Health

July 6, 2026

Young adults who live near medical marijuana dispensaries use more often

Density of dispensaries also linked to more-positive views Young adults who live in neighborhoods with more medical marijuana dispensaries use...

Topical cream shows promise in treatment of skin pigmentation disease, vitiligo

Nearly 50% of patients in national clinical trial saw significant improvement in skin condition that affected Michael Jackson, impacts millions...

Most metastatic colorectal cancers have spread before diagnosis, Stanford researchers say

Up to 80% of metastatic colorectal cancers are likely to have spread to distant locations in the body before the...

Two genes implicated in development of prostate enlargement, Stanford study finds

For aging men, prostate enlargement is almost as common as graying hair, and yet scientists know very little about why...

UVA scientists use machine learning to improve gut disease diagnosis

Machines use Google-type algorithms on biopsy images to help children get treatment faster Charlottesville, VA -- A study published in...

Molecular analysis could improve the early detection and prevention of endometrial cancer

Researchers from IDIBELL and ICO lead the proposal to evaluate genomic analyzes in cervical cytologies to improve the detection of...

Canada’s largest national dementia research initiative funded for second phase by the CIHR

Baycrest will become the scientific headquarters to the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging, the premier research hub that brings...

Schizophrenia: Adolescence is the game-changer

Researchers at UNIGE have discovered that the development of the hippocampus, the area of the brain responsible for memory and...

Nurses more likely to test for HIV when practice setting supports routine screening

New research comes in advance of National HIV Testing Day BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Nurse practitioners are more likely to conduct...

Preventing drugs from being transported

Certain membrane proteins specialize in transporting molecules out of cells -- a problem for the efficacy of cancer medication and...

Hypertension drug may hold promise for Alzheimer’s disease

Hypertension Journal Report DALLAS, June 17, 2019 - Seeking new treatments to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease, researchers found...

Study finds personal care products send a child to the emergency room every two hours

Researchers urge parents to store these products safely: Locked up, away and out of sight In homes across the country,...

Preventing hepatitis C transmission from mothers to babies

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission from mothers to babies could largely be prevented if Canada recommended universal screening for HCV...

What influences critical care doctors in withdrawing life support for patients with brain injury?

Decisions to withdraw life support treatments in critically ill patients with severe brain injury are complicated, are based on many...

Balancing data protection and research needs in the age of the GDPR

Scientific journals and funding bodies often require researchers to deposit individual genetic data from studies in research repositories in order...

Tiny probe that senses deep in the lung set to shed light on disease

Credit: Michael Tanner, Herriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh. A hair-sized probe that can measure key indicators of tissue...

Small cluster of neurons is off-on switch for mouse songs

With precise control, researchers could make a mouse sing or not on commandCredit: Mooney Lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. --...

Researchers identify traits linked to better outcomes in HPV-linked head and neck cancer

Using a new blood test that's in development, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers identified characteristics that...

Integral Molecular reaches milestone in I-O target discovery collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo

Integral Molecular reaches I-O target discovery milestone with Daiichi Sankyo Integral Molecular, the industry leader in discovering antibodies against multipass...

WVU researcher studies new treatment for pancreatic cancer