Women and men face different heart attack risks with diabetes
A study spanning four decades reveals how cholesterol abnormalities and high blood pressure help explain differences in diabetes-related heart attack…
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What can 6,000 brain scans tell us about Alzheimer’s?
With more than 6,200 brain scans spanning healthy aging to symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease, a major research resource offers scientists a…
Impact of birth size on academic performance in adolescence
Does the week a baby is born matter as much as their size? A study following more than 92,000 children…
Researchers harness cancer cells’ carbon monoxide to produce anticancer drug
What if we could use a cancer’s own byproduct to make drugs that destroy tumor cells from the inside? That…
Dual-targeted therapy shows promise against metastatic triple-negative breast cancer
A new preclinical study suggests that attacking triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in two ways at once can kill cancer cells,…
Electronic implant lowers blood glucose and reduces weight in mice
Type 2 diabetes is becoming increasingly common worldwide. Unlike type 1 diabetes, it is often linked to obesity, a sedentary…
Brain-computer interface enables unresponsive ICU patients to control sounds
Unresponsive ICU patients in a new Columbia study were able to raise and lower the frequency of a beeping tone…
Postpartum recovery may influence long-term maternal aging and health
Jesse Poganik, PhD, of the Division of Genetics within the Department of Medicine at Mass General Brigham, is the senior…
Study links recreational cannabis legalization to rising heart attack admissions
Legalization of recreational cannabis in the US is associated with a rise in hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease, finds an…
Potassium binder helps dialysis patients manage dietary restrictions
Dietary potassium restriction is important for managing hyperkalemia, or high blood potassium levels, in individuals on maintenance hemodialysis, but it…