Category: 4. Health

The National Institutes of Health-supported study, published in Cell Stem Cell,…

The discovery could reshape how medicines are designed, delivered and administered. Currently, complex and large-molecule drugs for hard-to-treat cancers and other diseases cannot be administered as a pill and easily absorbed into…

The study — which took place in mice and was published in PLOS Pathogens — used a mouse model to examine how the body reacts to the parasite’s eggs, which trigger an immune response if they make their way into tissues and organs.

The researchers found that the…

The molecule in question is a carbene, a type of carbon atom with only six valence electrons. Generally, carbon is stable with eight electrons around it. With only six electrons, it is chemically unstable and highly…

More than a decade after the Ice Bucket Challenge flooded social media with footage of people getting drenched in freezing water for a good cause, the viral craze is back — this time to raise awareness and funds for mental health.

The original Ice Bucket Challenge made a huge splash in 2024, as everyday people, celebrities,…

Autism is more common than ever before, a new report suggests.

As of 2022, about 1 in 31 children in the United States were diagnosed with autism by the time they were 8 years old, researchers reported online April 15 in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Previous studies had put the number at 1 in 36 in 2020 and 1 in 150 in 2000. 

Many researchers view the report as a better reflection of the true rate of autism and an…

Congressional Republicans need to cut federal spending by hundreds of billions annually to extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, add a few more, and fund several new White House spending priorities. Trump wants all this done in one “big, beautiful bill.” If their slim…

Colorado has long been known as a haven for gender-affirming care, which the state considers legally protected and an essential health insurance benefit. Medical exiles have moved to Colorado for such treatment in the past few years.

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New research from the University of Sydney links fatty, sugary diets to impaired brain function. The findings build on a growing body of evidence showing the negative impact of high-fat, high-sugar (HFHS) diets on cognitive ability, adding to their well-known physical…

Chris Vogelsang has had a long and terrible fight with cancer.

Fourteen years ago, the 70-year-old man was first diagnosed with…