Health

September 20, 2025

Is COVID-19 widening the gender gap in academic medicine?

Study finds fewer women publishing COVID-related papers, especially in early days of pandemicCredit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- A...

Insilico Medicine and Arctoris to collaborate on COVID-19 by combining robotics and AI

Insilico Medicine and Arctoris announced a technology partnership to jointly discover and profile new therapeutics against COVID-19 by combining robotics...

About half of health care workers positive for COVID-19 by serology have no symptoms

Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center The IVY Research Network has completed initial studies evaluating the epidemiology of COVID-19 in health...

Lead fallout from Notre Dame fire was likely overlooked

A ton of lead dust may have been deposited near the cathedralCredit: Interactive map by Jeremy Hinsdale/Earth Institute. Photos by...

Intimate partner violence, history of childhood abuse worsen trauma symptoms for new moms

Postnatal screenings are a vital intervention pointCredit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A study assessed the interaction...

Sustained support for WHO “vital to us all as we age,” say AGS experts

Breast cancer cells can reprogram immune cells to assist in metastasis

Credit: Isaac Chan, M.D. Natural killer (NK) cells, a type of immune cell, are known to limit metastasis by inducing...

How vaping companies are use Instagram to market to young people

Researchers use artificial intelligence to analyse hundreds of thousands of Instagram posts about vapingCredit: Aqdas Malik, Aalto University E-cigarettes are...

A new nanoconjugate blocks acute myeloid leukemia tumor cells without harming healthy ones

Credit: CIBER-BBN Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous disease which usual treatment is very aggressive and produces severe side...

Medical cannabis put to test in first ever real-world evidence clinical trial led by UHN

Credit: UHN (Toronto - July 9, 2020) - Medical cannabis is finally being put under the microscope, in a first-of-its-kind...

New clues from fruit flies about the critical role of sex hormones in stem cell control

Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute and DKFZ In one of the first studies addressing the role of sex hormones' impact on...

Study sheds light on how cancer spreads in blood

Analysis of particles shed by tumors points to new, less invasive way to diagnose malignanciesCredit: Image by Cedars-Sinai. A new...

Scientists urge caution, further assessment of ecological impacts above deep sea mining

Credit: Drazen, et al. (2020). Interest in deep-sea mining for copper, cobalt, zinc, manganese and other valuable metals has grown...

Daytime aardvark sightings are a sign of troubled times

Wits researchers find that aardvarks feeding in the daytime during droughts might be starvingCredit: Nora Weyer/Wits University Aardvarks occur across...

Temple scientists identify key factor regulating abnormal heart growth

Credit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) - The human heart is like a sponge, able to expand and grow,...

Black individuals at higher risk for contracting COVID-19, according to new research

Credit: ATS July 08, 2020 - Results of an analysis published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society found...

Lung, immune function in kids could protect from severe COVID-19

Credit: Photo credit: Krithika Lingappan, MBBS; Matthew Harting, MD; Bindu Akkanti, MD Differences in lung physiology and immune function in...

5G networks have few health impacts, Oregon State study using zebrafish model finds

Credit: Lynn Ketchum CORVALLIS, Ore. - Findings from an Oregon State University study into the effects of radiofrequency radiation generated...

Study: ‘Anti-vaxxers’ gain traction against HPV vaccine on Facebook

MU media expert analyzed 10 years of HPV-vaccine related Facebook postsCredit: University of Missouri One of the biggest social media...

Researchers receive $3.6M grant to continuously monitor blood pressure during sleep