Health

September 17, 2025

Breathing during exercise is harder for women than men

With smaller airways, overcoming resistance takes more workCredit: Paolo Dominelli, University of Waterloo Bethesda, MD - While both sexes have...

Scientists trace path from PTSD to heart disease

Young adults with post-traumatic stress disorder show changes in small blood vesselsCredit: Jennifer Weggen, Virginia Commonwealth University Bethesda, MD -...

Scientists uncover how Zika virus can spread through sexual contact

Virus finds hospitable environment in the cells that line the vaginaCredit: James Mungin Jr., Meharry Medical College Bethesda, MD -...

‘Dirty’ mice could help make a more effective flu vaccine

Study suggests standard laboratory mice may lead scientists to overestimate vaccine efficacyCredit: David Meyerholz, University of Iowa Carver College of...

Blood test offers early warning of chemotherapy-related heart problems

Accessible, cost-effective method could help doctors intervene before heart damage occursCredit: Hari Vishal Lakhani, Marshall University Bethesda, MD - Scientists...

Researchers identify drugs that could halt preterm labor

New approach targets problematic molecular pathway to prevent preterm labor and birthCredit: Scott Barnett, University of Nevada, Reno School of...

Clinicians treating COVID-19 say don’t rush to try novel therapies

Credit: ATS April 27, 2020 - Intensivists caution against the use of premature novel therapies in lieu of traditional critical...

Continuous dosing improves progression-free survival for melanoma patients with common mutations

Credit: UCSF A first-of-its-kind randomized clinical trial offers strong and perhaps surprising evidence that a combination of two targeted melanoma...

Study finds no overall survival benefit, but improved quality of life with talazoparib in advanced BRCA-mutated breast cancer

Phase III EMBRACA trial survival benefit results may be affected by subsequent treatmentsCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - New...

Artificial intelligence could serve as backup to radiologists’ eyes

Credit: Brennan Wesley/MUSC Diagnosing emphysema and classifying its severity have long been more art than science. "Everybody has a different...

UCLA scientists receive grants for COVID-19 research from California’s stem cell agency

Credit: Broad Stem Cell Research Center Three researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem...

Rice wins fed grant to advance sickle cell disease therapy

Bioengineer Gang Bao studies genome-editing outcomes to enable a future clinical trialCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 24, 2020)...

Holistic approach best for tackling nonmedical drug use, study finds

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Health practitioners are constantly developing new ways to help those with...

Training instance segmentation neural network with synthetic datasets for seed phenotyping

Development of an efficient method to accelerate the development of machine learning models for plant phenotypingCredit: Issey Takahashi In the...

Brain insulin sensitivity determines body weight and fat distribution

Credit: IDM Just where fat is deposited in the body and to what degree a person may benefit from a...

USask VIDO-InterVac awarded $23 million for COVID-19 vaccine research

Credit: University of Saskatchewan The University of Saskatchewan's VIDO-InterVac (Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre) has been awarded $23...

Sanfilippo C syndrome: New brain cell models to evaluate therapies

Fighting degenerative diseasesCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA - CIBERER The Sanfilippo syndrome type C is a severe neurodegenerative disease which appearws...

Indiana State Department of Health, IU partner on COVID-19 study

Study to include random sample testing for SARS-CoV-2 viral infections, antibodiesCredit: James Brosher, Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana State...

Boosting the immune system’s appetite for cancer

April 23, 2020

Immunotherapy combo that encourages immune cells to consume tumors could lead to long-term remission for glioblastomaCredit: UTSW DALLAS - April 23, 2020...

University of Montana researchers work on COVID-19 vaccine