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Treating mucus plugs could help save lives from COPD
Researchers may have found a new target in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) symptoms that could potentially save more lives.
Anycubic Kobra 2 review: Fast & easy printing for beginners
Anycubic nails the difficult second album with the Kobra 2, a fantastic follow-up and a great 3D printer for beginners.
Antimicrobial nanonets display multifunctionality by mitigating inflammatory responses during sepsis
National University of Singapore (NUS) pharmaceutical scientists have developed multi-functional synthetic peptide nanonets for relieving inflammation caused by bacterial infection. This is achieved by concurrent trapping of bacterial endotoxins and...
Famous birthdays for May 22: Ginnifer Goodwin, Maggie Q
Actor Ginnifer Goodwin turns 45 and actor Maggie Q turns 44, among the famous birthdays for May 22.
Nitrate: healthy heart or cancer risk? Meet nutrition's Jekyll and Hyde
Despite our understanding of nutrition expanding remarkably in recent times, few aspects of our diet continue to confuse and divide the experts like nitrate.
A controversial P.E.I. development includes a stony seawall. Critics say it threatens the shoreline
A controversial construction project on the coast of P.E.I. has been the subject of residents' ire for months, thanks to a large stone seawall that critics say severely restricts access...
A controversial P.E.I. development includes a stony seawall. Critics say it threatens the shoreline
A controversial construction project on the coast of P.E.I. has been the subject of residents' ire for months, thanks to a large stone seawall that critics say severely restricts access...
Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease
A groundbreaking epidemiological study has produced the most compelling evidence yet that exposure to the chemical solvent trichloroethylene (TCE)—common in soil and groundwater—increases the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. The movement disorder afflicts about...
Biden nominates Monica Bertagnolli to lead National Institutes of Health
It’s official: President Joe Biden wants cancer researcher Monica Bertagnolli to be the next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Nearly a month after the media widely reported she was the...
Failed cancer therapy revived as powerful tumor killer when combined with newer drugs
Patients with a type of liver cancer known as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) often face an anxious wait after their tumor is removed. In up to half of these people, the cancer will...
FDA advisers agree maternal RSV vaccine protects infants, but are divided on its safety
A committee of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday voted unanimously that a vaccine from Pfizer, given as an injection during pregnancy, is efficacious at protecting infants from severe...
Alcohol-related liver disease soared during pandemic
During the pandemic, deaths from alcohol-associated liver disease for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) populations was six times higher than that of white people, according to a study by Massachusetts General Hospital....
President-elect Gay names Katie O’Dair chief of staff
Katie O’Dair, a deeply experienced higher education leader, will be chief of staff to Harvard’s incoming president, Claudine Gay. O’Dair — who has served in roles at Harvard, Boston College, Massachusetts Institute of...
Edward Osborne Wilson, 92
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 2, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Edward Osborne Wilson was spread upon the...
Roy Jay Glauber, 93
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 2, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Roy Jay Glauber was spread upon the...
Medical school was preordained, but focus on climate change was new
This story is part of a series of graduate profiles ahead of Commencement ceremonies. One might think that Julia Malits’ arrival on a medical school campus was nearly preordained, since her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother...
Ukraine doctors get urgent training through fellowship
Ali Dzhemiliev was a first-year medical student in Crimea in 2014 when Russian invaders forced him to leave the region for a school in Kyiv. Much worse was still to come. Eight...
Why start mammograms at 40? Doctor explains new advice.
Women should start getting regular mammograms at the age of 40, according to a new recommendation being drafted by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. This is a reversal from the previous recommendation...
EPA’s new rules on forever chemicals don’t go far enough, study suggests
CAPE COD, Massachusetts — Earlier this year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed maximum allowable levels in drinking water for six PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) — so-called forever chemicals. But the draft...
Estrogen a more powerful breast cancer culprit than we realized
In what may turn out to be a long-missing piece in the puzzle of breast cancer, Harvard Medical School researchers have identified the molecular sparkplug that ignites cases of the disease currently unexplained...
Rehan Staton traces path from sanitation worker to Law School grad
This story is part of a series of graduate profiles ahead of Commencement ceremonies Reporters rushed to find Rehan Sujeewa Staton a handful of years ago when news broke that the Maryland sanitation worker had...
Rehan Staton traces path from sanitation worker to Law School grad
This story is part of a series of graduate profiles ahead of Commencement ceremonies Reporters rushed to find Rehan Sujeewa Staton a handful of years ago when news broke that the Maryland sanitation worker had...
A rare mutation helped one man stave off Alzheimer’s for decades
A rare genetic mutation never seen before protected a man with an inherited form of Alzheimer’s from developing the disease for decades. He is the second person found to have such protection, following...
Scientists may have found an antidote for death cap mushrooms
Death cap mushrooms get their name for a reason: The poisonous fungi can kill if ingested in even small amounts. But researchers may have found an antidote for one of the mushroom’s...
Stimulating spleens with ultrasound hints at a treatment for inflammation
We typically think of using ultrasound to take pictures of our organs and tissues to check if they are healthy. But a slight tweak to the tool might lead to treatments for...
As U.S. courts weigh in on mifepristone, here’s the abortion pill’s safety record
A widely used abortion medicine is in legal jeopardy, despite decades of data supporting its use. The medicine, called mifepristone, is part of two-drug regimen that can end a pregnancy, and was used...
How over-the-counter birth control pills could improve reproductive health
Being able to buy birth control pills off the shelf took a big step forward on May 10. Two advisory committees to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously to make...
How over-the-counter birth control pills could improve reproductive health
Being able to buy birth control pills off the shelf took a big step forward on May 10. Two advisory committees to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously to make...