Q&A: Natural disasters, health care response and inequities after Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian made landfall on the Gulf Coast of Florida as a Category 4 storm late last month, devastating communities and impacting millions of people. Aram Dobalian, professor of public health at The Ohio State University, is an expert in…
Read MoreRunning the London Marathon? Try these expert tips
On October 2, people from all over the world will be heading to London to take part in the UK’s most iconic event, the TCS London Marathon. Places are in such high demand that this year, more than 350,000 people…
Read MoreMissing pathway in lysosome underlies newly discovered human disease
In a rare disease called mucolipidosis type II, people’s hearts and abdomens swell, and their bones grow malformed. A lysosomal storage disorder, mucolipidosis type II causes edema of the internal organs and skeletal dysplasia. Children diagnosed with the genetic disease…
Read MoreSynthetic embryo with brain and beating heart grown from multiple stem cells
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have created model embryos from mouse stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of all the other organs of the body — a new avenue for recreating the first…
Read MoreDisruption of actin cytoskeleton is key to triggering human immune response, research finds
Researchers from Cleveland Clinic's Florida Research and Innovation Center (FRIC) found that disruption of a cellular structure, known as the actin cytoskeleton, is a "priming signal" for the body to respond to a virus. These findings, published in Cell this…
Read MoreExclusive: Sarah Michelle Gellar Shares Her Biggest Parenting Struggle
When it comes to parenting — or her 20-year marriage to husband Freddie Prinze Jr. — Sarah Michelle Gellar still doesn’t have all the answers. And that’s OK. The Buffy The Vampire Slayer star and mom of Charlotte Grace, 13,…
Read MoreFred Hutch gifted $78M for precision oncology research
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington state, will use the funds to establish the Stuart and Molly Sloan Precision Oncology Institute and accelerate the center’s precision oncology research. WHY IT MATTERS Fred…
Read More“Please stop calling yourself ‘a bit OCD’ – it’s more harmful than you think”
Written by Lauren Geall As Stylist’s digital writer, Lauren Geall writes on topics including mental health, wellbeing and women’s issues. She’s also a big fan of houseplants and likes to dabble in film and TV from time-to-time. You can find…
Read MoreShortened course of radiation therapy safe and effective for men with high-risk prostate cancer
A new randomized study confirms that men with high-risk prostate cancer can be treated with five versus eight weeks of radiation therapy. The phase III clinical trial is the first to confirm the safety and efficacy of a moderately shortened…
Read MoreSecret of neuron’s shape revealed in study of worms, rodents, people
Everything your brain does—every memory, decision, emotion and command to move—starts with an electrical signal generated by a neuron. One of the most sophisticated cells in the body, every neuron has two sides. At one end is the tail-like axon,…
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