Health

February 13, 2026

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

January 10, 2023

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

January 10, 2023

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

As a growing number of older adults are experimenting with cannabis to help alleviate chronic symptoms, a new University of...

A new way to monitor blood flow in the brain. The πNIRS technique could revolutionize medical diagnostics

Monitoring the proper blood supply to the brain is crucial, not only to prevent neurological diseases but also to treat...

Brain Arteriovenous Malformation in the Asian Population

Decoding brain arteriovenous malformations in the Asian population: a Chinese Neurosurgical Journal study

Brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is the abnormal entanglement of arteries and veins in the brain, which disrupts the normal flow...

Dr. habil. Sławomir Wacewicz, NCU professor from Center of Language Evolution Studies (CLES) in the Faculty of Humanities of Nicolaus Copernicus University

What does the eye have to do with the language?

Eyes provide us with most information about the surrounding world. Yet, the eye, especially that of a human, enables not...

Families with food insecurity have greater health care expenditures

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Jan. 9, 2023 – Food insecurity, which is the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe...

NSF awards UMBC’s Lauren Clay $624K Convergence Accelerator grant to address food insecurity in disasters

Longstanding food insecurity problems in the U.S. and around the world, exacerbated by the pandemic, are projected to increase over...

Perfusion of an amputated limb with saline and a fluorescent agent (i.e., fluorophore) administered via a dominant artery.

First-in-kind amputated human limb model to study imaging probes for human tissues

The nascent field of fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) is fast growing, with potential to vastly improve the safety and efficacy of...

Advancing health and health equity across the globe

Joint press release by Charité and the Einstein Foundation Berlin A new platform for global health is being created within...

Marine plankton tell the long story of ocean health, and maybe human too

Using samples from an almost century-old, ongoing survey of marine plankton, researchers at University of California San Diego School of...

BRIGHT outlook: A brief cognitive behavioral therapy appears promising for head and neck cancer survivors suffering from body-image distress

Talking, smiling, eating together – these are all social activities that are inherent to the human experience. But for some...

Newly discovered anatomy shields and monitors brain

From the complexity of neural networks to basic biological functions and structures, the human brain only reluctantly reveals its secrets. ...

Illustration of soil carbon credits calculation based on process-based models

Research could simplify process for calculating soil carbon credits

A study led by researchers at the Agroecosystem Sustainability Center (ASC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign provides new insights...

New approach successfully traces genomic variants back to genetic disorders

National Institutes of Health researchers have published an assessment of 13 studies that took a genotype-first approach to patient care....

Study illuminates sugar’s role in common kidney disease

A study of kidney organoids in a novel lab environment might have downstream implications for the treatment of polycystic kidney...

Blood pressure drug holds promise for treating PTSD

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 5, 2023) – There is new evidence that a 50-year-old blood pressure drug could find new purpose...

NIH study links specific outdoor air pollutants to asthma attacks in urban children

Moderate levels of two outdoor air pollutants, ozone and fine particulate matter, are associated with non-viral asthma attacks in children...

Study finds providers use prostate cancer screening tests, even when they provide little value to patients

January 4, 2023

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Jan. 4, 2023 – Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men with more than...

Potential new targets identified in advanced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease