Category: Health Fitness

Windblown dust from the shrinking Salton Sea harms the respiratory health of children living nearby, triggering asthma, coughing, wheezing and...

A new USC study involving 8,500 children from across the country reveals that a form of air pollution, largely the...

A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has discovered that a group of cells located in the...

Is the floating freshwater fern commonly called Carolina azolla the potential answer to global food insecurity or a possible threat...

A low-sugar diet in utero and in the first two years of life can meaningfully reduce the risk of chronic...

Macrophage cells are the immune system's frontline soldiers, early on the scene to protect the body from foreign invaders. These...

While many people believe that poor sleep during pregnancy is inevitable, new research has determined that cognitive behavioral therapy for...

After a heart attack, aging adults face double or triple the risk of life-threatening complications -- like a debilitating stroke...

In a recent study, an international research team with significant involvement from MedUni Vienna has investigated how nanoplastic particles deposited...

Researchers from the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, in collaboration with The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, reveal...

Discoveries that impact lifespan and healthspan in fruit flies are usually tested in mice before being considered potentially relevant in...

Published in JAMA Network Open, a collaborative team of researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School, Stanford University, Beth...

A genetic signature in newborns can predict neonatal sepsis before symptoms even start to show, according to a new study....

A recent commentary published in The Lancet journal highlights the critical importance of skeletal muscle mass in the context of...

You have likely not spent much time thinking about the uterus of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. But then, neither...

At one point or another, you may have gone online looking for a specific bit of information and found yourself...

It feels like narcissism is everywhere these days: politics, movies and TV, sports, social media. You might even see signs...

Ever had an itchy nose or, worse, an unreachable spot on your back that drives you mad? Now imagine an...

Asthma is currently an incurable disease that severely impairs quality of life, with recurring symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, and...

Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have created a portable device that can detect colorectal and prostate...

Approximately 71 to 95 million people in the Lower 48 states -- more than 20% of the country's population --...

What keeps some immune systems youthful and effective in warding off age-related diseases? In a new paper published in Cellular...

How long a person can stand -- on one leg -- is a more telltale measure of aging than changes...

Cutting off cancer cells' access to fat may help a specific type of cancer treatment work more effectively, reports a...

A new study has found that after watching a docudrama about the efforts to free a wrongly convicted prisoner on...

Eight cities in the United States have implemented taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, which contribute to health issues including obesity and...

A new UC Davis MIND Institute study offers critical insights into Rett syndrome, a rare genetic condition that affects mostly...

Finding sound strategies to meet the growing demand for primary care, especially in underserved areas, is an ongoing public health...

A species of tropical butterfly with unusually expanded brain structures display a fascinating mosaic pattern of neural expansion linked to...

Researchers from Tampere University, Finland, and Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey, have developed an in vitro cancer model to investigate...

A new University of Maryland-led discovery could spur the development of new and improved treatments for Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS),...

McMaster University researchers have discovered a previously unknown cell-protecting function of a protein, which could open new avenues for treating...

If you've ever struggled to reduce your carb intake, ancient DNA might be to blame. It has long been known...

Increased risk for autism appears to be linked to the Y chromosome, a Geisinger study found, offering a new explanation...

A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded clinical trial of an mpox vaccine in adolescents found it was safe and generated...

How do we distinguish threat from safety? It's a question important not just in our daily lives, but for human...

Food allergies are a major health problem worldwide. In some countries, up to 10% of the population is affected, mainly...

The influence of climate change on migration, both current and future, has garnered significant attention from the public and policymakers...

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- also known as ADHD -- is typically thought of as a childhood condition. But more adults...

For the first time, researchers have linked specific frequent defects in sperm to risk of pregnancy complications and negative impacts...

Researchers at the University of Dundee have revealed in the greatest detail yet the workings of molecules called 'protein degraders'...

In a new study, UCLA Health researchers have found that motor delay and low muscle tone were common signs of...

In 1898, two male lions terrorized an encampment of bridge builders on the Tsavo River in Kenya. The lions, which...

A person's facial expression provides crucial information for us to recognize their emotions. But there's much more to this process...

In pioneering drug development, the new technology that enables the easy and rapid editing of key atoms responsible for drug...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of hospitalization in young children due to respiratory complications such as bronchiolitis...

Skin pigmentation may act as a "sponge" for some medications, potentially influencing the speed with which active drugs reach their...

Cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD) is a rare progressive, genetic brain disease that primarily presents in young boys, causing loss of neurological...

A new study has found some cancers to be slightly more frequent in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) than in...

Male fruit flies have several tricks for finding a mate, from sensing pheromones in the dark to relying on visual...

A research team led by the University of California, Irvine has engineered an efficient new enzyme that can produce a...

As tools powered by artificial intelligence increasingly make their way into health care, the latest research from UC Santa Cruz...

