Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are using artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to better understand what improves outcomes for individuals receiving treatment for substance use disorders.
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Autism has a significant and enduring sex bias, with roughly four boys diagnosed for every girl. For many years, experts have believed this disparity arises primarily from diagnostic inequities because much of autism research—and ...
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Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York have identified and described a previously unknown recessive neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) that appears to be the most prevalent ever discovered. ...
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A new study, co-led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published March 30 in Nature Medicine, demonstrates that genes associated with autism risk are largely the same across people of different ...
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A new study from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute found that attrition (i.e., exit) from the radiology workforce increased for all subspecialties, but with varying magnitude. The study, published in the American ...
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In human sociability, cooperation occupies a central place. Compared to other species, humans cooperate with one another in a more flexible manner and across a wider range of contexts. This pro-social disposition leads us ...
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As part of the Socialization To Enrich Participation & Support Sexuality (STEPS2) Health Education study, two CUNY SPH researchers have published papers that spotlight trauma-informed sex education and data integrity in disability ...
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People who get just a few minutes of vigorous activity daily are less likely to develop eight major diseases, including arthritis, heart disease and dementia, according to research published in the European Heart Journal. ...
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For many older people, humor can be a lifeline. It's not easy to discuss the challenges of aging—from loneliness and the loss of a loved one to dealing with chronic pain. But laughter can be an invaluable way of opening up ...
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Teens in the U.S. are obtaining medication abortion pills through telehealth, and young people aged 18 to 24 are ordering medication abortion at much higher rates than older adults.
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Scientists have used a tiny plastic "obstacle course" to test how much sperm would struggle to navigate during sex in the weightlessness of space.
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Results of a Phase I clinical trial show that patients who undergo a blood stem cell transplant involving a donor have a lower risk of relapse and lower rates of graft-versus-host disease when they receive the targeted therapy ...
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The fight against widespread burnout in the health care workforce should begin with the training of future health care administrators, according to a new paper from the George Mason University College of Public Health. Published ...
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Most people who have heard of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (more commonly known as CRISPR) associate it with gene editing—the precise molecular scissors that allow scientists to cut and rewrite ...
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If you want to know more about how the human brain matures and changes over time, you can now consult the first comprehensive atlas that maps brain organization from infancy all the way through to advanced old age. To create ...
Young adults who heavily use substances may report significantly poorer memory decades later, a new University of Michigan study suggests. Researchers tracked how frequently participants reported binge drinking and daily—or ...
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Our date of birth doesn't always match the age of our brain. How old our brain really is depends on our biological age, shaped by the wear and tear our cells experience over time. Genetics, environmental factors, and lifestyle ...
The origin of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's or dementia isn't limited to the brain. The state of your gut can quietly set off a cycle of chronic, system-wide inflammation that nudges the brain toward cognitive ...
Crying is often seen as a healthy emotional release. However, a new study suggests that the picture is more complex. In a four-week smartphone-based study, researchers found that crying did not generally make people feel ...
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New research suggests that babies take part in simple, story-like interactions with their parents long before they learn words, helping to build emotional connection and early social skills. The "Narrative Development in ...
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Endometriosis is a devastating chronic pain condition caused by uterine-like cells growing where they aren't supposed to. People with endometriosis can develop extremely painful periods, bladder issues, and even infertility. ...
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For decades, Chicago's South Side neighborhoods have experienced high rates of firearm violence, making speedy access to expert trauma care a matter of life and death. A recent study in JAMA Surgery helps quantify the impact ...
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Millions of people in the United States have chronic wounds, including those living with diabetes, patients recovering from burns, post-surgical patients and other people with injuries. For clinicians, early detection of ...
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It's a Friday evening and you pour a glass of wine while your teenager sits at the kitchen bench scrolling through their phone. They barely look up. But they notice more than you think. My new study found the drinking habits ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned a biotech company about claims that its bladder cancer drug could treat and prevent multiple types of cancer.
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Atopic dermatitis (AD) during childhood is not associated with increases in markers of cardiovascular risk, according to a study published online March 24 in JAMA Network Open.
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A new global review shows that countries are taking very different approaches to regulating polygenic embryo testing. For more than four decades, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has helped families have children. Scientists ...
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What most people think of when they hear the word "dementia" is memory problems and forgetfulness. But what people often don't know is that dementia can cause many different symptoms—affecting speech, behavior, sleep, motor ...
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A study from researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso shows that just six weeks of boxing training can significantly reduce blood pressure and improve blood vessel function in young adults with elevated blood pressure ...
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When we think about preparing for a healthy pregnancy and baby, most advice focuses on women. Such advice might include good nutrition, taking dietary supplements, avoiding alcohol or smoking and managing their medications ...
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Lots of children and teenagers are open to a vegetarian or vegan diet and cut out meat but then struggle to keep it up, according to a new study from the University of Exeter. The study, published in Psychology of Human-Animal ...
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Could showing someone a picture of plaque building up in their arteries be enough to save their life? That's the question driving the latest research by the University of Tasmania's Menzies Institute for Medical Research ...
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A new study by York University researchers has found a potential striking flaw in artificial intelligence (AI) models. Artificial neural networks (ANNs), a type of AI model built to solve vision tasks for computers, have ...
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For the first time since 2018, a clinical guideline from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association for screening and managing blood cholesterol levels has been updated and jointly published in ...
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Mass General Brigham researchers found that the intensive cholesterol-lowering therapy evolocumab reduced the risk of a first major cardiovascular event in high-risk patients who did not have known atherosclerosis (the build-up ...
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