A new study finds that consanguinity—unions between close relatives—may increase the risk of common diseases such as type 2 diabetes and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Sep 26, 2023
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More than half of volunteer community health care workers in 19 countries experience labor exploitation, including sub-minimum-wage pay and excess work hours, Mount Sinai researchers report in the first systematic review ...
Sep 19, 2023
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A cancer drug could play an important role in limiting the damaging effects of lung disease in COVID-19 patients, thanks to new research at Hudson Institute of Medical Research.
Sep 18, 2023
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New research published today in Nature Genetics describes the largest-ever study into the genetics of random "round-the-clock" blood glucose levels. The study, involving almost half a million people of diverse backgrounds, ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Analysis of data from more than 1 million Danish inpatients identifies nearly 4,000 drug pairings that are associated with more frequent dosage adjustments when prescribed together—potentially hinting at previously undiscovered ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Infants who spent most of their first year in the pandemic have fewer types of bacteria in their gut than infants born earlier, according to a team of developmental psychology researchers.
Aug 31, 2023
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A relatively small intervention could have a huge impact on a damaging condition that stalks children in the developing world. A new Stanford-led study shows that adding zinc to farmland soil can help prevent childhood stunting, ...
Aug 30, 2023
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Scientific journals and research papers are evaluated by a metric known as their "impact factor," which is based on how many times a given paper is cited by other papers. However, a new study from MIT and other institutions ...
Aug 14, 2023
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Preterm births have been rising in the United States since 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Aug 2, 2023
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Recent and long-term marijuana use is linked to changes in the human epigenome, a new Northwestern Medicine study published in Molecular Psychiatry has found.
Jul 20, 2023
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