Mass General Brigham-developed system achieved high accuracy in validation studies, prompting release on open source to enable further investigations A team of Mass General Brigham researchers has developed one of the first…
A multidisciplinary team has uncovered a key mechanism that allows the human bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae—responsible for atypical pneumonia and other respiratory infections—to obtain cholesterol and other essential lipids directly from the human body.…
Limited time, financial constraints, neighborhood factors and weight stigma impact efforts to prevent and treat obesity, especially among people in lower-income communities, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement More…
Women and people with anxiety are both prone to low confidence in their own abilities, but a new study by University College London (UCL) researchers has found that the two groups are prone…
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common type of pancreatic cancer and begins in the cells lining the pancreatic duct. Accounting for more than 90% of all pancreatic cancers, PDAC is…
Health and medicine is more than just biological – societal forces can get under your skin and cause illness. Medical sociologists like me study these forces by treating society itself as our…
With a new study in the journal Science Bulletin, researchers at Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University have discovered a new way that aggressive breast cancer cells escape the immune defenses. This…
Here’s the bottom-line advice from the Center for Food as Medicine and Longevity. To be extra safe: NEVER drink any water onboard that isn’t in a sealed bottle. Do not drink coffee…
The human brain is constantly processing information that unfolds at different speeds – from split-second reactions to sudden environmental changes to slower, more reflective processes such as understanding context or meaning. A…
Study of 12.6 million births shows 36% jump in past decade Gestational diabetes raises health risks for both mother and baby From 2016 to 2024, rates rose in every racial and ethnic…
