Home testing kits that screen for cervical cancer risk could be a game-changer for reducing health inequalities for physically disabled women, according to a new study revealing that over 50% would prefer a self-test over […]
Two states are suing a major cord blood storage company, claiming it misled parents about the benefits of saving their newborn’s stem cells.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
For patients undergoing body contouring surgery to remove excess abdominal skin after massive weight loss, use of GLP-1 weight-loss medications may have mixed effects on complication risks, suggests a study in the April issue of […]
Global maternal deaths have declined over the past three decades, yet progress has slowed in recent years and remains uneven across countries, according to new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 research published in The […]
Inherited variations in antibody genes can affect how we respond to infections and vaccines, show two new studies from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Immunity. The researchers have mapped immune gene variation across multiple […]
Alzheimer’s disease is most commonly associated with memory impairment, disorientation, and irreversible neurodegenerative changes in the brain. We rarely think of it in the context of… a toothbrush. Meanwhile, an increasing number of studies suggest […]
When the “eco-friendly” bioplastic, polylactic acid (PLA), biodegrades, the resulting nanoplastics can accumulate in the fetuses of pregnant mice and interfere with fetal growth. Yichao Huang and De-Xiang Xu of Anhui Medical University, China, and […]
An international research collaboration led by Queen Mary University of London and University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa has published the most comprehensive genomic investigation of kidney function ever conducted in African populations. […]
Sticking to the same meals and eating a consistent number of calories each day may help people lose more weight, according to research published in the journal Health Psychology.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
A landmark research paper for the first time maps the genetics of how individual regions of the brain age—and why some of those regions are the very ones most ravaged by Alzheimer’s and dementia. Published […]
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