Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine awarded $1.5 million from NIH to use advanced imaging to assess bone loss after bariatric surgery
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – May 30, 2024 – Researchers at Wake Forest University of School of Medicine have received a five-year, $1.5...
Researchers identify factors that heighten risk for catheter-associated urinary tract infections and sepsis
Urinary catheters are required for nearly every surgical procedure. However, a major challenge for the health care industry is predicting...
How community stress affects Black Americans’ mental health and wellbeing
URBANA, Illinois – Residential segregation is an example of the long history of structural racism in the United States. Black...
Virginia Tech scientists develop visual tool to help people group foods based on their levels of processing
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists studying ultra-processed foods have created a new tool for assessing the rewarding and...
Human cervix modeled in microfluidic organ chip fills key women’s health gap
Human cervix modeled in microfluidic organ chip fills key women's health gapCredit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University Human cervix modeled...
Reexamining misinformation: How unflagged, factual content drives vaccine hesitancy
What threatens public health more, a deliberately false Facebook post about tracking microchips in the COVID-19 vaccine that is flagged...
Novel virus identified in zebrafish from the pet trade causes disease in laboratory fish
Zebrafish in the pet trade are asymptomatic carriers of previously undescribed microbes, including a novel virus that causes hemorrhaging in...
Banners backfire: Misinformation impact on search results
ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell University researchers have found in a public health emergency, most people pick out and click on...
What’s keeping you up at night? Could ultra-processed foods be associated with your insomnia?
Philadelphia, May 30, 2024 – Ultra-processed foods (UPF) may be associated with the insomnia experienced by an estimated one third...
CHOP researchers develop easy-to-use screening tool to help improve family access to federal nutrition programs
Philadelphia, May 30, 2024 – Researchers from The Possibilities Project and Clinical Futures at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) developed,...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Warm seawater speeding up melting of ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ scientists warn
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Probiotics during pregnancy shown to help moms and babies