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…
Researchers identified new drug combination that could overcome treatment resistance in acute myeloid leukemia A research team at Oregon Health & Science University has discovered a promising new drug combination that may…
Research reveals virus-drug structure, interaction in real time Study uncovers key insights about how a new class of antiviral drugs works. Cryo-EM images showed the drugs bound to herpes simplex virus (HSV)…
Knowledge graphs are a powerful tool for bringing together information from biological databases and linking what is already known about genes, diseases, treatments, molecular pathways and symptoms in a structured network. Until…
Evidence review also finds products higher in CBD than THC have almost no benefit in reducing pain A new systematic evidence review finds that cannabis products that carry relatively high levels of the psychoactive…
Can the weakened immune systems of older individuals be rejuvenated? Researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the HI-STEM* institute, and the Broad Institute have demonstrated that this is possible with…
