Health

May 15, 2026

Scientist receives $3.5 million NIH grant to study pain-relief and cannabis

Credit: UCLA Health Ziva Cooper, research director of the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative, has been awarded a $3.5 million grant...

Salk Institute receives Charity Navigator’s highest rating for ninth consecutive time

Status achieved by only three percent of nonprofitsCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(November 14, 2019) For the ninth consecutive time, the...

‘Nudging’ heart patients to take their statins leads to better adherence and better outcomes

Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Statins are an effective medication for treating patients with heart disease - they cut the risk of...

Inoculating against the spread of viral misinformation

Study of vaccine-related Facebook ads reveals ongoing challenges to public healthCredit: Kirian Villalta, UMD School of Public Health In a...

How giant kelp may respond to climate change

In a changing ocean, giant kelp's reproductive success depends on where it's fromCredit: Jordan Hollarsmith/UC Davis When a marine heat...

NJIT biomedical engineer Tara Alvarez is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry

Credit: NJIT Tara Alvarez, a professor of biomedical engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) who studies the links...

Study led by Tulane researchers outlines America’s losing battle to lose weight

Credit: Paula Burch-Celentano, Tulane University It comes as no surprise that Americans struggle with weight loss, but a new study...

Artificial intelligence tool predicts life expectancy in heart failure patients

Algorithm developed by physicists and cardiologists achieved 88 percent success rateCredit: Avi Yagil When Avi Yagil, PhD, Distinguished Professor of...

Early spinal patterns may predict scoliosis in teen years

CHOP scientist's findings may lead to prevention of spinal deformityCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia A pediatric researcher has identified patterns...

Improving trauma pain outcomes

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (November 13, 2019) - Improving acute pain management after traumatic injury remains a priority for policymakers...

High expression of apoptosis protein (Api-5) in chemoresistant triple-negative breast cancers

The cover for issue 61 of Oncotarget features Figure 4, 'The influence of stress conditions on API-5 expression and inhibition,'...

Can ‘smart toilets’ be the next health data wellspring?

Credit: Dasom (Somi) Hwang,Joshua Coon Lab at the UW-Madison Department of Biomolecular Chemistry MADISON -- Wearable, smart technologies are transforming...

Targeting alpha-synuclein in the gut may slow down Parkinson’s disease

Scientists are testing the hypothesis that by targeting the gut with a compound that can inhibit the aggregation of alpha-synucleinCredit:...

Study finds no such thing as a low-risk surgery for frail patients

Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Even a minor surgery such as a laparoscopic gallbladder removal can prove to be a...

Leukaemia cells can transform into non-cancerous cells through epigenetic changes

Credit: Manel Esteller All the tissues of our body have the same DNA, but they perform very different functions and...

Scientists spearhead ‘major step forward’ for malaria vaccine

Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Researchers have narrowed down the malaria proteins and disease-fighting antibodies that could be used...

‘Give me the calcium!’ Tulane virus takes over cellular calcium signaling to replicate

Credit: The Hyser lab Some gastrointestinal viruses need calcium. They need calcium ions to carry out several essential aspects of...

Long-term blood pressure variation and risk of dementia

Credit: rawpixel, Pixabay In a new research study published in the open access journal PLOS Medicine, Albert Hofman and colleagues...

The effects of a mock shelter environment on sleep

Alzheimer’s Association receives 1.34M from NIH for psychosocial research in dementia care