Veterans more likely than general population to use all types of tobacco products, including the most harmful

A new study by the University of California, Davis, shows how cells work together to avoid a sudden drop in blood sugar. Understanding these feedback loops could improve the lives of people with diabetes and help them avoid dangerous hypoglycemia.

Spinal muscular atrophy affects all the body's muscles. For a long time, it was considered a disease caused solely by the loss of nerve cells in the spinal cord. Now, a research team at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology has been able to show that the cerebellum—which is important for motor coordination but also influences social and cognitive processes—also plays a role in the development of spinal muscular atrophy. The study has been published in the journal Brain.

The retina consumes oxygen at one of the highest rates of any tissue in the body, and disruptions in its oxygen supply are linked to blinding diseases such as glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy. Yet researchers have struggled to noninvasively measure oxygen levels at the fine scale of retinal capillaries, where early disease changes often occur.

Frustrated by the relentless rise in health care costs, many Americans think they know who's to blame for the high cost of prescription drugs, the shuttering of local hospitals and clinics, and the merger of their favorite doctor's medical practice with a competitor: for-profit corporations and private equity firms.

Approximately 9.5 million people globally live with type 1 diabetes, a chronic autoimmune disease where T cells from the body's immune system destroy insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, which are needed to control blood-sugar levels. Daily insulin injections and continual blood glucose monitoring help control the disease, but there is no cure or preventive.

Impeding a link between the body's natural clock and the brain may help reduce neurodegeneration in mice modeling Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study led by researchers at WashU Medicine and published in Nature Aging.

The treatment of a common bowel condition, diverticulitis varies widely across the world. In particular the use of antibiotics is "alarmingly high" according to the biggest data analysis of the disease to date published in eClinicalMedicine.

You can always be judged by your scars. This is the idea that sums up one of the new advances in basic and biomedical research published in the journal Science by the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO). It is the "human REPAIRome"—a name that refers to the repair of breaks in the DNA molecule.

In the open-access journal PLOS Global Public Health, Steve Haake from Sheffield Hallam University and colleagues present a model for evaluating life satisfaction. They demonstrate their model using participants in a weekly running event as a case study, finding that increases in health, especially mental health, most strongly predict improvements in life satisfaction.

A new study from the Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM) at Karolinska Institutet shows that women with premenstrual disorders have a significantly lower quality of life compared to women without such conditions. The more severe form, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), has the most negative impact on well-being. The findings are published in the journal JAMA Network Open.

Branching isn't just for trees. This biological process occurs in animal development, enabling organs to perform complex functions. Branch-like structures form in the lungs, kidneys, and breasts, among other places. Importantly, only in female mammary glands does most branching occur years after birth. It happens during puberty and again during pregnancy as milk ducts branch out in preparation for breastfeeding. Disturbances here have been linked to breast cancer. However, studying branching can be difficult and time-consuming.

Older adults with HIV are prescribed opioids at a higher rate and are more likely to have indicators of opioid use disorder than those without HIV, according to Rutgers Health researchers.

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a method that allows for the analysis of thousands of proteins in heart tissue. This provides entirely new insights into the characteristics of heart diseases and could pave the way for more targeted treatments.

Continuing angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers before non-cardiac surgery is linked to a reduced risk of postoperative mortality and functional decline, according to researchers from Science Tokyo. Using a Japanese nationwide registry of 2.6 million patients over 50 years old, the researchers compared outcomes between those who continued antihypertensive therapy and those who did not. Their findings highlight potential benefits of specific classes of antihypertensive drugs depending on the type of surgery needed.

The air we breathe might be something you don't spend a lot of time thinking about—until it impacts your day.

Students who change schools between eighth and ninth grade are more likely to drink alcohol, according to new research.

Doctors nationwide are issuing urgent warnings about a viral food trend inspired by the hit Netflix movie "KPop Demon Hunters" that is causing serious scalding injuries in children and teens.

Researchers at London Health Sciences Center Research Institute (LHSCRI) have launched a Phase II clinical trial that aims to treat renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer) by inserting microscopic beads filled with radiation directly into blood vessels surrounding cancerous tumors. The goal is to improve patient outcomes through a new treatment option.