Hight-salt diet sparks brain inflammation that could explain stubborn high blood pressure

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have unveiled a pioneering "microstent" which could revolutionize treatment for glaucoma, a common but debilitating condition. The study has been published in The Innovation.

Generous parental insurance can improve the mental health of new parents. However, the way the insurance is designed risks excluding those who need the support most. This is shown in a new doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University.

Cutting off blood flow can prematurely age the bone marrow, weakening the immune system's ability to fight cancer, according to a new study from NYU Langone Health.

When Jesse J, Christina Applegate and Katie Thurston spoke openly about their mastectomies, their candor did more than share private struggles. It highlighted a procedure that, while often life saving, is unevenly available depending on the genetic lottery into which someone is born.

A recent study of more than 3.8 million women who gave birth in California found that those who were multiracial were more likely to have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder compared with women of a single race.

The UK's Health Security Agency has advised overseas travelers to take precautions to avoid contracting the potentially severe mosquito-borne virus, Chikungunya.

Animal studies suggest that some food additives, such as artificial colorants and sweeteners, emulsifiers, and antimicrobial preservatives, could be harmful to gut health. A recent review published in The FASEB Journal summarizes the literature and finds that more clinical studies are needed to assess the potential impacts on humans, especially those with inflammatory bowel diseases. In the meantime, the authors suggest policy changes that could help people make more informed choices.

Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are using novel nonviral gene therapy technology to gain insight into how to treat age-related heart disease. Researchers found that adding more brown fat or increasing the level of a fat molecule, or lipokine, released by energy-burning brown fat helps preserve heart health.

In an advance for climate-informed disease early warning systems, a team of researchers, public health actors and meteorologists have developed a prediction model capable of forecasting dengue outbreaks in the Caribbean up to three months in advance.

Researchers from the Global Center for Asian Women's Health (GloW) and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have found that selected maternal biomarkers from first-trimester random blood samples can effectively predict a woman's risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

You may have heard high-impact activity—exercise such as running, jumping, football and basketball—is good at building bone density and strength. But what about when you're standing still, lifting weights at the gym?

A research project has reached an important milestone: the first treatment of an animal tumor with radioactive ion beams has been demonstrated and published in Nature Physics.

More than half of patients prescribed medical cannabis for chronic musculoskeletal pain stop using it within a year, according to new research from Philadelphia that raises fresh questions about the drug's longevity and its role in long-term pain management—especially among older adults.

Our imagination might not be as powerful as we think when it comes to holding visual images, according to a first-of-its-kind study by psychologists at Nottingham Trent University (NTU).

In a significant research advancement that may help inform treatment strategies for millions of patients worldwide, a research team led by Prof. Fei-Yuan Hsiao of National Taiwan University and Prof. Liang-Kung Chen of National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University has provided important new insights into a critical clinical question: "Which diabetes medications may offer better lung outcomes for patients with both diabetes and COPD—and does patient frailty matter?"

Heart attacks are life-changing events, but one type can be particularly distressing.

For the first time, people can get their annual flu vaccine without leaving the comfort of home.

Texas Children's is pleased to announce that a three-year-old girl has been successfully treated with the first-ever FDA-approved gene therapy treatment for AADC deficiency.