Category: 6. Health

Gut microbes may play a key role in training a mother’s immune system to adapt to the developing fetus during pregnancy, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

The findings, published Dec. 17 in Cell, show that…

Original story from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

A simple wipe test detected invisible cancer-linked “forever chemicals” on every set of firefighter gear examined, including breathing masks.

According to new research from…

People who greet the new year with hope, ambitious plans and optimised gut microbiomes might be obnoxiously apparent at the moment, but we all know they’re a minority. Most of us lurched into 2026 catastrophically depleted and grey-faced,…

“You have to take time with the patient, listen to them, all their stories and baggage…I don’t think we have that environment here. When you have a long line of clients, you aren’t going to give everyone 30 minutes [to] 1 hour listening…

Q: What does the evidence show about the safety profile of the hepatitis B vaccine in infants, and how should pharmacists communicate this to concerned parents?
Morgan McSweeney, PhD: I understand why a lot of people aren’t quite sure what to…

The team found that Shroom3 has both helpful and harmful roles. Instead of blocking the entire protein, which could disrupt normal kidney function, they focused on separating its good and bad effects and only targeting the elimination of its bad…

Tara Fischer investigates how cells detect and repair organelle damage, and how these processes influence inflammation and the progression of neurodegenerative disease. She brings this focus to Ithaca as she begins her role as an assistant…

Ready for a reset? Recalibration could become word of the year in 2026 for a wellness sector that is growing both technical health solutions and minimalist, ritualistic approaches, and where nearly all the forecast trends have one thing in…