Category: 6. Health

Scientists think a very common childhood infection may be linked to bladder cancer — and now, they’re figuring out the chain reaction that connects the two diseases.

It’s known that people who get kidney transplants are three times more likely…

Researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a small molecule that can inhibit a cancer-driving protein long considered impossible to target with drugs – a discovery that could open the door…

Washington State University researchers have discovered how a neural circuit – or a connection between two brain regions – drives relapse after opioid use, a finding that could lead to more effective treatments for opioid use…

A new study suggests that drinking a moderate amount of coffee each day may help slow the early aging often seen in people with major psychiatric disorders.

Researchers found that adults with conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and…

Dave Runkel went to his primary care physician with a problem: the 36-year-old engineer was passing blood. He was a Navy vet living in South Carolina with a career that required frequent overseas travel. His wife also worked full-time, and…

Preliminary results of a nationwide study suggest that the disinfectant used to treat water before it is distributed through pipes may impact the incidence of Legionnaire’s disease in certain parts of the country. The findings will…

McGill University researchers have identified a brain function that helps explain why childhood stress raises metabolic health risks for some women later in life.

A new study found that variations in the brain’s insulin receptor…

In a major step towards a precision therapy for Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection, researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have uncovered how the body’s bile acids bind to block C. diff‘s most dangerous…

Cancer survival might depend on what time of day you get your treatment, a new study says.

Lung cancer patients who received IV immunotherapy doses earlier in the day tended to live longer, researchers wrote in a study published online Monday…