Health
William T. Grant Foundation announces funding for UT, Cherokee Health Systems for research-practice partnership
Trustees of the William T. Grant Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the Doris Duke Foundation and the Bezos Family Foundation have...
UBC-developed oral insulin drops offer relief for diabetes patients
Diabetes rates continue to rise, with 11.7 million Canadians living with diabetes or pre-diabetes. At UBC, scientists have created a...
Normal ageing might be associated with increased blood-brain barrier permeability in regions also vulnerable in Alzheimer’s Disease, in small study comparing healthy brains of the young and old
Normal ageing might be associated with increased blood-brain barrier permeability in regions also vulnerable in Alzheimer's Disease, in small study...
Father’s diet before conception influences children’s health
Dr. Raffaele Teperino, head of the "Environmental Epigenetics" research group at Helmholtz Munich, along with his research team, has examined...
Hepatitis B virus core protein as a Rab-GAP suppressor driving liver disease progression
This study is led by Prof. Qiang Deng (Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University), Prof. Ke Lan (State Key Laboratory of...
Tiny crop-health sensors could help cut the cost of groceries
A compact, lightweight sensor system with infrared imaging capabilities developed by an international team of engineers could be easily fitted...
Case Western Reserve University researchers develop new method of DNA testing—expanding scientific innovation
CLEVELAND—A team of researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has developed a new method for target...
3 in 4 Americans under 65 are worried about future of Medicare
WASHINGTON, D.C. — June 5, 2024 — Concerns over the potential insolvency of Medicare among those under 65 have risen,...
Lived experience should be centered in future mental health research, say people with mental health conditions and their families and carers in nationwide Australian survey
Lived experience should be centered in future mental health research, say people with mental health conditions and their families and...
Methods to quit smoking effective regardless of mental health history
Sarah Jackson and colleagues from University College London and King’s College London branches of the SPECTRUM Consortium conducted a survey...
In “mental illness” and “mental health”: how language around psychiatric conditions shifts
A new survey of nearly 340,000 texts spanning 79 years shows that generic terms in mental health have shifted away...
Signaling between brain regions altered in teenage internet addiction
Max Chang and Irene Lee of University College London review neuroimaging studies of the effects of internet addiction on adolescent...
Managing mental health should be about more than mind
Clinicians often default to treating mental health conditions with a variety of medication. This approach, however, largely ignores the role...
U.S. clinical trials begin for twice-yearly HIV prevention injection
WHAT: Two clinical trials have launched to examine a novel long-acting form of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in cisgender women...
UTA program helps students achieve medical school dreams
Getting into graduate school to become a doctor or a dentist is difficult. By some estimates, only about 37% to...
Veterans with service dogs have fewer PTSD symptoms, higher quality of life
Ret. Command Sgt. Maj. Gretchen Evans served in the United States Army for 27 years until a rocket blast in...
US drug-related infant deaths more than doubled from 2018 to 2022
A new study by Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine has uncovered a disturbing trend in drug-related infant deaths...
Duke-NUS breakthrough discovery identifies first step in allergic reactions, paving the way for new preventative strategies
Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have identified how the first domino falls after a person encounters an allergen, such as...
Allergy or infection? Scientists discover what distinguishes these two immune system responses
The production of antibodies, essential for protecting our body against infections, is very well regulated through the action of a...
5-minute test leads to better care for people with dementia in the primary care setting
June 4, 2024—(BRONX, NY)—The underdiagnosis of dementia, especially among Black and Hispanic patients, is a long-standing challenge in medicine. A...
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