A landmark clinical trial published in the Journal of Women’s Health reports that Transcendental Meditation (TM) significantly reduced diabetes risk factors and supported weight loss in older Black women at high risk for heart disease. The multi-center study—conducted at Morehouse School of Medicine and Howard University Hospital in collaboration with Maharishi International University—found that meditation improved blood sugar control, insulin resistance, cholesterol, and weight, pointing to a promising low-cost strategy amid the nation’s ongoing epidemics of obesity and diabetes.

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have successfully conducted experiments to treat damage caused by heart attacks in non-human primates using gene therapy for the first time.

It’s well known that alcohol misuse can harm not only drinkers themselves but also those around them. Now, a new report in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs shows that, among college students, harms such as lower grades, mental distress and even suicidal thoughts are linked to being exposed to a drinker’s poor behavior.