Health

September 17, 2025

University of Utah Invests $1.3 million in COVID-19 research, from domestic violence

Credit: Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash (Salt Lake City) - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the globe,...

Survey: Food insecurity in Vermont rose 33% during pandemic

Strong connection to job lossesCredit: Ingrid Cold Food insecurity in Vermont has increased by one-third during the coronavirus pandemic, from...

Finding leukemia’s weakness using genome-wide CRISPR technology

Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences A team of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and...

New therapeutic options for multiple sclerosis in sight

Credit: Alexander Mildner, MDC Multiple sclerosis (MS) is known as "the disease with a thousand faces" because symptoms and progression...

What did scientists learn from Deepwater Horizon?

Paper reviews major findings, technological advances that could help in next deep-sea spill.Credit: (Photo by Cabell Davis, © Woods Hole...

University of Kentucky’s Superfund Research Center receives $8.7 million

Credit: University of Kentucky LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 20, 2020) -- The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has awarded...

Wind turbine noise affects dream sleep and perceived sleep restoration

Credit: Photo by University of Gothenburg Wind turbine noise (WTN) influences people's perception of the restorative effects of sleep, and...

A new treatment for liver cancer

Credit: Molecular Therapy In the latest issue of Molecular Therapy, Skoltech and MIT researchers have published a new combinatorial therapy...

New research gives further evidence that autoimmunity plays a role in Parkinson’s disease

LJI scientists link immune cells to Parkinson's disease onsetCredit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA--A new study co-led by...

Death rates from prostate cancer predicted to decline overall in EU but rise in Poland

Lung and pancreatic cancer death rates continue to rise in womenCredit: Annals of Oncology Death rates from prostate cancer are...

AGS reiterates urgent COVID-19 call for medical supplies, telehealth

Mysterious tuft cells found to play role in pancreatitis

Salk scientists find that specialized chemosensory cells form during pancreatitis in miceCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(April 17, 2020) Persistent inflammation...

UM study finds diverse diet as effective as sports supplements for female athletes

Credit: UM Photo by Tommy Martino MISSOULA - The edge. Every athlete, from the professional to the weekend warrior, strives...

American College of Cardiology urges heart attack, stroke patients to seek medical help

After reported drops in heart attack, stroke patients going to ER amid COVID-19 pandemic, new CardioSmart resources outline when, how...

New route of assembly and ionic channel traffic in cardiac cells

Ionic channels: frontiers in cell membranesCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Ionic channels -integral proteins in the cell membrane- are essential in...

A key brain region for controlling binge drinking has been found

The unique intersection in the brain between the stress system and binge drinking may be the key to controlling the...

Cancer drug resistance study raises immune red flags

Inhibiting cancer drug resistance gene MDR1 may come at a cost to immune responseCredit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER,...

Overuse of emergency room reducible through primary care relationship

Credit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE, KANSAS -- David Slusky keeps hearing the same comments from other parents who are isolating...

The origin of feces: coproID reliably predicts sources of ancient poop

New method of discerning sources of ancient feces makes this archaeological find far more informativeCredit: Jada Ko, courtesy of the...

Solving the puzzle of Mitchell disease