Category: 4. Health

Professor Bryan Fry from UQ’s School of the Environment led a team which assessed the blood-clotting toxins in venoms from every Australian brown snake species.

“We discovered not all brown-snake venoms are the same – meaning that lifesaving antivenom may need an urgent upgrade,” Professor Fry said.

“Some venoms…

Some ease into their 90s with mind and body intact, while others battle diabetes, Alzheimer’s or mobility issues decades earlier. Some can withstand a bad fall or bout of the flu with ease, while others never leave the hospital again.

New University of Colorado Boulder-led research, published this month in the journal Nature Genetics, sheds light on why that is.

In it, an international team of co-authors identify more than 400 genes…

New research presented at the American Society of Nutrition’s 2025 annual meeting has shown that eating more or fewer sweet-tasting foods is unlikely to change your preference for sweets.

The study included a six-month randomized controlled trial that involved three groups of about 60 individuals each. One group was given a diet of mostly sweets, one group was given a less-sweet diet, and the third group was given a mix of sweet and less-sweet foods….

How can cannabis oil improve wound healing compared to medications like antibiotics? This is what a recent study published in Narra J hopes to address as a team of researchers from Indonesia investigated the effects of hemp seed oil on wound healing compared to medications. This study has the potential to help researchers, medical professionals, legislators, and the public better understand the health benefits of cannabis oil compared to…

America’s generic drug market is one of our greatest health policy successes. Today, 91% of all prescriptions in the U.S. are filled with generics. That dominance saves patients and taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars every year—and it also drives innovation. Drugmakers know their monopoly on a new treatment will be temporary—typically only enjoying about 12-14 years of effective…

For decades, continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) were designed primarily for people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. These small, wearable devices offered these individuals round-the-clock tracking of blood sugar levels, helping them avoid dangerous highs and lows while reducing reliance on frequent, painful fingerstick tests.

But today’s CGMs have moved beyond diabetes care. Tech-forward companies now…

New research published in the European Heart Journal has shown that contracting COVID-19 is associated with accelerated blood vessel aging, especially in women.

The research was a prospective cohort study that included nearly 2,400 participants. Participants fit into one of four groups: individuals who got COVID-19 but were not hospitalized, individuals who were hospitalized in general wards with COVID-19, individuals who were hospitalized in intensive…

At least 600 Center for Disease Control and Prevention employees are receiving final termination notices this week, with at least 100 of those working in violence prevention, according to reports from NBC News. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent layoff notices to thousands of health…

Tumors adapt to their environment to avoid detection. As different cancer treatments progress, tumors mutate and become resistant. Various markers are expressed on tumors that can be used to target in cancer therapy. However, a lot of these markers can also be expressed on healthy tissues. Treatments that target markers on both tumors and healthy cells result in off-target affects. Some therapies have been developed to target markers specifically on tumor…

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the joints. Specifically, the immune system is attacking the body’s own tissues thinking they are pathogenic or deleterious. It is characterized by swelling of the synovium, which lines the joints and can cause pain and stiffness. Not only does it generate inflammation at the joints but can damage other parts of the body including the skin, eyes, lungs, blood vessels, and heart…