Practical wellness advice, breakthrough studies and public-health alerts explained by medical professionals.
Real-world data and upcoming research highlight the effectiveness of BIC/FTC/TAF switching and long-acting ART for HIV patients, with ViiV Healthcare set to present phase IIIb trial … Read more
Northwestern University has received $20 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch the AI-Driven, Rapid, Experimental Automation Machine (DREAM) Cloud Lab, a publicly accessible … Read more
A University of Iowa researcher has secured a nearly $272,000 grant to investigate blood flow in the brains of women with a history of gestational diabetes. … Read more
Babies are recommended to receive four doses of pneumococcal vaccine to build protective antibodies against severe disease, permanent disabilities, and death, according to the Children’s Hospital … Read more
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Mayo Clinic have demonstrated that heart muscle cells grown from human stem cells can safely integrate into the … Read more
Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo have surpassed 4,000 for the first time during the second-largest outbreak in history. Driven by the Bundibugyo … Read more
Open conversations about perimenopause and menopause have grown significantly in recent years, driven by influencers, direct-to-the-consumer telehealth companies marketing to women in midlife, new books, podcasts, … Read more
Recent case-control and cross-sectional studies reveal a significant statistical link between low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and acute coronary syndrome. Researchers note that patients presenting with … Read more
A massive study of more than 10 million siblings published in Nature Health reveals that birth order is systematically linked to disease risk across hundreds of … Read more
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign used a near-PAMless SpRY adenine base editor in YAC128 mice to target the splice acceptor of HTT exon 13. … Read more
A novel study has found that exposure to air pollution, particularly fine particulate matter such as dust, soot, and smoke known as PM2.5, is associated with … Read more
Severe COVID-19 infections can awaken dormant chronic viruses such as Epstein-Barr and anelloviruses, even in previously healthy individuals, according to a major study published in Nature. … Read more