Health

July 29, 2025

First-of-their-kind wearables capture body sounds to continuously monitor health

During even the most routine visits, physicians listen to sounds inside their patients’ bodies — air moving in and out...

IVI signs MOU with University of Cambridge, University of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Jockey Club to establish the Hong Kong Jockey Club Global Health Institute

November 16, 2023, Republic of Korea — The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), an international organization with a mission to discover, develop,...

Bear genes show circadian rhythms even during hibernation

PULLMAN, Wash. – The internal clocks of grizzly bears appear to keep ticking through hibernation, according to a genetic study....

Why it’s important to improve communication of unanticipated genomic findings to patients with late-stage cancer

FINDINGS Cancer genomics experts at City of Hope®, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United...

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics researchers awarded $31M in grants for medical artificial intelligence innovation research

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston reached a funding landmark with 15 faculty members awarded 16 different grants totaling more...

Microorganisms living in gastrointestinal tracts may foretell diagnoses of debilitating diseases including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

Nov. 15, 2023Credit: UMass Lowell courtesy photo Nov. 15, 2023 Media Contacts: Emily Gowdey-Backus, director of media relations Nancy Cicco,...

UTHealth Houston researcher receives NIH subcontract to study effects of integrated palliative care on Parkinson’s, related dementia

A five-year, $3.9 million grant to study the effects of integrated palliative care on health service outcomes and disparities in...

UMass Lowell researchers are developing pancreas-like tissue to help people with diabetes

Media contacts: Emily Gowdey-Backus, director of media relations, [email protected] Nancy Cicco, assistant director of media relations, [email protected]: UMass Lowell courtesy...

University of Kentucky bioengineer designs tools to improve treatment for head and neck cancer

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 15, 2023) — One University of Kentucky researcher is working to develop new techniques for radiation treatment to...

Scientists piece together DNA repair pathway implicated in breast, ovarian, and prostate cancers

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Our DNA is not indestructible. Throughout the course of our lives, DNA can break in response...

Scientists 3D-print hair follicles in lab-grown skin

A team led by scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has 3D-printed hair follicles in human skin tissue cultured in the...

Researchers identify the variants responsible for a rare and serious disorder

A research team, led by Tokyo Medical and Dental University（TMDU）, identifies disease-associated variants in a rare case of RAD50 deficiency/Nijmegen...

The Future of Future Earth: How global science programs can navigate the complex, shifting challenges in sustainability science

The global change program Future Earth is an international alliance of organizations and agencies that was launched by the UN...

University of Basel delivers first biological implants for treatment of cartilage lesions and osteoarthritis in humans

The Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel and the University Hospital Basel, today announced that it delivered the...

New study finds association between insecticide exposure and lower sperm concentration in adult men

EMBARGOED until November 15, 2023Credit: George Mason University College of Public Health EMBARGOED until November 15, 2023 Contact: Michelle Thompson...

Study finds increasingly popular oral nicotine pouches do little to curb smokers’ cravings

Oral nicotine pouches, a tobacco-leaf-free product marketed as an alternative to cigarettes, do little to curb current smokers’ nicotine cravings,...

The role of iron in blindness caused by ocular toxoplasmosis

Researchers from Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine have identified the role of iron in ocular toxoplasmosis (OT), a form...

THE LANCET: Alarming new projections reveal soaring health risks of persistent global inaction over the climate emergency

Peer-reviewed / Review and Analysis / PeopleCredit: Please credit 'The Lancet' Peer-reviewed / Review and Analysis / People The Lancet:...

University of Kentucky researcher helps solve 60-year mystery inside heart, publishes in Nature

November 14, 2023

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 14, 2023) — One University of Kentucky researcher has helped solve a 60-year-old mystery about one of the...

A sweet solution: turning winery waste into jelly