Health

July 2, 2026

Northwestern to lead national team studying aging and neurodegenerative disease

Credit: Northwestern University Northwestern University has received a $12.6 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National...

What kind of sex do German men have at 45?

12,354 men at the age of 45 spoke about sex for a study by the Technical University of Munich (TUM)....

Take my hand and ride with me — Over the genome

The development of an adult organism starts with a fertilized egg that differentiates into hundreds of specialized cell types contained...

Biofilm reactor promises to cut production costs on vitamin K

Credit: Ehsan Mahdinia/Penn State In an innovative study that promises to reduce production costs for the most potent form of...

Novel mechanism for generating our skeleton

Credit: Kanazawa University There are more than 200 bones in the human body. Bone is formed during embryonic and postnatal...

UVA’s Jonathan Kipnis receives prestigious NIH Director’s Pioneer Award

Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications A University of Virginia School of Medicine neuroscientist who is transforming our...

Salk’s Janelle Ayres receives NIH Pioneer Award for novel approaches to infectious disease

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(October 2, 2018) Associate Professor Janelle Ayres has been awarded a 2018 NIH Director's Pioneer Award...

GeneGuide DNA testing application provides genetic testing, insights backed by Mayo

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic released a new DNA product with Helix, a personal genomics company, called "Mayo Clinic GeneGuide."...

Penn discovers new, rare mechanism for ALL to relapse after CAR T cell therapy

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A single leukemia cell, unknowingly engineered with the leukemia-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) lentivirus and...

Molecule flight speed is the new key for detecting drugs

The presence of cannabinoids in different textile and pharmacological goods and the need to distinguish them from those found in...

BMC to lead education program for maternity providers in Massachusetts on contraception counseling

BOSTON--Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have received a $3.2M grant to educate hospital providers statewide on how best to...

Keeping our cells stable: A closer look at microtubules

Credit: Kobe University Microtubules help to regulate cell structure throughout our bodies. A group of Japanese researchers have used cryo-electron...

Drug cocktail may treat postmenopausal PCOS complications

Knoxville, Tenn. (October 1, 2018)--A combination of a diabetes drug and a high blood pressure medication may effectively treat all...

Drinking more water reduces bladder infections in women

Credit: UT Southwestern In the controlled trial, women who drank an additional 1.5 liters of water daily experienced 48 percent...

$1.3 million grant to LSUHealthNO to increase certified sexual assault nurse examiners

New Orleans, LA - A team led by Jessica Landry, DNP, FNP-BC, Program Coordinator, BSN-DNP Primary Care Family Nurse Practitioner...

Different cues help us identify who’s speaking and what they’re saying

Familiar voices are easier to understand and this advantage holds even if when we aren't able to identify who those...

Anxious and forgetful after menopause? Low estrogen may be to blame

Knoxville, Tenn. (October 1, 2018)--Lack of estrogen may play a role in the development of anxiety and memory problems, according...

Every day spent in the hospital, readmission likelihood increases by 2.9 percent in rural cities

SAN ANTONIO, TX (October 1, 2018)-Hospital readmissions, cost hospitals about $26 billion annually. Systems like the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program...

Hypertension expected to rise globally, with significant impact in South Asia

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 1 October 2018 - Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular and kidney diseases and over 1.5...

Ciprofloxacin has dramatic effects on the mitochondrial genome