A team of researchers from Brown University Health and Brown University has uncovered an important clue in the fight against glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer in adults.This article was originally […]
Young adults spend hours a day on social media platforms filled with exercise influencers, fitness trends, and other appearance-focused content that can reinforce unrealistic body ideals. And for many of these younger people, the messages […]
After decades of struggling to find a way to treat pancreatic cancer, researchers have developed several promising new drugs that could offer rare hope to patients given this particularly deadly diagnosis.This article was originally published […]
Practicing yoga could help people with overweight or obesity improve their cardiometabolic health, according to a study published in PLOS Global Public Health by Widya Wasityastuti from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and colleagues. Yoga […]
Lab-created “frankenproteins” developed by a team of scientists at the University of Toronto Mississauga offer hope for safer and more effective cancer treatments in the future. The protein-based drugs being developed by UTM’s Jumi Shin […]
A new Yale study published in JAMA Network Open finds that the virus that causes COVID-19 does not linger in placental tissue weeks to months after a pregnant woman recovers from infection—offering important reassurance for […]
People with a history of psychosis often also have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, treating this condition presents doctors with a clinical dilemma: Psychostimulants are considered effective for ADHD, but are suspected of increasing the risk […]
SYNGAP1 encephalopathy is a rare genetic disorder for which there is no treatment. It causes epilepsy, intellectual disability, psychomotor delay and, frequently, autism. It arises from mutations in the SYNGAP1 gene, which produces a protein […]
Obesity during pregnancy has been steadily increasing worldwide. In the United States, over 60% of pregnant individuals enter pregnancy overweight or obese, and more than half go on to exceed recommended gestational weight gain guidelines. […]
Opioid use disorder during pregnancy remains a critical yet under-addressed public health issue in the U.S., according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Although effective, evidence-based treatments exist, many […]
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