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the University of California, Santa Cruz, have discovered the secret to regulating our internal...

Environmental phenols are found in a wide range of common consumer products. They include preservatives in packaged foods, parabens in...

Organ transplantation is an incredible medical accomplishment that unfortunately still presents significant unsolved challenges, including rejection by the body's immune...

In the first study to report real-world outcomes from ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel), a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T therapy for multiple...

In new research, a team led by University of Cincinnati researchers has identified a potential new way to make radiation...

A research team from the University of California, Irvine is the first to reveal that a molecule in the brain...

Researchers at Virginia Tech are using wrist-worn voice recorders to capture real-world data to better understand what happens when people...

A new study by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine -- Phoenix and the University of California...

Rehearsing alternative outcomes of discarding through imagery rescripting shows promise as a treatment strategy for people who hoard, a study...

University of Rochester researchers have demonstrated a noninvasive method using BL-OG, or bioluminescent optogenetics, that harnesses light to activate neurons...

A UCLA research team has created the Comorbid Operative Risk Evaluation (CORE) score to better account for the role chronic...

Polar sea ice is ever-changing. It shrinks, expands, moves, breaks apart, reforms in response to changing seasons, and rapid climate...

Outdoor air pollution from power plants, fires and cars continues to degrade human, animal and environmental health around the globe....

A new study documents how Southern Californians are chronically being exposed to toxic airborne chemicals called plasticizers, including one that's...

More than one-third of adults in the United States have metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that significantly raise a...

More than 200 viruses can infect and cause disease in humans; most of us will be infected by several over...

The risk of being born with a major heart defect is 36% higher in babies who were conceived after assisted...

Read the following sentence: "Donald Trump and Kamala Harris walked into the bar, she sat down at a table." We...

Transport proteins are responsible for the ongoing movement of substrates into and out of a biological cell. However, it is...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the balance of bacteria in the gut can influence symptoms of...

In 2022, nearly 619,000 global deaths due to malaria were caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent, prevalent, and deadly...

The risk of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic compared...

Glioblastoma is the most common and most aggressive primary brain tumour, with an average survival after diagnosis of less than...

The theory of indirect reciprocity holds that people who earn a good reputation by helping others are more likely to...

New research suggests that pigs may function as a transmission vehicle for a strain of the hepatitis E virus (HEV)...

Adults with hemophilia B saw their number of bleeding episodes drop by an average of 71 percent after a single...

A classic psychedelic, similar to LSD, psilocybin and mescalin, was found to activate a cell type in the brain that...

Many human medications can directly inhibit the growth and alter the function of the bacteria that constitute our gut microbiome....

Researchers have created a computer program that can unravel the mysteries of how proteins work together -- giving scientists valuable...

A study of mostly climate science believers shows just how easily information -- and misinformation -- can blur people's sense...

Cells are highly controlled spaces that rely on every protein being in the right place. Many diseases, including cancers and...

Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed the largest collection of sarcoma patient-derived organoids to date...

Researchers at Saint Louis University School of Medicine investigated differences in T-cell responses between male and female patients with lung...

One major reason why it has been difficult to develop an effective HIV vaccine is that the virus mutates very...

Fever temperatures rev up immune cell metabolism, proliferation and activity, but they also -- in a particular subset of T...

As anyone who's spent time in the saddle knows, riding a horse can be hard on your body. But can...

Oregon Health & Science University researchers have found that despite legislation in 19 states requiring insurers to cover a 12-month...

Drug overdose mortality has risen faster among adolescents than the general population in recent years, largely due to fentanyl, a...

A drug approved for treating the blood cancer multiple myeloma may offer a safe and effective way to reduce the...

People whose diet more closely resembles the MIND diet may have a lower risk of cognitive impairment, according to a...

Drug overdose is the leading cause of injury deaths in young adults in the United States, with fentanyl causing over...

The fruit flies that hover around the apples on your counter have to navigate a cluttered environment to find that...

A new study suggests that neighborhoods with fewer educational, health, environmental, and socioeconomic resources may increase one's risk for preterm...

To a group of autistic adults participating in a Rutgers study, giddiness manifests like "bees"; small moments of joy are...

Babies born to pregnant women with obesity are more likely to develop heart problems and diabetes as adults due to...

Now, a team of UBC Okanagan researchers believe they have found a way to harness the strengths of both technologies...

A drug that delivers chemotherapy directly to tumors has shown impressive activity against some of the hardest-to-reach cancer cells: those...

A Cleveland Clinic study identified key factors that can impact the long-term weight loss of patients with obesity who were...

Interim data from the Phase I dose escalation part of the mRNA cancer immunotherapy (mRNA-4359), show promise in patients with...

A groundbreaking study has made it possible to extract much more information from fingerprints as evidence than what is currently...

