Photoreceptors, like polarized sensory neurons, are essential for light sensation and phototransduction, which are highly dependent on the photoreceptor cilium. Disruption of photoreceptor cilia has been implicated in a variety ...
Jul 31, 2024
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Every disease is shaped by a genetic component as well as environmental factors like air pollution, climate and socioeconomic status. However, the extent to which genetics or environment play a role in disease risk—and ...
Jul 30, 2024
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Previous research has found that over 80% of people with opioid-use disorder (OUD) do not receive evidence-based lifesaving medications. While access to these medications is better in New York City than elsewhere in the United ...
Jul 29, 2024
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Social media is full of claims that everyday habits can harm your skin. It's also full of recommendations or advertisements for products that can protect you.
Jul 25, 2024
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A study published in JAMA Psychiatry uncovers significant associations between social vulnerability—a measurement that aggregates social determinants of health like socioeconomic status, housing type, education and insurance ...
Jul 24, 2024
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According to Dr. Roopinder Sandhu, MD, MPH, atrial fibrillation (Afib) is the most common heart rhythm disorder encountered in clinical practice, and the leading cause of stroke in older individuals. Sandhu, a cardiac electrophysiologist ...
Jul 24, 2024
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Using a wearable device, such as a smart watch, to track health data and symptoms, is supposed to help people monitor their health and address symptoms as quickly as possible to spur positive health outcomes. But for people ...
Jul 24, 2024
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A team from the University of Birmingham has reported a significant step forward in public health research, in a study of ectopic pregnancy published in BMC Medical Research Methodology.
Jul 23, 2024
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Researcher Samantha Boch has studied the impact of incarceration on child and family health for more than a decade. Her latest research examines the health records and health use of youth with probable personal or familial ...
Jul 19, 2024
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Using health data from almost 213,000 Americans who experienced reinfections, researchers have found that severe infections from the virus that causes COVID-19 tend to foreshadow similar severity of infection the next time ...
Jul 12, 2024
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