New research on a cytokine called IL-17 adds to growing evidence that immune molecules can influence behavior during illness. Immune molecules called cytokines play important roles in the body’s defense against infection,…
Rutgers Health researchers find 7 million adolescents face severe obstacles to abortion access More than 7 million American adolescent girls ages 13 to 17 live in states with abortion bans, restrictive gestational…
Nearly every person who dies by suicide visits a doctor’s office within a year of their death. A new body of research suggests that by adopting a specific protocol, health systems can…
A pan-Canadian team has developed a new way to quickly find personalized treatments for young cancer patients, by growing their tumours in chicken eggs and analyzing their proteins. The team, led by…
A recent study from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health reveals significant racial and sex disparities in drug overdose mortality rates. The research found that both Black men and Black women…
Alarming numbers of newly diagnosed patients stop taking meds within a year Nearly 40% of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes imperil their health by stopping their medication within the first year,…
As of the end of 2023, nearly 40 million people worldwide were living with HIV, including approximately 1.2 million in the United States. In the same year, about 630,000 people globally died…
Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid found in seed oils such as soybean and safflower oil, and animal products including pork and eggs, specifically enhances the growth of the hard-to-treat “triple negative”…
Cardiac deaths increase significantly during compound heatwaves—heatwaves where temperatures are elevated both during the day and overnight—according to a new study in JACC, the flagship journal of the American College of Cardiology. The study…
A study published today in the American Journal of Gastroenterology reveals significant disparities in healthcare utilization among racial and ethnic groups with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the United States. The research, funded by…