Current treatment options for the parasitic disease leishmaniasis are largely ineffective, expensive, and tend to be plagued by resistant parasites…
Media coverage of disasters can have lasting effects on children’s mental health
Disaster communication experts say disaster media coverage can have lasting effects on children’s mental health and suggest teachers and parents…
What can a snowflake teach us about how cancer spreads in the body?
What can seashells, lightning and the coastline of Britain teach us about new drugs for cancer? The answer, according to…
Hazelnuts improve older adults’ micronutrient levels, study shows
Older adults who added hazelnuts to their diet for a few months significantly improved their levels of two key micronutrients.
Kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury suitable for transplant
Organ procurement teams are sometimes leery of accepting kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury (AKI), fearing they will…
New imaging tools that trace key breast cancer enzymes may help guide therapies
A set of emerging diagnostic tools may help identify breast cancer patients who are most likely to benefit from therapies…
What does expanded Medicaid mean for the health and work lives of enrollees? A lot
A new study could help states that will soon expand Medicaid, or may add a work requirement, understand what might…
Newly identified T cells could play a role in cancer and other diseases
Researchers have identified a new type of T cell called a phospholipid-reactive T cell that is able to recognize phospholipids,…
What sets primates apart from other mammals?
Researchers have discovered information about a gene that sets primates — great apes and humans — apart from other mammals,…
Performance on exercise test predicts risk of death from cardiovascular disease and cancer
Performance on an exercise test predicts the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other causes, a new study…