How does a piece of bread cause a migraine?
Lauren Green, University of Southern California
Migraine is the third most prevalent illness in the world and causes suffering for tens of millions of people....
Large scale study casts doubt on benefits of daily low-dose aspirin.
A large clinical study known as ASPREE (ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly) has resulted in some very surprising findings about the value...
COVID-19 treatment might already exist in old drugs
Nevan Krogan, University of California, San Francisco
Why don’t we have drugs to treat COVID-19 and how long will it take to develop them?
SARS-CoV-2 –...
Why your generic drugs may not be safe and the FDA...
C. Michael White, University of Connecticut
Generic prescription drugs have saved the U.S. about US$1.7 trillion over the past decade. The Food and Drug Administration...
Bioterrorism: We are Not Ready
Salad bars and water systems are easy targets for bioterrorists -- and America's monitoring system is woefully inadequate
Ana Santos Rutschman, Saint Louis University
In October...
Climate change poses lifelong threat to children’s health
By Fatima Arkin
Climate change is already damaging the health of the world’s children and threatens a lifelong impact unless countries meet the Paris...
Why so many epidemics originate in Asia and Africa
Why so many epidemics originate in Asia and Africa – and why we can expect more
Suresh V. Kuchipudi, Pennsylvania State University
The coronavirus disease, known as...
The science of infectious aerosols
Coronavirus drifts through the air in microscopic droplets – here's the science of infectious aerosols
Shelly Miller, University of Colorado Boulder
During the 1970s when I...
Quarantine screen time could be harmful to kids’ eyesight
Increasing screen time during COVID-19 could be harmful to kids' eyesight
Shu-Fang Shih, University of Michigan and Olivia Killeen, University of Michigan
The coronavirus pandemic is...
Sugar is making us sick
Sugar isn't just empty, fattening calories -- it's making us sick
Robert Lustig, University of California, San Francisco
Children are manifesting increased rates of adult diseases...
