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In early 2020, Bhakti Patel, MD, a pulmonary and critical care specialist at the University of Chicago Medicine, and Matthew Stutz, MD, who was a critical care fellow at the time, had an idea for a research project. They wanted…

This January, we’re on the search for quick, accessible hacks to kickstart 2023 in the strongest way possible. Today’s nutrition kickstarter: how to eat more protein. Over the past few years, we’ve become obsessed with protein. The global protein powder…

Diarrhea is no longer the killer it was in the mid-20th century, when an estimated 4.5 million children under age 5 died of it every year. While lifesaving oral rehydration therapy turned the tide, it doesn't prevent infection. Millions of…

Nachos are perfect in their simplicity: creamy cheese, crunchy chips, you’re done! But if you are looking for an upgrade, Martha Stewart has the recipe you never knew you needed. Don’t make these if you are afraid to switch up…

There’s nothing quite like the dread that sets in as soon as you get a whiff of a stinky diaper. You may hope that it’s merely the scent of a tooting toddler, but you and I both know that dream…

Removing a single protein from cells that surround tumors can improve the sensitivity of certain cancers to immunotherapy, researchers have found. Scientists from The Institute of Cancer Research, London, in collaboration with AstraZeneca removed, in mice, a receptor protein called…

Although the pathology of the respiratory system is the main impact of the COVID-19 disease, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, many of the patients manifest important neurological symptoms, such as loss of smell (anosmia), headaches, malaise, cognitive loss, epilepsy, ataxia…

The National Institutes of Health has awarded eight research grants to refine new technologies for early diagnosis of severe illnesses resulting from SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. The new awards follow grants issued in 2020 to foster methods for diagnosing children…

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A new report shows wide racial and ethnic differences in COVID-19 vaccination of children, with Asian children being the most likely to be vaccinated and Black…

Current guidelines recommend against screening for prostate cancer in men who are 70 years old and older, as it is considered to be ‘low value’ with little or no benefit for the individual. Yet a new study shows that testing…