Health

October 12, 2025

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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

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine When a patient with puzzling neurological symptoms enrolled in the Undiagnosed Diseases Network, researchers led...

AJR review of COVID-19 studies cautions against chest CT for coronavirus diagnosis

Regarding sensitivity, specificity, and clinical practice, CT should be reserved for evaluation of complications of COVID-19 pneumonia or for assessment...

Mystery solved, rotavirus VP3 is a unique capping machine

Credit: CDC / Bryon Skinner After eluding researchers for more than 30 years, the VP3 protein of rotavirus has finally...

Whole genome sequencing reveals genetic structural secrets of schizophrenia

A study co-led by Jin Szatkiewicz, PhD, Patrick Sullivan, MD, and colleagues at UNC-Chapel Hill and four Swedish universities found...

Breastfeeding benefits during COVID-19

Credit: Eric Sucar PHILADELPHIA (April 15, 2020) - While the current coronavirus pandemic continues to affect all people, families will...

New guidance for the assessment of Fracture Liaison Services at a patient outcome level

The IOF Capture the Fracture® Working Group, with the National Osteoporosis Foundation and the Fragility Fracture Network, has developed 11...

UMD researchers find that incentive-based tariffs aren’t the way to control invasive pests

Researchers find that in order to see measurable impacts, tariffs would risk diplomacy and cost US consumers about $38 million...

New grant to investigate the link between arterial structure and cognition

Credit: Courtesy of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. A new grant will support a collaboration between researchers...

New clues to predict the risks astronauts will face from space radiation on long missions

Credit: Colorado State University Photography The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, aims to send human missions to Mars in...

New universal Ebola vaccine may fight all four virus species that infect humans

Early preclinical tests in lab models are encouragingCredit: NIAID CINCINNATI - Infectious disease scientists report early development of a potential...

New ‘toolbox’ for urological cancer detection