Category: 6. Health

Physician Lauren Hughes was heading to see patients at a clinic about 20 miles from her Denver home in February when another driver T-boned her Subaru, totaling it. She was taken by ambulance to the closest hospital, Platte Valley…

Breakthrough research shows the brain doesn’t drift into sleep gradually; it hits a sudden “tipping point.” Discover how scientists pinpoint the second your brain shuts down each night

A NATIONWIDE cohort study has revealed that adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in midlife and old age face a significantly increased risk of developing very late-onset schizophrenia. The research, conducted in Israel, followed nearly…

Next time you’re tempted to raid the pantry for snacks loaded with saturated fat — especially in winter — you might want to consider that the result could be cravings for more high-calorie nibbles.

That’s because, from the…

At IDWeek 2025, held on 19-22 October, Xue Meng from ST Pharm presented results from a proof of concept clinical trial for ST Pharm’s investigational human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) allosteric…

Introduction

Air pollution is a major public health challenge faced by cities worldwide. It is characterized by the presence of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and carbon monoxide, and has emerged as…

Peripheral afferent neurons — nerves that send signals from all areas of the body to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) — are known to infiltrate and grow within malignant bone tumors called osteosarcomas, often…

Getting sick with the flu or COVID-19 raises the risk of heart attack or stroke in the following weeks, according to a new analysis that maps how viruses can affect heart health.

Researchers have long known that viruses such as human…