Health

July 10, 2026

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

Credit: Alzheimer's Association CHICAGO, November 13, 2019 - The Alzheimer's Association® announced that it has received a $1.34 million dollar...

NIH grant to study unstructured data that can improve patient safety

Credit: Virginia Tech Reports that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States have led...

Forget the Chardonay, pass me the grape stems! Anti-tumor activity in prostate cancer cells

Credit: Hidefumi Makabe & Hiroshi Fujii, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Shinshu University, Japan Grape stems are discarded en masse during...

American Pediatric Society honors Dr. Kathryn M. Edwards with 2020 APS John Howland Award

Credit: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine The American Pediatric Society (APS) is pleased to announce Kathryn M. Edwards, MD, as...

Study finds links between early screen exposure, sleep disruption and EBD in kids

KKH study finds links between early screen exposure, sleep disruption and emotional, behavioural difficulties in childrenCredit: KK Women's and Children's...

Driver found for more deadly prostate cancer

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 13, 2019) - A transcription factor that aids neuron function...

How artificial intelligence can transform psychiatry

New technologies could help psychiatrists better diagnose and monitor patients, but distrust aboundsCredit: CU Boulder Thanks to advances in artificial...

NASA, industry partner for space-based study of potential Alzheimer’s key

An innovative experiment underway on the International Space Station could help researchers make new progress in the fight against aggressive...

Engineers help with water under the bridge and other tough environmental decisions

Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech In two new papers, civil engineers explore how to make decisions using quantifiable social, economic and...

Research points to possible target to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF

This study included preclinical experiments and use of bronchoalveolar cells from IPF patientsCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Long-held dogma says...

Kent State researcher receives grant to design safer, more efficient level I trauma rooms

Credit: Kent State University Traumatic injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally and the first in Americans age...

ICU survivors commonly experience job loss after critical illness, study confirms