Medical News

(University of Georgia) Fish oil supplements are a billion-dollar industry built on a foundation of purported, but not proven, health benefits. Now, new research from a team led by a University of Georgia scientist indic...

(Environmental Working Group) A food preservative used to prolong the shelf life of Pop-Tarts, Rice Krispies Treats, Cheez-Its and almost 1,250 other popular processed foods may harm the immune system, according to a new...

At-home colonoscopy alternatives are gaining popularity. Here's what to consider.

(University of California - San Diego) UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers report that opioid users who participated in a 12-step abstinence program and recently stopped using drugs refused to take home naloxone,...

(University of Münster) A German-American research team has succeeded in converting flat nitrogen-containing molecules into three-dimensional structures. These now significantly expand the range of molecules that chemis...

(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers found that mice lacking the circadian clock gene called Rev-erb in the brain show characteristics similar to those of human dawn phenomenon in type2 diabetes.

(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) A new study conducted at the Galveston National Laboratory at the The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) has shown substantial benefit to combining mo...

(Karolinska Institutet) Cholinesterase inhibitors are a group of drugs recommended for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, but their effects on cognition have been debated and few studies have investigated their long-t...

(Ecological Society of America) The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce its 2021 Fellows and Early Career Fellows. The Society's fellowship program recognizes the many ways in which its members con...

(The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth) A team of researchers at Geisel, led by Glyn Elwyn, MD, PhD, MSc, has received a $2.1 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to develop a ...

(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) Treatments for a rare retinal disease may be on the horizon after a new study identifies gene variants that cause a metabolic deficiency in the eye.

(The U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP)) As concern has grown over COVID-19 variants and their implications for how well COVID-19 vaccines will protect against the virus, researchers have proposed a method to exam...

(Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care) IQWiG publishes new version of its General Methods - English translation now availableNew features include the investigation of volume-outcome relationships and diffe...

(Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science) How different are men and women's brains? The question has been explored for decades, but a new study led by Rosalind Franklin University neuroscientist Lise Eliot i...

(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) In an article published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers use mathematical modeling to help explain why CAR T cells work in some ...

(National Comprehensive Cancer Network) New recommendations to advance racial equity, mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on cancer care, and ongoing strategies for preventing and controlling HPV-associated cancers led the ...

(University of Massachusetts Lowell) The University of Massachusetts Lowell, in collaboration with AIDS United, and the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH) at Boston University's School of Social Work (...

(Institut national de la recherche scientifique - INRS) The project of Professor Geneviève Bordeleau, from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), received financial support from the Quebec government...

(British Heart Foundation) Scientists have identified new genetic clues in people who've had small and often apparently 'silent' strokes that are difficult to treat and a major cause of vascular dementia, according to re...

(George Mason University) A new George Mason University College of Health and Human Services study is one of first individual-level studies to track movements and symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Janusz Wojtusi...

(University of Gothenburg) Colorectal cancer risk does not rise after bariatric surgery, a study from the University of Gothenburg shows. This finding is important for patients with obesity, and their healthcare professi...

(University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry) A pediatric heart transplant procedure pioneered by Canadian doctors--once deemed impossible--has been shown to be at least as effective as the traditional approach...