weight that goes far beyond biology. For some people it begins quietly, maybe a few extra strands on a pillow or a widening part line noticed under bright bathroom lighting. For others it arrives faster and feels impossible to ignore. Either way, the experience tends to trigger the same internal reaction. People start searching for answers. Over the years the solutions have ranged from the practical to the extreme. Special shampoos, nutritional supplements, prescription medications, and surgical transplants all promise improvement. Some help. Many do not. Most come with tradeoffs. Now a research group in Korea is exploring something that feels different. Instead of chemicals or surgical procedures, they are working on a wearable light therapy system designed to influence the behavior of aging hair cells dir...

The Surprising Relationship Between IQ and Impulsive Violence Violence, Intelligence, and the Complicated Space Between Every so often, a piece of research appears that makes people pause, not because the conclusion is shocking, but because it touches something sensitive about human behavior. The idea that intelligence might relate to violent actions sits exactly in that uncomfortable space. It is easy to misunderstand, easy to oversimplify, and honestly, easy to misuse if taken without context. A large scientific review recently examined a question that researchers have been circling for decades. Do people who act violently, especially in impulsive situations, tend to show lower scores on intelligence tests than people who do not engage in violence. The answer that emerged was not dramatic, but it was consistent enough to deserve attention. On average, individuals involved in impulsive aggression scored somewhat lower on measures of cognitive ability. However, the deeper story is not ...

Exercise and Osteoarthritis Rethinking a Familiar Recommendation For years, people diagnosed with osteoarthritis have heard the same advice almost immediately after leaving the clinic. Move more. Strengthen the muscles. Stay active. The message is repeated so often that it begins to sound less like medical guidance and more like a universal rule. And to be fair, the logic behind it makes sense. If joints become stiff and painful, improving mobility and muscle support should help stabilize movement. Many patients genuinely feel some relief when they begin gentle routines such as walking, light resistance training, or guided physiotherapy. However, a large new analysis suggests the situation may be more complicated than the familiar recommendation implies. Researchers reviewing decades of clinical evidence found that the real impact of exercise on osteoarthritis pain and function may be smaller and shorter lived than many people expect. The findings, published through BMJ Group in the jo...

  Rethinking Cancer Treatment When Less Medicine Starts Doing More For decades, the logic behind cancer treatment has leaned in one direction. Stronger drugs, higher doses, more aggressive protocols. The assumption felt intuitive. If a disease is dangerous, the response should be even stronger. Many oncologists were trained within that framework, and for good reason, because earlier generations of therapies often required that kind of intensity to make any measurable difference. Yet medicine has a way of humbling its own assumptions. Every few years, a study appears that quietly suggests the body does not always respond the way we expect. Instead of more treatment producing better outcomes, sometimes the opposite happens. That idea might sound counterintuitive at first, but modern immunotherapy is beginning to reveal exactly that pattern. A recent investigation from Karolinska Institutet explored something surprisingly simple. What happens if one of the key drugs used in advanced m...