Hypertension affects the brain much earlier than expected
Hypertension impairs blood vessels, neurons and white matter in the brain well before the condition causes a measurable rise in…
Hypertension impairs blood vessels, neurons and white matter in the brain well before the condition causes a measurable rise in…
Pinned between the stomach and spine, the pancreas supervises both digestion and blood sugar in the body. It’s also the site of…
Hundreds of malaria patients participating in a Phase 3 clinical trial in Gabon in West Africa were cured via a…
If you are among the 620 million people who lace up their running shoes on a regular basis, chances are…
While some risk factors for cancer can be mitigated through lifestyle choices such as diet or exercise, aging is not…
Reaching for CBD-infused lotion or oil may seem like a low-risk way to find pain relief, but little is actually…
The bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii)is a haunting presence in many hospitals in the United States, where more than one in…
New research has updated our understanding of how sugars, known as glycans, help immune cells move into skin in the…
Sleep patterns and eating habits can influence each other, but the link between these behaviors remains unclear. In a new…
Pulmonary embolism (PE), a type of blood clot in the lungs, sends more than half a million people to U.S….
Could slightly elevated blood sugar levels lead to serious health problems in the future? A single patient’s question sparked nearly…
A newly identified genetic marker may significantly improve the ability to predict life-threatening reactions to the gout medication allopurinol in…
A research team at Uppsala University has identified a clear link between osteomalacia – a form of bone softening commonly…
Stillbirths occur at a higher rate in the U.S. than previously reported, according to a new study led by researchers…
The federal Food and Drug Administration today approved a new menopause drug that reduces hot flashes and night sweats after…
Pain affects activity levels, but how individuals understand and act in the face of pain can make a difference, a…
Researchers led by investigators at Mass General Brigham and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have validated an ingestible capsule in preclinical…
Know someone who’s been diagnosed with breast cancer? There’s a good chance that person has received hormone therapy. Estrogen receptor-positive…
A groundbreaking study published in Hypertension, the journal of the American Heart Association, has identified a set of blood-based biomarkers…
Preexisting hyperlipidemia in pregnancy is associated with heightened risks of obstetric complications and early cardiovascular events in the first five-years…
Sleep-like slow-wave patterns persist for years in surgically disconnected neural tissue of awake epilepsy patients, according to a study published…
About 100,000 of the estimated million people in the United States with multiple sclerosis (MS) have a progressive form of the disease, with symptoms…
Hypothermia can preserve neuron health following brain injury, but complications from external cooling make it less promising therapeutically. Recent evidence…
The aim of immunotherapy strategies is to leverage cells in the patient’s own immune system to destroy tumor cells. Using…
With a new imaging technique, scientists discover an ecosystem that determines how eggs mature and ovaries age. The ticking of…
A multi-institutional study from the Accelerating GBM Therapies Through Serial Biopsies TeamLab, led by investigators from the Mass General Brigham…
Researchers led by Aurore Perrault at Concordia University, Canada and Valeria Kebets at McGill University, Canada, have used a complex…
Despite progress in past decades to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD), it remains the leading cause of death…
A key switch for cellular energy balance has been discovered in cells: it could potentially become the target of new…
A new study by the University of California, Davis, shows how cells work together to avoid a sudden drop in…