Health

May 1, 2026

Historical genomes reveal recent changes in genetic health of eastern gorillas

Credit: Amy Porter, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International The critically endangered Grauer's gorilla has recently lost genetic diversity and has...

How exercise reduces belly fat in humans

Credit: Wedell-Neergaard, Lehrskov, and Christensen, et al. / Cell Metabolism Some of you may have made a New Year's resolution...

Better mouse model built to enable precision-medicine research for Alzheimer's

NIH-funded team shows that introducing genetic diversity improves translatability Incorporating genetic diversity into a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease resulted...

Your brain rewards you twice per meal: When you eat and when food reaches your stomach

We know a good meal can stimulate the release of the feel-good hormone dopamine, and now a study in humans...

New study shows link between secondhand smoke and cardiac arrhythmia

Credit: Copyright UC Regents 2018 Continuous indoor exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke triggers changes in the heart's electrical activity, known...

How the brain enables us to rapidly focus attention

Credit: Artwork by Lee Fletcher, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland. University of Queensland researchers have discovered a key...

Genetic polymorphisms and zinc status

This article by Dr. Angela Polito et al. is published in Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2018 Zinc is one of the...

Long-term memory encoding engram neurons are established by the transcriptional cycling

While long-term memory (LTM) is known to be encoded in specific neural cells, engram neurons, it has been unclear how...

Endothelial regenerative capacity and aging: Influence of diet, exercise and obesity

This article by Dr. Mark D. Ross is published in Current Cardiology Reviews, Volume 14, Issue 4, 2018Credit: Dr. Mark...

Impact of a psycho-educational team in early breast cancer patients' coping strategies

This article by Dr. Fausto Meriggi et al. is published in Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials, Volume 13, Issue 4,...

Synodos does it again: Breaking barriers to solve the 'impossible' problems

Children's Tumor Foundation research advances understanding of brain tumorsCredit: CTF Beakers Treatment for low-grade gliomas in patients living with neurofibromatosis...

For patients with kidney disease, genetic testing may soon be routine

DNA testing can identify a genetic culprit in about 10 percent of adults with chronic kidney disease and impacts treatment...

Yale experts treat severe, disfiguring sarcoidosis with novel therapy

New Haven, Conn. -- An all-Yale team of researchers successfully treated a patient with disfiguring sarcoidosis, a chronic disease that...

Kicking, yelling during sleep? Study finds risk factors for violent sleep disorder

MINNEAPOLIS - Taking antidepressants for depression, having post-traumatic stress disorder or anxiety diagnosed by a doctor are risk factors for...

Confronting the side effects of a common anti-cancer treatment

UMass Amherst researchers study origins of adverse effects AMHERST, Mass. - Results of a new study by neuroscientists at the...

Study yields new insight on how memory works

Experiment with amnesia patients helps explain role of hippocampusCredit: Courtesy of Dr. Christine Smith Two Veterans Affairs researchers have explored...

Opioid use and misuse following treatment for head and neck cancer

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Cancer patients are often prescribed pain medications, for example during recovery from surgical procedures....

Losing neurons can sometimes not be that bad

New results could lead to a complete rethinking of therapeutical approaches to Alzheimer'sCredit: Dina Coelho (CCU) For the first time,...

Buzzed flies reveal important step to intoxication

Discovery advances work on antidotes to hangover and intoxicationCredit: Courtesy Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - As New Year's Eve approaches,...

UC San Diego researchers identify how skin ages, loses fat and immunity