There is a direct link between living in a violent setting and a shorter life span, even for those who are not directly involved in violence, according to researchers at Oxford’s Leverhulme Center for Demographic Science and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. What to Know Living in a violent country makes it harder to predict people’s life […]

In mice with melanoma, probiotic bacteria travel from the gut and establish in tumors, where they directly stimulate immune cells to make cancer immunotherapy more effective, according to a new study led by University of Pittsburgh researchers. Published today (April 6) in Cell, the study showed that Lactobacillus reuteri stimulates cancer-killing T cells by secreting a compound called indole-3-aldehyde, or […]

If anyone is going to know how to hack your fitness game, it’s someone who has gone and done it already. Dan Go, who has founded and sold a gym business, recently shared on Twitter the fitness tricks he wishes he’d known when he was younger and first exercising. Now 43 years old, he’s learned a thing or two and […]

Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle have engineered stem cells that do not generate dangerous arrhythmias, a complication that has to date thwarted efforts to develop stem-cell therapies for injured hearts. “We have found what we have to tackle to make these cells safe,” said Silvia Marchiano, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Chuck […]

Studying blood plasma samples from COVID-19 patients, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified specific proteins that may help predict which patients may need to be placed on ventilators to breathe and which are most likely to die of the virus. “Identifying harmful proteins may be helpful as we confront not only variants of the […]

According to an article in American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), a worklist reprioritization tool with artificial intelligence reduced both report turnaround time and wait time for pulmonary embolus-positive CT pulmonary angiography examinations. “By assisting radiologists in providing rapid diagnoses, the artificial intelligence (AI) tool could potentially enable earlier interventions for acute pulmonary embolus (PE),” concluded lead researcher Kiran Batra, MD, […]

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More young people than ever are getting colorectal cancer. Take this quiz to check your risk level Interactive quiz with 13 questions can reveal your risk of colon cancer Medics say those at higher risk should get screened from age 40 years old READ MORE: New York City man, 38, finds out blood in stools is colon cancer  MOBILE USERS […]

Prime drinks have been heavily promoted in Australia, leading to frenzied sales in supermarkets, as well bans in schools. Prime offers two products: one is marketed as a “hydration” drink, the other as an “energy” drink. The latter comes with a warning it’s not suitable for people under 18 years of age, or pregnant or lactating women and isn’t legally […]

We all know that a strong immune system is a definite advantage. Yet, sometimes, the immune system goes awry and attacks the body. This autoimmunity is the cause of various disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, type 1 diabetes, and celiac disease. To fight these diseases, it is crucial to determine the mechanisms underlying their pathogenesis. In a study […]