Category: 6. Health

While the economics of using mealworms for sourcing bulk protein have proved challenging, it turns out that they are uniquely well-suited to producing a far more lucrative product: vitamin D3, says French startup Nutriearth.

There…

Antiviral prescribing for children with increased risk for severe influenza declined during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the prepandemic period, despite unchanged treatment guidelines, researchers reported last…

At first glance, teeth look a lot like bones: Both are hard, white and rich in calcium. So why aren’t teeth considered part of the skeletal system? Even though teeth and bones share a few basic similarities, they’re actually quite different.

The…

Luc Teyton, professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at Scripps Research, has received a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to help…

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) emerged in the US about 15 years ago as an exciting class of cancer treatments that have achieved complete and durable remissions for thousands of people with end-stage metastatic cancers….

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a cardiac disorder in which the chambers of the heart beat rapidly and irregularly. It’s the most common type of arrhythmia and the leading cardiac cause of stroke. 

While several treatments-ranging…

Pharmacy Times: What are the key differences in management strategies for primary ovarian insufficiency versus natural menopause, and why do they matter?

Cynthia A. Stuenkel, MD, MSCP: I think that’s a really important question, because women…

In the quest for more targeted lung cancer treatments, a researcher at the University of Missouri thinks the solution may lie in tiny bubble-shaped packages that cells use to talk to each other.

These microscopic messengers, called…