Adolescents who had emotional support from friends and relatives, and who were biologically prepared to respond well to others, were...

Cancer has been described as "a wound that does not heal," implying that the immune system is unable to wipe...

New findings from McGill University researchers could help clinicians understand the course of delusions in youth and young adults that...

More than a million people each year die from infections by pathogens that are resistant to antimicrobials, and the problem...

When Ilber Manavbasi attempts a tricky piano riff, he rehearses more than the notes on the page. "I practice in...

In a study from Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) and NYU Langone Perlmutter Cancer Center,...

Maryam Shanechi, the Sawchuk Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and founding director of the USC Center for Neurotechnology, and...

Conservatives and liberals may be at odds in their views on environmental issues, but a new psychology study shows that...

As Utah's Great Salt Lake shrinks, exposing more of its playa, concerns grow about the dust the dry lakebed emits....

Cognitive behavioral therapy, one of the most common treatments for depression, can teach skills for coping with everyday troubles, reinforce...

Older women struggling with urinary incontinence can benefit from regular, low-impact exercise, with yoga as well as stretching and strengthening...

Older adults who are more vulnerable to financial scams may have brain changes linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer's...

Using hypertonic saline nasal drops can reduce the length of the common cold in children by two days, according to...

Bats are considered a natural pesticide, widely relied on by farmers as an alternative to chemical pesticides to protect their...

Forget about retinol night creams, researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) believe travel could be the best way to defy...

Neurosurgery is perhaps one of the most demanding professions in healthcare. Surgeons spend long hours performing operations where expert performance...

Why do some people feel itchy after a mosquito bite or exposure to an allergen like dust or pollen, while...

Severe injuries to the spinal cord damage nerve cells, disrupt communication with the brain and rest of the body, and...

More hospitals and clinics now offer patients ketamine therapy for severe depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions...

The invention of a tool capable of unlocking previously impossible organic chemical reactions has opened new pathways in the pharmaceutical...

A national survey in the UK conducted as part of University of Exeter research has found huge variation in treatment...

Cities in the Global South are more exposed to extreme heat because they lack cooling green spaces, new research shows....

Wearable, long-term continuous heart monitors helped identify 52% more cases of atrial fibrillation compared to usual care, but that did...

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children's Hospital have found a new method to increase...

Tuberculosis is a confounding scourge. It's the leading cause of death from infectious disease in the world, and yet it's...

A recent study finds that hope appears to be more beneficial than mindfulness at helping people manage stress and stay...

The cardiovascular safety of interrupting beta-blocker could not be shown in comparison to continuation in patients with a history of...

Facial recognition is a critical part of self-image and social interactions. In an era of advanced digital technology, we face...

Researchers used real-world clinical data to attempt to emulate a randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of two blood thinners,...

The soundtrack of this story begins with a vaguely recognizable and pleasant groove. But if I stop writing and just...

Gender nonconformity in 7-year-olds -- as measured by levels of gender-conforming play -- may be associated with autistic traits and...

One in every three FDA-approved drugs targets a single superfamily of receptors dotting the surfaces of human cells. From beta...

One particular protein lies at the heart of brain development. A master regulator of gene expression, it's abundantly present in...

New methods to shape RNA molecules into circles could lead to more effective and long-lasting therapies, shows a study by...

A new study finds more than half of adults surveyed worldwide expect to be seriously harmed by their water within...

New research from Oregon Health & Science University reveals negative health consequences for people who are overweight and ignore their...

The lotus leaf is a pioneer of self-cleaning, water-repellant engineering. Water droplets all but hover on its surface, whose unique...

A study out of Michigan State University found that nondeceptive placebos, or placebos given with people fully knowing they are...

Nearly half of counties in the United States have at least one 'pharmacy desert' where there is no retail pharmacy...

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a metabolic switch in the immune system's T cells that is essential to...

The sounds babies make in their first year of life may be less random than previously believed, according to a...

Inflammation of the abdominal cavity in human fetuses resulting from a perforation of their intestine is likely to be caused...

Formerly known as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is an inflammatory disease characterized by liver scarring or fibrosis that...

University of Queensland researchers have discovered a mechanism in DNA that regulates how disease-causing mutations are inherited. Dr Anne Hahn...

In a struggle that probably sounds familiar to dieters everywhere, the less a Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) worm eats, the...

A team of researchers led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered that an antioxidant found in rosemary extract...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown for the first time how and why the depletion of microbes...

Whether dialysis is the best option for kidney failure and, if so, when to start, may deserve more careful consideration,...

We know that quality sleep is as essential to survival as food and water. Yet, despite spending a third of...

A technique that uses videos and machine learning to quantify motor symptoms in early-stage Parkinson's disease could help reveal signs...

