Health

September 19, 2025

Redesigning hand sanitizer and donating 7,000 gallons to fight COVID-19

Credit: Georgia Tech / Christopher Moore So many people Seth Marder spoke to didn't see the hand sanitizer crisis brewing....

HKU scientists uncover new mechanism for balancing protein stability during neuronal development

An unexpected heat shock to neurons: HKU scientists and collaborators uncover a new mechanism for balancing protein stability during neuronal...

Cholesterol levels dropping in Western nations but rising in Asia

Credit: Photo by Cecilia Hedstrom Cholesterol levels are declining sharply in western nations, but rising in low- and middle-income nations...

Working in the sun — heating of the head may markedly affect safety and performance

Prolonged exposure of the head to strong sunlight significantly impairs cognitively dominated functions and coordination of complex motor tasksCredit: Andreas...

NIH launches analytics platform to harness COVID-19 patient data to speed treatments

Credit: National Center for Translational Sciences The National Institutes of Health has launched a centralized, secure enclave to store and...

Your brain shows if you are lonely or not

New insight into how the brain maps our interpersonal tiesCredit: Figure provided by Andrea L. Courtney and Meghan L. Meyer...

Calling for nursing support amid COVID-19 pandemic

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (June 15, 2020) - There are close to 28 million nurses around the world who comprise...

Barriers exist to using risk stratification tools to evaluate pulmonary embolism in the ED

Credit: Kirsty Challen, B.Sc., MBCHB, MRES, Ph.D., Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom DES PLAINES, IL -- Common barriers exist to...

In virtual presentation, geriatrics research addresses key concern: medications

New technical approach can enhance diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension

Molecular analysis may facilitate targeted treatment by differentiating underlying conditions affecting pulmonary arteries and veins, report scientists in The American...

As food insecurity continues to plague New Yorkers, impact on children is worrisome

Credit: CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy One in four households with children have reported a child...

Neurons can shift how they process information about motion

Credit: Getty Images Our brains use various reference frames--also known as coordinate systems--to represent the motion of objects in a...

Clearer understanding of disordered protein could aid ALS, Alzheimer’s treatment search

NIH awards $3.3 million grant to Lehigh, Brown university researchers studying atomistic structure and mechanisms of TDP-43, which has been...

Tuberculosis spread from animals to humans may be greater than previously thought

Credit: Vivek Kapur, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The number of human tuberculosis (TB) cases that are due to...

Electronic health information exchange improves public health disease reporting

Study shows prepopulating forms increases reporting rates for notifiable conditionsCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Disease tracking is an important area...

CU Cancer Center researcher working on early cancer detection named Pew-Stewart Scholar

Dr. Ramachandran is looking to improve methods for early cancer detection using cell-free DNA.Credit: CU Cancer Center University of Colorado...

Brothers in arms: The brain and its blood vessels

Study shows how blood vessels sense the metabolic state of neuronal cellsCredit: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, B. Sheikh The...

Diluting blood plasma rejuvenates tissue, reverses aging in mice

New study suggests that plasma exchange could be the key to unlocking the body's regenerative capacitiesCredit: Image courtesy Irina Conboy...

New indication of a link between Alzheimer’s and diabetes

High-resolution 3D model reveals strong similarity in fibril structureCredit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich/HHU Düsseldorf/Gunnar Schröder Pathological protein clumps are characteristic of...

Tuberculosis vaccine strengthens immune system