Understanding the dangerous synergy of heat and humidity
Knowing how heat and humidity affect your body can help you stay safe during heat waves
JohnEric W. Smith, Mississippi State University
Less than a month into...
Alarming Decline in Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
Prolonged delays in cancer screening due to the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to increase existing health disparities
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
The total number of...
Diabetes control worsened over the past decade
By Erin Bryant - National Institutes of Health
At a Glance
A study found that control over blood sugar and blood pressure has declined among...
Exercise is free medicine for your brain
The exercise pill: How exercise keeps your brain healthy and protects it against depression and anxiety
Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University
As with many other physicians, recommending...
The many problems that come with palm oil
How palm oil became the world’s most hated, most used fat source
Jonathan E. Robins, Michigan Technological University
Palm oil is everywhere today: in food, soap, lipstick,...
World Sickle Cell Day – June 19th
World Sickle Cell Day
This World Sickle Cell Day (observed every year on June 19), find new stories and resources about sickle cell disease!
Sickle cell...
Could a Nasal Spray of Designer Antibodies Help to Beat COVID-19?
Dr Francis Collins, National Institutes of Health
There are now several monoclonal antibodies, identical copies of a therapeutic antibody produced in large numbers, that are...
Fish seen as key to fighting world hunger
The 2021 World Food Prize recognizes that fish are key for reducing hunger and malnutrition
Ben Belton, Michigan State University
Fish and other aquatic foods are...
Supplement improves glucose metabolism in women’s muscle
Sharon Reynolds
National Institutes of Health
At a Glance
In a small trial, the muscles of women who took a supplement called nicotinamide mononucleotide for 10...
Researchers very concerned about covid variant P.1
Dr. Francis Collins
National Institutes of Health
By last October, about three out of every four residents of Manaus, Brazil already had been infected with SARS-CoV-2,...