Inherited diseases of metabolism and immunity have more in common than previously recognized, according to a new study published in...

Hamza Memon and Nicholas Panzo, students at Texas A&M University School of Engineering Medicine (ENMED), are leading an innovative project...

Moffitt Cancer Center researchers have developed a novel reagent that enhances the precision of drug synthesis. This innovative method, published...

A tiny battery designed by MIT engineers could enable the deployment of cell-sized, autonomous robots for drug delivery within in...

With new medications on the market or in the works for Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia, a new...

In humans, the process of learning is driven by different groups of cells in the brain firing together. For instance,...

A mathematical framework that builds on the economic theory of hidden-action models provides insight into how the unobservable nature of...

Millions of patients worldwide suffer from a chronic itching condition with no identifiable cause -- a condition known as chronic...

New research co-led by experts at Mass General Brigham found that brain scans can detect consciousness in some patients with...

In a new study, researchers synthesised data from 206,873 people across 47 studies, finding that digital health tools -- like...

A new technique developed by McGill researchers for mechanically manipulating stem cells could lead to new stem cell treatments, which...

Cell-cell adhesion-induced patterning in keratinocytes can be explained by just starvation and strong adhesion, Hokkaido University researchers find. Fingerprints are...

Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Seattle Children's and the Children's Oncology Group (COG) have identified novel genetic variations...

A "loopy" discovery in bacteria is raising fundamental questions about the makeup of our own genome -- and revealing a...

Gene therapy could potentially cure genetic diseases but it remains a challenge to package and deliver new genes to specific...

A new UC Riverside study demonstrates that calorie restriction doesn't deter mice from exercising, challenging the belief that dieting drains...

Early-stage trials in Alzheimer's disease patients and studies in mouse models of the disease have suggested positive impacts on pathology...

While seeking to unravel how marine algae create their chemically complex toxins, scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of...

A discovery by a three-member Albert Einstein College of Medicine research team may boost the effectiveness of stem-cell transplants, commonly...

Researchers have developed an inexpensive bandage that uses an electric field to promote healing in chronic wounds. In animal testing,...

Growing functional human organs outside the body is a long-sought "holy grail" of organ transplantation medicine that remains elusive. New...

Everyone gets sleepy at work from time to time, especially after a big lunch. But for people whose jobs involve...

By recruiting the immune system to combat tumor cells, immunotherapy has improved survival rates, offering hope to millions of cancer...

To effectively treat a disease or disorder, doctors must first know the root cause. Such is the case for developmental...

A team of researchers, led by the University of Houston, has discovered two new ways of preventing and treating respiratory...

A study of horses -- which share many important similarities with humans in their chromosomes and pregnancies -- revealed that...

If you enjoy a bowl of plain yogurt in the morning, adding a spoonful of honey is a delicious way...

Injuries, infection and inflammatory diseases that damage the spinal cord can lead to intractable pain and disability. Some degree of...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a novel compound that effectively clears bacterial infections...

Researchers at the University of Liège (Belgium) have discovered a new population of macrophages, important innate immune cells that populate...

In a new review paper, researchers from the Universities of Arizona, Oxford and Leeds analyzed dozens of previous studies into...

Patrick Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP, the Yeargan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics at the UNC School of Medicine, and researchers...

Known for their role in allergic reactions, mast cells have long been recognised as key players in our immune system....

Snacks provide, on average, about one-fourth of most people's daily calories. With nearly one in three adults in the United...

New research suggests that an El Niño event may have aided the establishment and spread of a novel cholera strain...

A lesser-known cannabinoid that is gaining in popularity Cannabigerol (CBG) effectively reduced anxiety in a clinical trial without the intoxication...

People from different cultures show both similarities and differences in how body appreciation, sociocultural pressure, and internalization of thin ideals...

Lung diseases kill millions of people around the world each year. Treatment options are limited, and animal models for studying...

Research conducted at the University of Gothenburg shows that the physical activities we do as we go about our lives,...

Physician-scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine have uncovered significant findings regarding the...

A research team led by UC San Diego has, for the first time, shown that a wearable, non-invasive device can...

A new paper surveying advances in diabetes pathogenesis and treatment explores the complex factors contributing to the onset and progression...

Researchers at UCLA Health uncovered new information about the role inflammation plays in mitigating liver fibrosis, which is associated with...

Doctors and others who take care of hospitalized patients may want to sit down for this piece of news. A...

The accumulation of pathological proteins is a hallmark of several neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia and Parkinson's disease....

In November 2021, Northwestern University researchers introduced an injectable new therapy, which harnessed fast-moving "dancing molecules," to repair tissues and...

A new study brings researchers closer to better understanding the pathology of the fatty liver disease MASH, which stands for...

An experimental drug originally developed to treat cancer may help clear HIV from infected cells in the brain, according to...