Obesity and metabolic disorders are increasingly significant global public health issues. In a novel study, a team of dermatologists evaluated
Month: May 2024
Dispelling severe ‘morning sickness’ myths: It’s not normal or harmless, but prevention and treatment might be on the way
Late last year, geneticist Marlena Fejzo and colleagues made the discovery that morning sickness’s most serious presentation, hyperemesis gravidarum (HG),
Flicker stimulation shines in clinical trial for epilepsy
Biomedical engineer Annabelle Singer has spent the past decade developing a noninvasive therapy for Alzheimer’s disease that uses flickering lights
Sweet move: a modified sugar enhances antisense oligonucleotide safety and efficacy
Diseases that affect the brain and spinal cord can be particularly devastating, and finding new and more effective ways to
Century-old vaccine protects type 1 diabetics from infectious diseases
In new research, investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) show that the 100-year-old Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, originally developed to
New method for diagnosing sleep disorders in children
Research at the University of Oklahoma, in collaboration with The University of Tulsa, has resulted in a new method of
What factors predict when older adults will stop driving?
What factors lead older adults to stop driving? A new study followed older adults who had no memory or thinking
Health and economic benefits of breastfeeding quantified
Breastmilk can promote equitable child health and save healthcare costs by reducing childhood illnesses and healthcare utilization in the early
Brain connectivity patterns differ in infants at familial risk for autism
A study co-led by researchers at UCLA Health has found distinct brain connectivity patterns in six-week-old infants at risk for
Can diet help with advanced breast cancer? All indications are positive
Women with breast cancer who exclusively ate a whole-foods, plant-based diet lost weight, improved cholesterol levels and other key metabolic