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Ovarian cancer remains the deadliest gynecologic cancer, largely because it is rarely found early. Symptoms are often vague, and existing screening approaches—such as blood tests and transvaginal ultrasound—can miss the disease ...
Apr 2, 2026
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Imagine being able to assess how healthy the front of our eyes are not only in hospitals, but also in remote eye-screening camps, elderly-care facilities, pharmacies, or even train stations. That is the future a research ...
Apr 2, 2026
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In the Interdisciplinary Science and Education Complex on Northeastern's Boston campus, models of human bones line shelves alongside machines that measure how much force it takes to break the real things. It's the lab of ...
Apr 1, 2026
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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 ...
Mar 30, 2026
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Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed a new patient-focused tool designed to better understand the lived experience of people wearing removable partial dentures. In their study published in the journal ...
Mar 20, 2026
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Researchers at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute propose a new view of cancer based on spatial hallmark ecosystems and its evolution during cancer progression. This conceptual framework combines the latest spatial ...
Mar 17, 2026
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Surprise parties. Marriage proposals. Sports upsets. Bank collapses. Military sneak attacks. Why do some unexpected events catch us completely off guard while others don't? For years, political scientists, security analysts, ...
Mar 13, 2026
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A nonfatal opioid overdose is often treated as a near miss. But clinically, it is one of the strongest predictors of future harm—and one of the few moments when patients are actively engaged with the health care system. What ...
Mar 11, 2026
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Early pregnancy depends on a remarkable act of coordination. Before the placenta can nourish a growing fetus, the embryo must securely "land" and connect with the mother's blood supply—a process guided by a specialized group ...
Mar 11, 2026
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A team of Taiwanese researchers have used a nationwide, population-based cohort to examine whether taking acetaminophen during pregnancy might be linked to a higher likelihood of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ...
