If we look at people’s values - abstract ideals that guide our behaviour - there are reasons to be positive about society.

The number of drug overdose deaths continued to fall in 2025, albeit at a slower pace than the year prior, new data from the ...

A groundbreaking study published in The Lancet has sent shockwaves through the global community, revealing that the world’s ...

Large weight swings or weight loss in later life aren’t just physical health risks, they’re tied to fast memory and cognitive decline, a new study has found. It underscores the importance of weight ...

While strokes are widely recognized as a major cause of long-term disability in the United States, their quieter cousin, the mini stroke, or transient ischemic attack (TIA), often flies under the ...

A core misunderstanding fuels a recent lawsuit that has made headlines. The Republican attorneys general of Texas and 10 other states have accused some of the nation’s largest asset managers of ...

Tighter immigration policies put in place by the Biden and Trump administrations could slow economic growth, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. A decline in ...

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