Health

February 13, 2026

Screen-printing method can make wearable electronics less expensive

VANCOUVER, Wash. – The glittering, serpentine structures that power wearable electronics can be created with the same technology used to...

Measuring knee extension velocity without external load

Faster knee for better walking

Osaka, Japan – “Speed or strength, which is more important?” may be a critical question for not only athletes but...

Sleeveless shirt-type wearable device and smartphone application track IBS patients’ sympathetic nervous system activity

Realtime monitoring with a wearable device reveals IBS-related changes

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a difficult disease to treat, characterized by chronic abdominal pain related to bowel movements, of...

Scientists improve the equation in FDA guidance predicting drug interactions

Drugs absorbed into the body are metabolized and thus removed by enzymes in several organs like the liver. The clearance...

Novel 68Ga-FAPI PET/CT offers oncologic staging without COVID-19 vaccine-related pitfalls.

Novel PET radiotracer reduces number of false-positive cancer findings after COVID-19 vaccination

Reston, VA—A novel imaging agent, 68Ga-FAPI, can reduce the number of false-positive PET/CT findings among cancer patients recently vaccinated for COVID-19....

VIMS research helps clarify role of water clarity in coastal management

Secchi disks & light sensorsWater clarity is key to the health and restoration of marine plants and animals worldwide, particularly...

Nanotechnology may improve gene therapy for blindness

PORTLAND, Oregon -- Using nanotechnology that enabled mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, a new approach to gene therapy may improve how physicians treat inherited...

Medical clowns: A significant contribution to medical care – Much more than just entertainment

Credit: Tel Aviv University A first study of its kind by Tel Aviv University researchers examined the "secret magic"...

Study reveals obesity-related trigger that can lead to diabetes

People who are overweight or obese have a significantly increased risk of developing diabetes, but exactly how that happens is...

Black women suffer most from tooth loss, study shows

In Brazil, tooth loss is 19% more frequent among Black women than White men. Among women, it is 26% more...

Black Women Ask Fewer Questions of Their Doctors

A person’s race influences question asking as much as their stroke history

DURHAM, NC -- Strokes that occur on the right side of the brain can sometimes subtly impair social communication, which...

Goutham Rao, MD, FAHA, appointed newest member of the US Preventive Services Task Force

CLEVELAND– The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force) announced the addition of Goutham Rao, MD, FAHA, to serve a...

Glial cells help memory along

There are two fundamentally different cell types in the brain, neurons and glial cells. The latter, for example, insulate the...

PCORI offers up to $308.5 million through new funding opportunities

January 10, 2023Credit: PCORI®; https://www.pcori.org/about/governance/trademark-usage-guidelines January 10, 2023 WASHINGTON, DC – The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has opened...

TTUHSC’s Guindon earns international award for cannabinoid research

There are more than 480 naturally occurring compounds present in the cannabis plant, more than 100 of which are considered...

Experts in pharmaceutical sciences and machine learning are working to accelerate new drug formulation

University of Toronto scientists use machine learning to fast-track drug formulation development

TORONTO, January 10, 2023 – Scientists at the University of Toronto have successfully tested the use of machine learning models...

Ani Kardashian, MD, a hepatologist with Keck Medicine of USC, is the lead author of a new study showing that fast-food consumption is linked to liver disease.

Consumption of fast food linked to liver disease

LOS ANGELES — The new year has begun, and with it, resolutions for change.Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES —...

Taking on the triple threat of identifying the best organ donor, the earliest signs of transplant rejection and a better way to stop it

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 10, 2023) – Whether a humanized mouse model that shows great promise in identifying a patient’s best...

Inferior frontal gyrus (red dot), a region of the brain’s frontal lobe that controls eating behavior

Aware or not aware: you are affected by food cues either way

Osaka, Japan – Controlling your food intake can be even more difficult than you think. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists show...

Alison Moore, MD, University of California San Diego

Cannabis-related emergency department visits among older adults on the rise