Health

April 10, 2026

Move it and use it: Exergaming may help those at risk of Alzheimer’s or related dementias

Credit: Union College Communications Older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), often a precursor to Alzheimer's, showed significant improvement with...

Scientists develop method to tweak tiny ‘antenna’ on cells

Credit: Shinohara Kyosuke, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the National Tsing Hua University...

International Charr Symposium lures scientists to Lake Superior

Duluth, Minnesota -- Lake Superior and its cold-water fishes will be prominent in the first-ever Charr Symposium held in the...

The big ethical questions for artificial intelligence in healthcare

AI in healthcare is developing rapidly, with many applications currently in use or in development in the UK and worldwide....

Understanding Andean concepts of death and renewal

Research in the Andes has yielded evidence for a complex association between settlement sites and mortuary monuments, tied to concepts...

LGBTQ teens experiencing high levels of stress, says national survey

A survey of LGBTQ teenagers across the nation reveals in detail the persistent challenges many of them face going about...

Screening for impaired vision in older adults: New Canadian guideline

A new Canadian guideline for impaired vision in older adults recommends against primary care screening of older adults not reporting...

New computational strategy designed for more personalized cancer treatment

Mathematicians and cancer scientists have found a way to simplify complex biomolecular data about tumors, in principle making it easier...

The digital doctor’s visit: Enormous potential benefits with equally big risk

Credit: The Dartmouth Institute While data privacy has been a much-talked about topic lately--with questions still lingering about how giants...

Restoring epigenetic balance reinstates memory in flies with alzheimer’s disease symptoms

Researchers from Drexel University reversed symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in fruit flies by restoring the balance between two epigenetic enzymes...

Physician burnout: Resilience training is only part of the solution

Although many health systems have turned to resilience training as a solution to physician burnout, quality/safety researcher Alan Card, PhD,...

Genetic Non-Discrimination Act challenge from Quebec may open doors to genetic discrimination

If Canada's Genetic Non-Discrimination Act (GNA) is overturned by a challenge from the Province of Quebec, it will open the...

New method of marine alkaloid synthesis has discovered by FEFU scientists

Maria Sidorova, a female graduate student of Far East Federal University (FEFU), has developed a new way of synthesizing marine...

Motivation to move may start with being mindful

Credit: Christopher Gannon, Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - A meditation and stress reduction program may be as effective at...

New molecule to improve pharmaceuticals draws inspiration from nature’s toolbox

Credit: Robert Paton/Colorado State University In the race to create more potent and stable medicines, scientists know that adding fluorine...

Using MRSA’s strength against it

Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - Antibiotic-resistant infections cause more than 30,000 deaths annually in the U.S....

Gout not associated with increased risk of fracture, study finds

Gout, a painful inflammatory arthritis, is not associated with an increased risk of fracture, according to a large study led...

Scientists in Russia and Singapore investigate inorganic biomaterials with antimicrobial properties

A team of scientists from the Lobachevsky University Department of Solid State Chemistry under Dr. Evgeny Bulanov has developed a...

New approach to cancer research aims to accelerate studies and reduce cost

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- A new model for improving how clinical trials are developed and conducted by...

New procedure to improve nasal airflow aims to help patients breathe easy