Health
A simple blood test can now diagnose De Vivo disease
Glut1 deficiency syndrome is a rare and disabling neurological disease still relatively unknown to the medical community. A mutation in...
Cure Mito Foundation launches resource on Leigh syndrome
McKinney, TX., June 5, 2023 - The Cure Mito Foundation, a parent-led organization dedicated to advancing research and treatments for...
Newly discovered brain mechanism linked to anxiety, OCD
The pandemic and its aftermath have raised anxiety to new levels. But the roots of anxiety-related conditions, including obsessive-compulsive spectrum...
American Indian and Alaska native men less likely to receive prostate cancer screening
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – June 5, 2023 – New research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that American Indian and...
Researchers find major link between cardiovascular health and disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, rotator cuff tendinitis
People with higher risks of cardiovascular disease are significantly more likely to develop carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow,...
Startups to unveil cutting-edge point-of-care technologies at Boston medtech event
June 2, 2023Credit: JODIE ANDRUSKEVICH PHOTO June 2, 2023 Contact: Emily Gowdey-Backus, 978-934-3369 or [email protected] Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944 or...
Multiple sclerosis more prevalent in Black Americans than previously thought
Multiple sclerosis has traditionally been considered a condition that predominantly affects white people of European ancestry. However, a new analysis...
‘Tipping the balance’ of immune cells from bad to good reverses multiple sclerosis symptoms in mice
According to the federal government’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, nearly 3 million people worldwide — with almost...
Taming a frenzied immune system
Researchers at the University of Louisville have received $5.8 million in two grants from the National Institutes of Health to...
UTHSC researchers’ work on human pangenome aids understanding of common chromosomal abnormality
Researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have made a foundational discovery about chromosome biology through their work...
Researchers develop new detection tool for beech leaf disease’s nematode pest
Beech leaf disease is an emerging threat to North American forest ecosystems. It was first discovered in northeastern Ohio in...
Adolescents are aware of and invested in the potential impacts of abortion restrictions, study says
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – On July 1, North Carolina’s new abortion limits go into effect. As restrictions on abortions are being...
Family resemblance: How T cells could fight many coronaviruses at once
LA JOLLA, CA—Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) are investigating how the immune system's T cells react to...
Salton Sea environment detrimental to respiratory health of local children
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- In the United States, low-income immigrant and minority children often live in environments that have highly polluted...
Study shows that activity in the subthalamic nucleus reflects action outcomes and consequent adaptation in humans; this can be modified through bursts of electrical stimulation, with potential to restore healthy brain function in people with neurolog…
Study shows that activity in the subthalamic nucleus reflects action outcomes and consequent adaptation in humans; this can be modified...
More evidence needed to confirm promise of remote or decentralized trials
There’s one question that Hollings Cancer Center researcher Jennifer Dahne, Ph.D., co-director of the remote and virtual trials program at...
MU researcher finds similarities in COVID-19 mortality rates between Canadian provinces and American states before vaccines were available
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- While the overall mortality rates — the number of deaths per 100,000 people — during the early...
Postdoctoral research experience gets major boost at Pennington Biomedical
Former Pennington Biomedical Research Center Executive Director Dr. Claude Bouchard and his wife, Monique Chagnon, were celebrated at a luncheon...
NIH scientists find treatment for rare genetic skin disorder
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues have identified genomic variants that cause a rare and severe...
Only 16 US states provide free, detailed and updated suicide data from their prison systems, with 13 states providing incomplete data that was not always free, 8 states providing sparse or old data, and 13 states providing no data at all
Only 16 US states provide free, detailed and updated suicide data from their prison systems, with 13 states providing incomplete...
