Medical News

(University of Illinois at Chicago) "Sex and Covid-19: A protective role for reproductive steroids," by Graziano Pinna, research associate professor in psychiatry, analyzes existing research to look at reasons why COVID-...

Do pandemic-spurred lockdowns hurt our ability to develop a healthy immune system? Maybe. But health experts say there are ways to combat potential negative effects.

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research is honored to announce that the Association of Cannabis Specialists (ACS) has named Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research their Official Jou...

(University of Sydney) An international team of human- and animal health experts has incorporated environmental, social and economic considerations -- including air transit centrality - to identify key areas at risk of l...

(Purdue University) Jessica Huber, a professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and associate dean for research in Purdue's College of Health and Human Sciences, leads Purdue's Motor Speech Lab. Huber and her te...

(Children's National Hospital) A recent study evaluating the use of force by police against children found that Black and Hispanic adolescents are significantly more likely to die from shootings related to police interve...

(University of Miami Miller School of Medicine) In a paper published in the journal of Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, physicians from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medic...

(Université de Genève) An interdisciplinary team from the University of Geneva and the ETH Zürich spin-off Meteodat investigated possible interactions between acutely elevated levels of fine particulate matter and the...

(University of Birmingham) Increased consumption of flavanols - a group of molecules which occur naturally in fruit and vegetables - can increase your mental agility, according to new research at the University of Birmin...

(University of Cincinnati) University of Cincinnati researchers have discovered new clues into why some people with head and neck cancer respond to immunotherapy, while others don't.

(Cleveland Clinic) Cleveland Clinic is the first hospital in the world to use a recently FDA-approved ablation technology that can destroy large liver tumors. The minimally invasive procedure uses a single needle connect...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) In-hospital cardiac arrests (IHCA) represent catastrophic and often terminal events. Despite investments to improve the quality of resuscitation efforts, fewer than 25% of a...

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau) The brains of healthy adults recovered faster from a mild vascular challenge and performed better on complex tests if the participants consumed cocoa flavanols be...

(Penn State) Penn State research found that people who ate dried fruit were generally healthier than those who did not, and on days when people ate dried fruit they consumed greater amounts of some key nutrients than on ...

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Medical mistrust is one reason why African American patients are more likely to have regrets about their choice of treatment for prostate cancer, suggests a study in The Journal of Urology®, Offi...

(Boston University School of Medicine) Medicaid expansion through the Affordable Care Act has insured millions of low-income people in the United States, improving outcomes for patients with many different diseases. But ...

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Orthopaedic surgery techniques for treatment of recurrent shoulder instability are effective, but prone to problems with nonunion of bone grafts held in place by screws alone. A new technique - bo...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) During the COVID-19 pandemic, most science and medical faculty began working from home, with women reporting a significant decrease in manuscript submissions. Women also ...

(University of Tsukuba) Researchers at the University of Tsukuba find that blind soccer players rotate their heads downward when trapping an incoming pass. This work may lead to an improved understanding of the sensory c...

(eLife ) A hormone that can suppress food intake and increase the feeling of fullness in mice has shown similar results in humans and non-human primates, says a new study published today in eLife.

(Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative) Thirteen African countries and an international network of research institutions have joined forces to launch the largest COVID-19 clinical trial in mild-to-moderate outpatients ...

(American Heart Association) The more waking hours older women spend sitting or lying down, the more likely they are to require hospitalization for heart failure.The association between sedentary hours and heart failure ...