Health

September 23, 2025

Illinois professor uses LGBTQ voices in Beirut to understand daily violence, disruption

University of Illinois professor Ghassan Moussawi examines the daily survival strategies of Beirut's LGBTQ residents in his new book 'Disruptive...

Companies set to develop the largest platform for aging and longevity research

Regent Pacific acquires Deep Longevity with the intention to develop the largest integrated platform for longevity biotechnology and aging researchCredit:...

Attacking tumors from the inside

Two experimental drugs fight non-small cell lung cancer by affecting their blood vessels, oxygen levels, and other environmental factorsCredit: UT...

Antibiotics affect breast milk microbiota in mothers of preterm infants: University of Toronto study

Credit: Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto and The Hospital...

Examining the side effects of Alzheimer’s disease dementia drugs

Goal: To improve quality of medication used in dementiaCredit: University of Houston In a first of its kind study, a...

Study identifies how infection by Zika virus during pregnancy can affect the fetal brain

More than 30 Brazilian scientists investigated tens of thousands of genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic variables, discovering several alterations caused by...

Researcher receives $1.8 million grant to enhance oral absorption of water-insoluble drugs

Novel nanotechnology allows for further research to improve oral drugsCredit: HSC Xiaowei Dong, Associate Professor and P1 Curriculum Director at...

Innovative biocontainment unit shows promise to protect healthcare workers

Credit: Courtesy photo The U.S. Army partnered with the University of Pittsburg Medical Center to create a biocontainment unit that...

Trial to test nasal irrigations as COVID-19 treatment

Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) are conducting a clinical trial to determine whether...

IoT results-oriented exercise system for social distancing with field sensors, no gym needed

Tiny biological package gets drug right to the ‘heart’ of transplant rejection

Credit: Graphic created by M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, using an original illustration by Poulami Majumder and tofactinib molecular model...

UIC research discovers links among poor sleep, high blood pressure, gut microbiome

Study shows potential negative effects of disrupted sleepCredit: Mark Mershon/University of Illinois Chicago In the first study of its kind,...

Researchers awarded $2 million grant to study the immune system and triple negative breast cancer

Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (September 2, 2020) - Liza Makowski, PhD, a professor in the Department of Medicine-Hematology-Oncology at the...

COVID-19 impact survey yields unexpected findings for individuals with progressive MS

Team of international researchers finds minimal emotional impact among people with progressive multiple sclerosis during pandemic lockdowns in 6 countriesCredit:...

Vanderbilt launches clinical trial of outpatient treatments for COVID-19

Credit: (photo by Susan Urmy) Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is launching a clinical trial of promising treatments for COVID-19...

Why naming neurons can help cure brain disease

A unified classification of diverse cell types proposed by a Columbia-led team could shed light on how our brains are...

COVID-19 and the threat to American voting rights

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 2, 2020—The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated three main pathologies of...

Plasmin could be the link between COVID-19 comorbidities and serious illness

A drug that inhibits the protease plasmin is hypothesized to reduce the infectivity and virulence of the virus, as measured...

Half of Medicare patients do not receive recommended health care after hospitalization

Credit: Data Source: Estimates are from "Assessment of Receipt of the First Home Health Care Visit After Hospital Discharge Among...

Predictive placentas: Using artificial intelligence to protect mothers’ future pregnancies