Category: 4. Health

Newly-minted M.D.s are among the thousands of students, trainees, teachers and exchange visitors put in limbo after the Trump State department hit pause on new visa appointments last week, as it develops a plan to vet visa candidates’ social media. For foreign-born and educated doctors who haven’t snagged an appointment yet, the timing…

The right combination of certain species can provide up to 60% more nutrients than if someone ate the same quantity of even a highly nutritious species, according to an analysis by Cornell University researchers.

“This research hopefully highlights the importance of biodiversity,…

The study, which analyzed blood samples provided by 330 pregnant women from the Atlanta metropolitan area, is believed to be the first…

Scientists at UC San Francisco have discovered how pancreatic cancer cells thrive in the lungs or liver, environments that are as distinct to cells as the ocean and desert are to animals. The spread of cancer cells to organs like these often produces the very first symptoms of pancreatic cancer. But by that time, the pancreatic cancer has spread out of control.

The findings, published…

In the first part of this series, we explored how early genetic screening and gene therapy transform the lives of newborns and their families. Now, we’re taking an even earlier step: treating inherited diseases in the womb before birth. Until recently, even the most advanced gene therapies could only be given…

The abortion pill mifepristone is in the crosshairs of politics again, as plaintiffs in several high-profile court cases together with Republican lawmakers push for…

A new study published in Nature has shown that fear and the immune system are linked in previously unknown ways, with the immune system potentially influencing stress and fear behaviors.

The study used a mouse model to study communications between immune cells and brain cells, called neuroimmune interactions. The investigators found that increased crosstalk between these cells in the amygdala led to increased fear behaviors, greater inflammatory…

Coordinated by Neurocenter Finland, this major project by the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Oulu examined the prevalence of epilepsy…

The study was led by a team of researchers from Queen’s University Belfast, Edith Cowan University Perth (ECU), and the Medical University of Vienna and Universitat Wien.

The findings reveal that increasing the diversity of flavonoids within your diet…

The research, published in The Journal of Pain, is the first of its kind to ask people experiencing chronic lower back pain – in some cases for almost 40 years – about the role nature plays in any coping strategies they employ to help manage their condition.

The researchers found that people able…