Jacqueline Howard
‘Completely uncharted territory’: First whole eye transplant successful, but patient still blind
A surgical team at NYU Langone Health in New York had performed the world’s first successful whole-eye transplant in a ...
Memory loss as you age? Multi-vitamin supplements show modest benefits
Older adults who took a multivitamin each day for three years found a mild improvement in their memory after one ...
Why have colorectal cancer cases skyrocketed in recent years among young adults?
Signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer include changes in bowel habits, rectal bleeding or blood in the stool, cramping or ...
Safety concerns raised about Lecanemab, one of the first drugs to slow Alzheimer’s disease
The experimental drug lecanemab shows “potential” as an Alzheimer’s disease treatment, according to new Phase 3 trial results, but the ...
IVF-born Black babies are four times more likely to die than White babies. Why?
It has been well-known in research that Black babies are about twice as likely to die as White babies before ...
Hair-straightening products connected to uterine cancer, especially in Black women
Scientists are uncovering new details in the connection between using certain hair straightening products, such as chemical relaxers and pressing ...
What happens after patients ‘recover’ from COVID? Normal can be elusive
Surviving Covid-19 is hard enough for those who get severely ill from the disease, but returning to normal is a ...
Natural immunity: Some people who have not gotten the virus may be naturally protected
[A] study, published in the journal Nature on [July 29], found that among a sample of 68 healthy adults in Germany who ...
Vaccine race accelerates, as Moderna-NIH partnership drug induces immune responses in all Phase 1 volunteers
[E]arly results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on [July 14], showed that [Moderna’s COVID-19] vaccine worked to ...
US cancer death rates fall for 26th year in a row. 2.2% marks largest single-year drop
The rate of people dying from cancer in the United States continued to decline for the 26th year in a ...
Hormone therapy to treat menopause results in increased breast cancer risk
Certain hormone replacement therapies have long been tied to an increased risk of breast cancer. Now, new research suggests that in ...
Drugs used for depression, epilepsy may increase risk of dementia, study shows
Scientists have long found a possible link between anticholinergic drugs and an increased risk of dementia. A study published in ...
Autism diagnosis for children as young as 14 months could boost treatment potential
When screening for autism spectrum disorder, a new study suggests that children can be reliably diagnosed with autism at an ...
Combined immunotherapy strategy could revolutionize kidney cancer treatment
The way doctors typically approach kidney cancer treatment could be evolving. Two separate studies published [February 16] in the New ...
Cancer death rate in the US has dropped 27% over 25 years
The rate of people dying from cancer in the United States seems to have dropped steadily for 25 years, a ...
Predicting the risk of heart disease using CRISPR and stem cells
In our human genome, there are many elusive genetic variants related to medical conditions, but the impact of these variants to ...
House ‘right to try’ law passes, sent to Senate: What it could mean for fragile patients
The US House of Representatives passed a federal "right-to-try" bill [March 21], leaving many Americans wondering what the move could ...
Blood clot risk, other health problems, may increase with height
Height can be an independent predictor of your risk for venous thromboembolism, or VTE, also known as blood clots, according to ...
Americans pay less attention to ‘organic’ and ‘GMO’ in weighing food health benefits, survey finds
Determining what exactly is a "healthy" food has us all scratching our heads. A new survey suggests that most Americans ...
Genetic testing comes with unforeseen risks of misdiagnoses
After a 13-year-old boy's heart failed suddenly,...more than 20 of [the boy's] relatives underwent genetic testing for heart conditions that ...
Light buzz, or hallucinations? Gene predicts may how marijuana users react to high
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We've long known that ...
Should geneticists drop ‘race’ as a biological concept?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. If a team of ...
Humans began farming sooner that scientists thought
When did humans first begin farming? Scientists have long thought that our prehistoric ancestors didn't start raising crops until some 12,000 ...
