Health

June 25, 2026

Simple stickers may save lives of patients, athletes and lower medical costs

Credit: Ramses Martinez/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Heart surgery can be traumatic for patients. Having to continuously monitor your...

UTA awarded US/international patents on material that attacks multiple cancers

Credit: UTA The University of Texas at Arlington has been awarded U.S. and international patents on a nanoparticle material that...

Environmental factors may trigger onset of multiple sclerosis

A new Tel Aviv University study finds that certain environmental conditions may precipitate structural changes that take place in myelin...

A human brain model in a petri dish?

Research scientists around the world are now able to investigate the structural, cellular, and developmental intricacies of the human brain...

Religious leaders’ support may be key to modern contraception

Women in Nigeria whose clerics extol the benefits of family planning were significantly more likely to adopt modern contraceptive methods,...

Number of veterans affairs facilities offering acupuncture growing rapidly

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 16, 2018--Acupuncture is an increasingly important and effective component of...

What’s in the man box? Increased violence & suicidal thoughts

Credit: QUT An Australian first study involving 1000 men aged 18 to 30 has found those who conform to traditional...

Amount of weight regain after bariatric surgery helps predict health risks

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 16, 2018 - Measuring the percentage of weight regained following the maximum amount of weight lost after bariatric...

Study finds healthy elders consuming walnuts daily show no negative effects on body weight

Researchers at Loma Linda University Health found that walnuts can be incorporated into the daily diet of healthy elders without...

Automated system identifies dense tissue, a risk factor for breast cancer, in mammograms

Researchers from MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have developed an automated model that assesses dense breast tissue in mammograms --...

National Academy of Medicine honors three members for outstanding service

WASHINGTON - The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) honored three members today at its annual meeting for their outstanding service....

National Academy of Medicine honors three members for outstanding service

WASHINGTON - The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) honored three members today at its annual meeting for their outstanding service....

Engineering professor focusses on antifouling to make life easier with medical implants

AKRON, OH - Oct. 15, 2018 - Jie Zheng, Ph.D., a chemical and biomolecular engineering professor at The University of...

Big award enables study of small surfaces

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 15, 2018) - It's one thing to start a chemical reaction and get...

Use of tobacco & marijuana products frequently featured in hip-hop music videos

Credit: The Dartmouth Institute Over the past decade, hip-hop music has become a world-wide phenomenon and, in 2017, surpassed rock...

Big award enables study of small surfaces

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 15, 2018) - It's one thing to start a chemical reaction and get...

UIC scholar selected as National Academy of Medicine fellow

Credit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has selected the University of Illinois at Chicago's Dima Qato to...

Earl Miller wins George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience

Credit: Adrianne Mathiowetz/Picower Institute When MIT neuroscientist Earl Miller was in graduate school at Princeton, he was inspired by the...

UC San Diego Health’s Lucila Ohno-Machado elected to National Academy of Medicine

Credit: UC San Diego Health Lucila Ohno-Machado, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at UC San Diego...

Brown medicine, epidemiology professor elected to National Academy of Medicine