Health

April 22, 2026

Compound discovered that targets cancer cells lacking the protective p53 ‘guardian gene’

A NEW chemical compound with the potential to destroy hard-to-treat cancer cells has been developed and tested by scientists at...

Tufts researchers receive award to integrate genomic sequencing into neonatal care

BOSTON (August 15) - Tufts Medical Center researchers have received a five-year grant award for more than $8 million from...

Male tobacco smokers have brain-wide reduction of CB1 receptors

Philadelphia, August 15, 2018 Chronic, frequent tobacco smokers have a decreased number of cannabinoid CB1 receptors, the "pot receptor", when...

Evening preference, lack of sleep associated with higher BMI in people with prediabetes

People with prediabetes who go to bed later, eat meals later and are more active and alert later in the...

A review of prevalent methods for automatic skin lesion diagnosis

The three prevalent skin cancers, according to the literature are melanoma, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Melanoma is...

Should all babies have their genomes sequenced?

As the cost of genome sequencing decreases, researchers and clinicians are debating whether all newborns should be sequenced at birth,...

Study: What patients really think about opioid vs non-opioid medications for chronic pain

Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Prescriptions of opioids for chronic pain has increased dramatically since the 1990s in spite of...

NIH study shows how MERS Coronavirus evolves to infect different species

Credit: NIAID WHAT: In the past 15 years, two outbreaks of severe respiratory disease were caused by coronaviruses transmitted from...

New approach to treating chronic itch

Two receptors in the spinal cord and the right experimental drug: Researchers at the University of Zurich have discovered a...

Researchers assemble ‘library of sugars’

Most of us tend to think of sugar as a temptation that threatens our health. The reality is, however, that...

Scientists pinpoint brain networks responsible for naming objects

Credit: PHOTO CREDIT: Rob Cahill, UTHealth Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have identified...

Societies recommend policies to retain, increase ranks of ID physician scientists

Improved compensation, expanded mentorship and training opportunities, and concrete measures to improve workforce diversity are all needed to address attrition...

Healthy fat cells uncouple obesity from diabetes

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine About 422 million people around the world, including more than 30 million Americans, have diabetes....

Doctors may be able to enlist a mysterious enzyme to stop internal bleeding

Blood platelets are like the sand bags of the body. Got a cut? Platelets pile in to clog the hole...

Immune cells in the brain have surprising influence on sexual behavior

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Researchers have found a surprising new explanation of how young brains are shaped for sexual behavior later...

SMURF1 provides targeted approach to preventing cocaine addiction relapse

Credit: Douglas Levere, University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A class of proteins that has generated significant interest for its...

Magnetic gene in fish may someday help those with epilepsy, Parkinson’s

Credit: Galit Pelled and Assaf Gilad, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- An aquarium fish that senses the Earth's...

Deaths from resident-to-resident incidents in dementia offers insights to inform policy

Credit: University of Minnesota Analyzing the incidents between residents in dementia in long-term care homes may hold the key to...

Inching closer to a soft spot in isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis

Credit: National Institutes of Health/NIH Image Gallery Antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis is a public health threat. TB and other bacteria become resistant...

MossRehab named top ten rehabilitation facility in nation