Health

February 8, 2026

Hair products for black women contain mix of hazardous ingredients

Newton, Mass. (April 25, 2018) - A new report published today in the journal Environmental Research shows that Black women...

Antibody ‘cocktail’ can prevent Zika infection but is not effective for treatment of fetuses

A "cocktail" of monoclonal antibodies that can prevent Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in primates was not effective for treatment of...

Study links night exposure to blue light with breast and prostate cancer

Credit: Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov A study performed by...

CU Anschutz Medical Campus wins $46.5 million NIH grant to accelerate research discoveries

AURORA, Colo. (April 25, 2018) - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded $46.5 million to the University of...

NIH study: No chronic wasting disease transmissibility in macaques

WHAT: Chronic wasting disease (CWD) did not cross the species barrier to infect cynomolgus macaque monkeys during a lengthy investigation...

UCLA research may explain some causes of infertility and miscarriage

Credit: Nature Cell Bio/UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center A new study in the journal Nature Cell Biology has uncovered...

Flavins keep a handy helper in their pocket

Credit: Source: Robin Teufel, Raspudin Saleem-Batcha In human cells, vitamins often serve as the precursors of "cofactors" - non-proteins which...

Use of 2 anti-clotting medications following bypass surgery improves outcomes for grafted veins

Bottom Line: Taking aspirin plus an anti-clotting medication for one year after heart bypass surgery resulted in less narrowing of...

Healthcare costs for adults with autism more than double those for general population

New Rochelle, NY, April 24, 2018--Researchers compared total annual healthcare costs for adults on the autism spectrum to costs for...

Stem cells from adults function just as well as those from embryos

Donor age does not appear to influence the functionality of stem cells derived from adult body tissues, concludes a new...

Future wearable device could tell how we power human movement

Credit: Renee Meiller/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- For athletes and weekend warriors alike, returning from a tendon injury too soon often...

Cognitive behavioral therapy can improve emotion regulation in children with autism

TORONTO, Tuesday, April 24, 2018- New research from York University's Faculty of Health shows cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can help...

Scientists unearth vital link between fat, immunity and heat regulation

Credit: Lydia Lynch, Trinity College Dublin Scientists have just made a surprising discovery involving fat and special immune cells that...

Surgery recovery program slashes opioid use, benefits patients, cuts costs, study finds

Credit: UVA Health System A special recovery program for thoracic surgery patients developed and implemented at the University of Virginia...

Millennials aren’t getting the message about sun safety and the dangers of tanning

Credit: Oliver Day, Oregon State University BEND, Ore. - Many millennials lack knowledge about the importance of sunscreen and continue...

A non-coding RNA lasso catches proteins in breast cancer cells

Credit: Evgenia Ntini A Danish-German research team has shown that not only the where and when of long non-coding RNA...

Land use and pollution shift female-to-male ratios in snapping turtles

Credit: Bill Hopkins Most of us know that our biological sex is decided by the pairing of X and Y...

Study identifies overdose risk factors in youth with substance use disorders

A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has identified factors that may increase the risk of drug overdose in...

Managing chronic pain with light

Credit: Dhandapani et al., Nature Communications. Imagine that the movement of a single hair on your arm causes severe pain....

ESCEO-IOF Pierre Meunier Young Scientist Award presented to Dr. Emmanuel Biver