Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Diagnoses of breast cancer have increased steadily in women under age 50 over the past two decades, with steeper increases in more recent years, according to…
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Playing an instrument linked to better brain health in older adults
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Engaging in music throughout your life is associated with better brain health in older age, according to a new study published by experts at the University…
Our sense of taste helps pace our eating. Understanding how may lead to new avenues for weight loss
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As a scientist who investigates hunger and weight control, I’m interested in the way our brains let us know we’ve had enough. As we begin to…
Experimental gene therapy allows kids with inherited deafness to hear
In this photo provided by researchers in January 2024, Dr. Yilai Shu examines a young patient at the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, China, after a…
Health care workforce turnover increased after pandemic
There was an increase in health care workforce turnover after the pandemic, according to a study published online Jan. 26 in JAMA Health Forum. Karen Shen, Ph.D., from Johns Hopkins…
Immunotherapy post-surgery found to improve overall survival for kidney cancer
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For the first time in fifty years, results from a phase 3 randomized, placebo-controlled trial have shown an overall survival benefit from an adjuvant therapy in…
New tool helps predict progression of Alzheimer’s
Dajiang Zhu, an associate professor in computer science and engineering at UTA. Credit: University of Texas at Arlington About 55 million people worldwide are living with dementia, according to the…
Common cold or COVID-19? Some T cells are ready to combat both
LJI Research Instructor Annie Elong Ngono (left) and LJI Postdoctoral Fellow Rúbens Alves, Ph.D., served as co-first authors of the new SARS-CoV-2 study. Credit: Matthew Ellenbogen, LJI Creative Producer Scientists…
What are the symptoms of an enlarged prostate and how is it treated?
by Carla K. Johnson Britain’s King Charles III hosts a gathering of young UK community and faith leaders to discuss the challenges their communities face, at Buckingham Palace, in London,…
