Fish oil supplements may not work for certain cancer patients

When a pregnant woman's water breaks too early, it often leads to preterm birth, with no effective method to prevent or treat it. Researchers have discovered that the lipid molecule prostacyclin plays a key role in the repair of fetal membrane rupture.

In a new discovery, researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have identified a previously underexplored population of hypothalamic neurons that plays a pivotal role in regulating energy expenditure.

About 5% of lung adenocarcinomas, one of the most common forms of lung cancer, are driven by a faulty fusion of two genes, EML4 and ALK. This fusion results in different variants, and until now, clinicians have treated all patients with these fusions the same way.

A new European health survey shows that Candidozyma auris—a dangerous drug-resistant fungus—is spreading rapidly in hospitals across the continent. Cases and outbreaks are increasing, with some countries now seeing ongoing local transmission.

Most people know roughly what kind of lifestyle they should be living to stay healthy.

Rooibos tea, a caffeine-free drink made from the leaves of a shrub indigenous to South Africa, is part of the country's heritage.

In June 2021, British Columbia experienced an extreme climate event. A heat dome trapped hot air over the province, pushing temperatures to record highs for several days, killing more than 600 people.

Pharmaceutical innovation saves lives. But not every "new" drug is truly new.

In two recent studies, University of Texas at Dallas researchers demonstrated how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning can be used to address a variety of issues from a social science policy perspective.

Neither the painkiller Tylenol nor vaccines have been shown to cause autism, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, following comments from the US president and his administration to the contrary.

Hospitals worldwide, including Germany, face a growing problem with fungal infections, with an estimated 6 million cases and 3.8 million deaths each year. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Candida—a common fungus most people encounter at least once in life—is a top concern. While many know it from mild, superficial infections such as thrush, Candida (especially C. auris and C. albicans) can also reach the bloodstream and cause life-threatening disease.

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed artificial intelligence (AI) tools that help identify which children with asthma face the highest risk of serious asthma exacerbation and acute respiratory infections. The study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, found the tools can detect those risks as early as age 3.

In the United States, age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of irreversible vision loss in people who are 60 and older.

There is no scientific evidence showing that pregnant women taking the painkiller paracetamol causes autism in their children, medical experts and drug regulators have emphasized after Donald Trump claimed the two were linked.

The brain never rests: even during deep sleep or under anesthesia, it maintains rhythmic electrical activity known as slow oscillations. A team from the Sensory-motor Processing by Subcortical Areas laboratory, led by Ramón Reig at the Institute for Neurosciences, a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche, has discovered what determines the direction of these waves. The study, published in iScience, reveals that the key lies not in anatomical structure, as previously thought, but in the degree of neuronal excitability.

Infection rates from drug-resistant "nightmare bacteria" rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists.

Dexterity, coordination and balance are all extremely important throughout our lives, but these skills change between early childhood and old age. At which stage of our lives do we have the best balance? Do fine and gross motor skills continue to decline with age?

Humans use lots of different types of information to make sure we don't get lost. We can look out for familiar landmarks and use our sense of direction, but we can also estimate how far we have walked.