by John McMillan | Jul 11, 2025 | Mental Health
Pooja Shree Chettiar, Texas A&M University Recently, I found myself pouring my heart out, not to a human, but to a chatbot named Wysa on my phone. It nodded – virtually – asked me how I was feeling and gently suggested trying breathing exercises. As a...
by John McMillan | Jul 11, 2025 | Aging, Health, Inflammation
Samuel J. White, York St John University and Philippe B. Wilson, York St John University For years, scientists have believed that inflammation inevitably increases with age, quietly fuelling diseases like heart disease, dementia and diabetes. But a new study of...
by John McMillan | Jul 11, 2025 | COVID-19, Disease, Ethics
Dr. Philp McMillan, John McMillan In April 2024, a team of biodefense experts gathered in Washington, D.C. to imagine the unthinkable. Their resulting document, the National Blueprint for Biodefense, contains a detailed tabletop exercise that reads like a nightmare....
by John McMillan | Jul 4, 2025 | Health
Nial Wheate, Macquarie University and Slade Matthews, University of Sydney Side effects from taking too much vitamin B6 – including nerve damage – may be more widespread than we think, Australia’s medicines regulator says. In an ABC report earlier this week, a...
by John McMillan | Jul 4, 2025 | Health, Mental Health
Timothy Hearn, Anglia Ruskin University Waking up from a nightmare can leave your heart pounding, but the effects may reach far beyond a restless night. Adults who suffer bad dreams every week were almost three times more likely to die before age 75 than people who...
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