Category: 5. Health

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis have identified clinical and genetic predictors of multiply recurrent meningiomas (MRMs), a most aggressive form of this common brain tumor. Published in Science Advances, the study opens new… Continue Reading

Researchers at the University of Freiburg have studied what happens immediately after a stroke in the stem cell niche known as the subventricular zone, using a mouse model. This revealed a mechanism that results in fewer newborn neurons from the stem cell niche surviving after stroke, thereby… Continue Reading

New research from biologists at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences reveals that mifepristone, a drug best known for its use for ending early pregnancies, might also extend lifespan. The findings could pave the way for anti-aging treatments. Mifepristone, which is also used to… Continue Reading

Wastewater surveillance has gained attention as an effective method for monitoring regional infection trends. In July 2024, the National Action Plan for Novel Influenza, etc. included the regular implementation of wastewater surveillance during normal times, with results to be published… Continue Reading

Cancer prevalence rates varied widely across vertebrate species and generally increased with higher adult mass and decreased with longer gestation time, according to results published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). In 1977, Sir Richard… Continue Reading

Obesity is a chronic complex relapsing disease defined by abnormal and/or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. According to the WHO, at least 2.8 million people are estimated to die from obesity complications each year. Obesity in adults has more than doubled since 1990,… Continue Reading

The key to recovering from traumatic nerve injuries, like those sustained in motor vehicle accidents or gunshot wounds, may be a gene named for the land of everlasting youth in Irish folklore. In a study published today (Oct. 24) in Nature Communications, a University at Buffalo-led research… Continue Reading

After only one to three days of a whiplash injury, scientists can predict which patients will develop chronic pain based on the extent of cross ‘talk’ between two regions of the brain, and the person’s anxiety level after the injury, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. The study… Continue Reading

Researchers at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have found that, when compared to seven other anti-diabetic drugs, semaglutide, a popular diabetes and weight-loss drug, may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Alzheimer’s disease is a brain… Continue Reading

Researchers from the University of Waterloo have developed a new technology that can hold an entire course of antibiotics in one tiny dose and deliver on demand just the right amount of medication that a particular patient needs to fight an infection. This breakthrough in targeted medicine is… Continue Reading