Health

July 29, 2025

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

PCORI makes first funding awards to advance the science on engaging patients, caregivers and other partners in health research

July 20, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of $9 million for the first seven...

CatalYm publishes data in Nature Communications describing gdf-15 as a central factor of anti-PD-1 resistance

July 20, 2023

Credit: CatalYm Journal Nature Communications DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-39817-3 Method of Research Experimental study Subject of Research Not applicable Article Title Tumor-derived...

The malnutrition paradox: Adolescent obesity in Zimbabwe

July 20, 2023

In some African countries that have traditionally faced issues such as undernourishment and hunger, being overweight is perceived as a...

A potential new biomarker for Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s is considered a disease of old age, with most people being diagnosed after 65. But the condition actually begins...

NIH awards $3M to Wayne State to impact Black youth with type 1 diabetes

DETROIT – A Wayne State University School of Medicine professor has received a $3 million award from the National Institute...

1 in 5 rabbit owners in the UK report painful or debilitating ear disease in their pet, though it may be under-diagnosed and under-treated, with lop-eared and older rabbits being most at risk

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0285372Credit: Aswathy N, Unsplash, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0285372 Article Title: Ear health and quality of life in...

Large study finds small associations between systemic inflammation and later dementia

A study of data from about 500,000 people in the UK Biobank has uncovered small but statistically significant associations between...

More than just lifestyle and genes: New factor influencing excess body weight discovered

What determines whether we become overweight? Aside from lifestyle, predisposition plays a role, but genes cannot fully explain the inherited...

JMIR Publications acquires the Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, broadening its prestigious open access portfolio

(Toronto July 19, 2023) Fully open access publisher JMIR Publications has acquired the Online Journal of Public Health Informatics (OJPHI),...

Light quality enhances contrast vision

Prof Sei-ichi Tsujimura of the Nagoya City University and Prof Su-Ling Yeh of National Taiwan University and Kagoshima University, have discovered...

Early signs of Alzheimer’s: Most older adults see the value of screening but haven’t been tested

Eighty percent of older adults see the benefit of tests that can give an early warning that a person’s memory...

Towards new antibiotics with the first artificial synthesis of tanzawaic acid b

The discovery of antibiotics in 1928 was a major turning point in the history of medicine. For the first time...

3D digital technologies tackling mental injury prevention in healthcare

The Safety Sensescaping project, funded by WorkSafe's WorkWell Mental Health Improvement Fund, is part of Peninsula Health’s Thriving in Health...

Lundquist Institute investigator Dr. Virender Rehan and Advent Therapeutics awarded $3 Million NIH Small Business Innovation Research Grant for life-saving premature infant research

Credit: The Lundquist Institute

Sylvester, Dana-Farber researchers to receive funding to study how diet, exercise impact mental and physical functioning in older cancer survivors

MIAMI, FLORIDA (JULY 18, 2023) – Researchers from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine...

Medical College of Wisconsin scientist and international team awarded $13 million NIH program project grant to study calcifications in diseases of aging

Contact:Credit: Medical College of Wisconsin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Colleen McDonald, Sr. Consultant - Earned Media 414.801.3146 | [email protected] Medical...

PCORI approves $208 million for research on heart disease, chronic disease, palliative care and a range of conditions impacting people of all ages

July 18, 2023 Credit: https://www.pcori.org/about/governance/trademark-usage-guidelines July 18, 2023 WASHINGTON, DC – The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding...

Field records of early-20th century female public health pioneer converted to 21st century data

Natural history collections contain huge amounts of information on diversity, distribution and ecology of a variety of species; however, much...

Researchers identify proteins associated with deadly burns

Osaka, Japan – Although many people still die from severe burns, the underlying physiology behind burns is not well understood....

Allen Institute for Immunology partners with Lilly to better understand autoimmune disease