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Janice Hopkins TanneNew YorkThe US president, Donald Trump, has promised to lower the cost of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) by urging companies that provide health insurance to their employees to offer the fertility treatment.Trump—who has nicknamed himself the “fertilisation president”—hailed the move as one that would help lead to “many more beautiful American children.” However, despite the announcement being billed as the creation of a new “legal pathway” to offer IVF to more Americans—similar to options for dental or vision coverage1—there will be no requirement or support for companies to do so.IVF has already been a focus of the Trump…

“While I was an undergraduate student at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, Canada, I did the marine semester programme. This involved living in the small town of Saint Andrews, also in New Brunswick, for three months and taking part in field-based courses. For one course, each student conducted their own research project.Mine focused on sampling tidal pools, but in this photo, I’m helping another student, Brian Pallett, on his project exploring how coastal fish populations change owing to factors such as water temperature and time of day. Every week, we took out a five-metre-long fishing net, dragged…

Ultra-runners face a limit on how much energy they can expend.Credit: Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP via GettyThe human body has a ‘metabolic ceiling’ that even the most extreme athletes cannot surpass. A study1 published today in the journal Current Biology finds that over a prolonged period — of 30 weeks or more — that ceiling is about 2.4 times an athlete’s basal metabolic rate (BMR), the minimum amount of energy the body needs per day for essential tasks, such as breathing.For short periods, people can burn up to about ten times their BMR. Researchers have previously proposed that the body has a…

Prioritize protein in the morning without making eggs the star. Bursting with the comforting flavors of fall, these healthy breakfast recipes bring 15 grams of protein or more per serving—no omelets or scrambled eggs in sight! From High-Protein Pancakes to High-Protein Apple & Peanut Butter Overnight Oats, these breakfast recipes are the perfect combination of flavor and protein that will keep you energized until your next meal. Love these recipes? Join MyRecipes to save them all with one click. It’s so easy—and free!  High-Protein Pancakes Photographer: Robby Lozano, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Phoebe Hausser. These high-protein pancakes…

Maple syrup can be part of a healthy diet that supports weight loss, primarily if it’s used to replace refined sugar, Zenker says. “However, maple syrup itself does not directly cause weight loss,” she says. (And remember that consuming high amounts of added sugars, no matter the type, tends to be linked to weight gain.)In one study, 42 adults who were overweight replaced 5 percent of their total caloric intake from added sugars with maple syrup for eight weeks. Then participants were asked to use an artificially flavored sucrose (table sugar) syrup for another eight weeks.Researchers discovered that the participants…

Follow a Mediterranean diet by adding these items to your Aldi shopping list to make healthy eating simple and affordable.Pick up strained (Greek-style) yogurt, olive oil, beans, hummus and veggies for Mediterranean diet-inspired meals.Dietitian-approved Aldi staples deliver protein, fiber and healthy fats on a budget. If you’re looking to eat more foods to add to your Mediterranean diet shopping list, Aldi has plenty of affordable options. That’s why we’ve rounded up 6 dietitian-approved Aldi favorites to make stocking up on nutritious, easy-to-prepare ingredients for a Mediterranean diet easy. 1. Strained (Greek-Style) Yogurt “One of my favorites from Aldi is their…

Luke TaylorRio de JaneiroSouth Carolina has confirmed 15 cases of measles and quarantined 139 unvaccinated children in the hope of stemming the latest outbreak of the disease in the US.The city of Spartanburg was the latest in the state to report another three confirmed measles cases on Friday 17 October. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in South Carolina this year to 15.They add to the 1596 cases identified nationally—the US’s highest tally since 1992—and another sign that the country might lose the measles-free certification it achieved in 2000.1Officials said that vaccine coverage in the most affected area…

Scientists harnessed the power of AI to reveal more than a thousand previously indistinguishable brain subregions.Image credit:University of California, San FranciscoOver 100 years ago, German neurologist Korbinian Brodmann stained post-mortem samples of the human cerebral cortex and observed their architecture under a light microscope.1 He drew borders based on regional variations in cell shape, density, and size, and came up with 52 distinct regions, many of which applied to the brains of other mammals as well. Since then, the rise in use of animal models, whole-brain imaging techniques, and single-cell analysis methods like spatial transcriptomics has enabled scientists to produce…

An electrical device implanted under the retina helps to restore some visual acuity to people with age-related macular degeneration.Credit: Science CorporationScientists have used an eye implant to improve the vision of dozens of people left functionally blind by age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The implant, which measures 2 millimetres by 2 millimetres, and is just 30 micrometres thick, is surgically inserted beneath the retina to replace the light-sensitive cells that have been lost to the disease.The clinical trial, which is described today in The New England Journal of Medicine1, involved 38 people with advanced AMD whose retinas had degenerated severely. One…

The low-dose vegan collagen-like protein is positioned to meet growing demand in the beauty-from-within market. Research published by The Insight Partners in June of this year projected that the global collagen market would growat a CAGR of 7.5%—from US$ 5.20 billion in 2024 to US$ 8.63 billion by 2031. In 2024, North America led the collagen market with a substantial revenue sh are. As the category continues to expand, plant-based alternatives have struggled to deliver comparable efficacy to animal-based sources, particularly due to the absence of hydroxyproline, which is a key amino acid associated with collagen bioactivity. “Non-animal collagen alternatives…