Health

July 6, 2026

LSU health research discovers new link between hypoxia and blood clot risk

Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Research led by Rinku Majumder, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry at...

Map of a billion brain links reveals clues about how we think

Scientists have created an elaborate map of more than a billion brain cell connections, helping to shed light on how...

Scientists develop novel drug that could potentially treat liver cancer more effectively

Credit: National University of Singapore A research team led by scientists from the Cancer Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at...

Study reveals early warning signs of heart problems in patients with newly diagnosed lupus

Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in patients with lupus, a systemic autoimmune disease. In a new study...

Scientists present concept for the elimination of traffic jams

In the current issue of Nature, the economists Peter Cramton, Axel Ockenfels (both University of Cologne) and R. Richard Geddes...

pH imbalance in brain cells may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease

Credit: Hari Prasad Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have found new evidence in lab-grown mouse brain cells, called astrocytes,...

Medical researchers from MSU suggested a new approach of targeted cancer therapy

Credit: Courtesy of Boris Zhivotovsky. During carcinogenesis malignant cells undergo uncontrolled division, causing the tumor dissemination. Target therapy is an...

Exenatide treatment alleviated symptoms of depression in patients

Amsterdam, NL, August 1, 2018 - Non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), such as depression, apathy, cognitive impairment, sleep disorders,...

Drugs for heart failure are still under-prescribed, years after initial study

FINDINGS A UCLA-led study found that many people with heart failure do not receive the medications recommended for them under...

Can we predict the long-term outcome of boys with ADHD?

Washington, DC, August 1, 2018 A study published in the August 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy...

BU researchers receive NIH award to combat HIV-induced chronic inflammation

(Boston)-- Suryaram (Rahm) Gummuluru, PhD, associate professor of microbiology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), along with colleagues Nina...

Safeguarding fetal brain health in pregnancies complicated by CHD

Yao Wu, a research postdoctoral fellow in the Developing Brain Research Laboratory at Children's National Health System, has received a...

Individual training of parents is best for small children with ADHD

A major research project from Aarhus University and the Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Risskov, in collaboration with the...

BMC selects 10 communities to strengthen trauma-informed early childhood systems

Boston--August 1, 2018--Boston Medical Center's (BMC) Vital Village Network is working with communities across the country to expand their model...

Challenges around childbearing owe to dissatisfaction among surgical residents

Despite constituting half of United States medical school graduates, women continue to be underrepresented in the field of surgery, accounting...

Tech takes on cigarette smoking

Credit: CWRU CLEVELAND--Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are using wearable sensor technology to develop an automatic alert system to...

A protein could be key to preserving heart function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, Aug. 1, 2018 -- A protein known to drive nerve cell survival in the brain and spinal...

Large supercrystals promise superior sensors

Credit: Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Using an artful combination of nanotechnology and basic chemistry, Sandia National...

TMAC at UTA granted $6.6 million federal award

Credit: UTA TMAC at The University of Texas at Arlington has been granted a $6.6 million federal award to help...

Single-payer plan in New York could cover all without increasing spending