Category: 5. Health

The lack of air-quality monitoring capabilities across the U.S. affects the health of millions of people and disproportionately impacts minority and low socioeconomic-status communities, say researchers in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters. Motivated by a new U.S. Environmental… Continue Reading

Thousands of children with severe developmental disorders have benefited from more targeted treatments and support with genetic insights from the large-scale Deciphering Developmental Disorders (DDD) study, finds a new study. Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Royal Devon… Continue Reading

Hormone-driven cancers, like those of the breast and prostate, often rely on a tricky-to-target protein called Forkhead box protein 1 (FOXA1). FOXA1 mutations can enable these types of cancers to grow and proliferate. Today, FOXA1 is notoriously difficult to block with drugs — but that may soon… Continue Reading

Alzheimer’s disease may damage the brain in two distinct phases, based on new research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) using sophisticated brain mapping tools. According to researchers who discovered this new view, the first, early phase happens slowly and silently — before… Continue Reading

Distinct immune “signatures” in patients who develop adverse events while taking immunotherapy for cancer may help oncologists identify patients at risk and treat them early to prevent serious side effects, suggests a study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its… Continue Reading

Low-angle view of logo on facade of personal genomics company 23AndMe in the Silicon Valley town of … [+] Mountain View, California, October 28, 2018. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Getty Images Amid financial challenges, DNA testing company 23andMe is reportedly exploring a… Continue Reading

Walgreens “footprint optimization program” will close 1,200 U.S. stores cover the next three years, … [+] including approximately 500 closures in fiscal 2025, the company said Oct. 15, 2024. In this photo is a sign in front of a Walgreens store in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, US, on… Continue Reading

UnitedHealth Group Inc. headquarters stands in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S., on Wednesday, March 9, … [+] 2016. Photographer: Mike Bradley/Bloomberg © 2016 Bloomberg Finance LP UnitedHealth Group reported $6 billion in third quarter earnings thanks to its diversified portfolio of health… Continue Reading

Alchemy founders Sid Viswanathan (left), Susie Crowe and Peter Park Alchemy Alchemy, which sets up pharmacies in community clinics, said that it had raised $31 million from Andreessen Horowitz and Magic Johnson for expansion. Sid Viswanathan, cofounder of tech-enabled pharmacy Truepill, which… Continue Reading

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder — also known as ADHD — is typically thought of as a childhood condition. But more adults are realizing that their struggles with attention, focus and restlessness could in fact be undiagnosed ADHD, thanks in large part to trending social media videos… Continue Reading