Tag: Medicine/Health

Findings could help explain how asthma, COPD, severe COVID-19 are triggeredCredit: Holtzman Lab Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine ...

Study finds brain’s ‘wiring insulation’ as major factor of age-related brain deterioration

Credit: Dr Andrea Rivera A new study led by the University of Portsmouth has identified that one of the major ...

Now is the time to study impact of pandemic on mothers and babies

University of Houston researcher issues a call for new methods to combat stress and social isolationCredit: University of Houston If ...

Researchers use silkworm silk to model muscle tissue

Transgenic silk proves to be effective surface for 3D muscle modelingCredit: Matt Jensen News Release -- LOGAN, UT -- Mar. ...

Big shift seen in high-risk older adults’ attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination

Poll shows double-digit jumps since autumn in percentage of Black, Hispanic and chronically ill older adults who say they'll get ...

How the South African COVID-19 variant was found

UC Riverside biomedical scientists were part of an international team that identified the coronavirus strainCredit: Stan Lim, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, ...

Multicellular liver-on-a-chip for modeling fatty liver disease

Credit: Khademhosseini Lab (LOS ANGELES) - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most prevalent chronic liver disease worldwide. It ...

Soft contact lenses eyed as new solutions to monitor ocular diseases

Credit: Purdue University/Chi Hwan Lee WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - New contact lens technology to help diagnose and monitor medical conditions ...

Experts recommend shared patient – doctor decision-making prior to lung cancer screening

Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, NC -- In a viewpoint perspective published in JAMA on March 9, ...

Precision BrainHealth: Personalized measure, training protocols to impact global health

Center for BrainHealth trial unveils BrainHealth Index as powerful new tool in quest for lifelong brain healthCredit: Center for BrainHealth ...

Unconscious biases can drive foodborne illness outbreaks, MU researchers find

Study concludes outbreak prevention policies should account for inadvertent behaviors.Credit: University of Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo. - In the midst of ...

Princeton team discovers new organelle involved in cancer metastasis

Princeton cancer researchers discover link between liquid-liquid phase separations and cancer pathologyCredit: Image rendering by Mark Esposito and Gary Laevsky ...

Evidence review examines both benefits and harms for lung cancer screening

Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, NC -- A comprehensive review by University of North Carolina researchers and ...

New lung cancer screening recommendation expands access but may not address inequities

Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, NC -- Calling the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's newly released recommendation ...

Study finds increased risk of death among breast cancer patients who drink sugar-sweetened soda

Women who reported drinking non-diet soda five times or more per week were 85% more likely to die from breast ...

JNCCN: New evidence on need to address muscle health among patients with cancer

Results of new study underscore the need for the development and testing of nutrition and fitness interventions, as muscle quality ...

NIH scientists use human cerebral organoid to test drug for deadly brain disease

Credit: NIAID WHAT: Approximately two years after establishing a human cerebral organoid system to study Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), National Institutes ...

Insilico’s Chemistry42 AI system integrated into UCB’s drug discovery programs

Insilico Medicine announces that UCB will integrate its AI-based system for de novo molecular design, Chemistry42™, into its drug discovery ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused changes to people’s wellbeing around the world

A decrease in physical activity during the pandemic was associated with poorer perceived physical and mental healthCredit: University of Jyväskylä ...

New therapeutic approach discovered for reducing the risk of thrombosis