Health

September 19, 2025

Biomedical sciences researcher gets $1.95 million federal grant to study cause of autoimmunity

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Dr. Leszek Ignatowicz, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has...

Drug researcher develops ‘fat burning’ molecule

Credit: Virginia Tech's Webster Santos Obesity affects more than 40 percent of adults in the United States and 13 percent...

Study shows opioid, sedative and antidepressant use pre-surgery leads to worse outcomes

Credit: Shaun Ring LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 8, 2020) - A study led by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers...

Heart injury among hospitalized COVID-19 patients associated with higher risk of death

Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Mount Sinai researchers have found that myocardial injury (heart damage) is prevalent among patients hospitalized...

Stanford-led study suggests a new approach to reducing spread of mosquito-borne diseases

Credit: Desiree Labeaud (Watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itsG_bZdY7w&feature=emb_logo) In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, another source of deadly and increasingly frequent...

Intestinal health: Dresden research team identifies enzyme essential for stem cell survival

Study results contribute to the understanding of intestinal regeneration and prevention of intestinal inflammationCredit: © CRTD The intestinal epithelium is...

Physical activity in all of its forms may help maintain muscle mass in midlife

Hormonal changes during menopause decrease muscle mass, but physical activity might slow the decrementCredit: University of Jyväskylä A large study...

New treatment target verification for myelodysplastic syndrome

Credit: Dr. Goro Sashida A research group from Kumamoto University, Japan analyzed the pathophysiology of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a blood...

Unravelling complex brain networks with automated 3D neural mapping

Automated 3D brain imaging data analysis technology offers more reliable and standardized analysis of the spatial organization of complex neural...

‘Social distancing’ saves frogs: New approach to identify individual frogs noninvasively

Credit: Naitik Patel Globally, 41% amphibian species are regarded as threatened with extinction. However, when it comes to the case...

Discovery of important molecular mechanism of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Credit: Alessandra Bolino, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the most common form of inherited neuropathies. A genetic...

JNCCN: Many hospitalized people with advanced cancer struggle with important daily tasks

Researchers at Mass General Cancer Center discover 40.2% of advanced cancer patients with unplanned hospitalizations experienced functional impairment, which correlated...

Cord blood for stem cell transplant may outperform matched sibling donor

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center When a cancer patient needs a bone marrow transplant, there are four common donor...

UTHSC researchers awarded $1.7 million for opioid addiction studies

Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (June 5, 2020) - A team of University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) researchers in...

May 2020: Job numbers up for Americans with disabilities as COVID restrictions ease

Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire May 2020 nTIDE report -- featuring the New Jersey-based GI Go Fund's programs...

A newly discovered disease may lead to better treatment of cystic fibrosis

Better understand cystic fibrosis / Study in 'Journal of Medical Genetics'Credit: J. Park et al. 2020/ Journal of Medical Genetics...

Creating hairy human skin: Not as easy as you think

New culture technique opens the door for new treatment for wound and burn treatments, testing drugs and cosmetics; the technique...

With $16.5 million in NIH funding, MUSC opens two new digestive disease research centers

The recent openings of two centers have put the Medical University of South Carolina on the map as a leading...

Air conditioner bumps the electric bill by 42%, increasing the risk of energy poverty

Credit: Gaia Squarci A new study published in Economic Modelling by researchers at Ca' Foscari University and CMCC shows that...

University of Toronto team awarded CIHR grant to study impact of cannabis use on Indigenous oral health