Health

August 3, 2025

Beatson Foundation awards grant to Boston College biologist Emrah Altindis for Type 1 diabetes research

Chestnut Hill, Mass. (08/01/2023 - Boston College Assistant Professor of Biology Emrah Altindis has received a two-year, $275,000-grant from the...

The cost of climate change: 2°C global warming target is not economically reasonable unless we make major changes

Credit: IOP Publishing Climate change goals set out in the Paris Agreement are only economically reasonable if non-market factors such...

Nuisance vegetation removal in Senegalese waterways reduces the overall prevalence of parasitic infections and increases local food production

It’s an elegant solution: Remove the habitat of a parasite-carrying aquatic snail and reduce the level of infection in the...

Deadly fungus beaten with new type of treatment

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Research Science (CSRS) and the University of Toronto have discovered a new way...

Researchers identify two new subtypes of HPV-associated head and neck cancers

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Cases of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers of the head and neck, known as head and neck...

Researchers use geospatial mapping to assist burn patients

University of Texas at Dallas researchers are using geospatial mapping techniques to identify social and environmental obstacles in communities that...

National Autism Indicators Report calls for health care policy improvements for future public health emergencies

The COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation measures changed how people accessed health care services and engaged in their communities. Access to...

School meals would be even healthier if compliant with US nutrition standards, study finds

Today’s school meals are much healthier than they were for the parents of American kids, but still 1 in 4...

NIH launches long COVID clinical trials through RECOVER Initiative, opening enrollment

Monday, July 31, 2023Credit: Pfizer EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE Monday, July 31, 2023 Noon EDT Contact NIH Office of Communications and...

For the first time bioelectronic medicine researchers at the Feinstein Institutes restore feeling and lasting movement in man living with quadriplegia

MANHASSET, NY – In a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, bioelectronic medicine researchers, engineers and surgeons at Northwell Health’s The Feinstein Institutes for Medical...

67 percent of vaccinated Brazilian women had a cervical screening test | BGI Insight

With Brazil's National Cancer Institute estimating 17,010 new cases in 2023, cervical cancer is the third leading cause of morbidity...

Registration opens for Pennington Biomedical’s 2023 Men’s Health Summit

The 2023 Men’s Health Summit at Pennington Biomedical Research Center returns Saturday, Aug. 26, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m....

New study findings underscore the importance of timely newborn screenings in early care for cystic fibrosis

Aurora, Colo. (July 28, 2023) – The Journal of Pediatrics has published a manuscript by Stacey Martiniano, MD, pulmonary specialist at...

A wearable ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- When breast cancer is diagnosed in the earliest stages, the survival rate is nearly 100 percent. However,...

Michael Bayewitch, PhD named Head of BD and Licensing North America for Insilico Medicine

Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, has appointed Michael Bayewitch, PhD, as Head of Business...

University hospitals nationally recognized for commitment to high-quality stroke care

CLEVELAND—University Hospitals (UH) has received numerous American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke achievement awards for...

Unique Mexican black and pinto bean varieties are high in healthy compounds

URBANA, Ill. – Common beans are important food sources with high nutritional content. Bean seeds also contain phenolic compounds, which...

Alternative cellular ‘fuels’ boost immunity

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (July 28, 2023) — A metabolic by-product that is more prevalent during fasting may supercharge immune cells...

Machine learning: artificial neural networks localize extrasystoles

Worldwide, cardiovascular diseases cause more than 17 million deaths per year. Of these, about 25 percent are deemed sudden cardiac...

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