Category: 6. Health

NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease, N-ERD, is associated with measurable changes in concentrations of lipid mediators involved in inflammation and pain modulation, a new study shows. Plasma concentrations of two key…

Each year, more than 340,000 women die from cervical cancer, with the majority of deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Despite being highly preventable through vaccination and early detection, the disease remains…

In the earlier days of peritoneal dialysis (PD), avoiding magnesium overload was one of the major concerns in the dialysis community, primarily due to the potentially severe adverse events observed in patients with uncontrolled serum magnesium…

New research proves that the gut bacterium Bifidobacterium breve in pregnant women regulates the placenta’s hormone production, which is essential for a healthy pregnancy. It states that this is the first time scientists have shown this link….

Owlstone Medical (“Owlstone”), the global leader in Breath Biopsy^® for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, today announced that it has won an award of up to $49.1 million from the Advanced Research…

RECENT evidence has revealed a complex and time-dependent association between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a large UK cohort study. Individuals with documented TBI showed a higher…

As there are few studies describing mental health in separate groups of sexual and gender minorities, and as there is much less knowledge about this in adolescent populations, we wanted to estimate prevalences in data from a longitudinal…

A new study reveals that even brief class closures in Japan can widen learning gaps, with low-income boys losing the most ground in math, while strong teachers help bridge the divide. 

Study: Do class closures affect students’…

A team of researchers from Concordia University and McGill University has developed a “lab-on-a-chip” device that models how Alzheimer’s disease advances in the brain.

The microfluidic platform allows scientists to study how microglia…