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By their nature, cancer cells have different nutritional needs than healthy cells. "Cancer cells have a distinct metabolism," said Gary Patti, the Michael and Tana Powell Professor of Chemistry at Washington University in ...

You go to the hospital for treatment and to get better. But sometimes, you get something much less welcome: an infection.

New research from the Snow Center for Immune Health is challenging long-held assumptions about autoimmune disease, revealing that celiac disease may be driven not just by an overactive immune system, but by subtle defects ...

Reading seems like a straightforward process. The eyes scan the words, and the brain turns them into meaning. But it's not always that simple. Readers regularly skip words, sometimes without realizing it. New research from ...

Penn Engineers have developed an open-source algorithm that combines the speed of AI with the precision of geometry to compare complex medical images quickly and accurately, helping detect subtle changes that, over time, ...

A lightweight wearable device developed by UNSW engineers could one day help people monitor their heart and breathing health from home, potentially reducing hospital visits and allowing doctors to detect problems earlier. ...

An international research team has identified dozens of new genetic risk factors linked to lumbar spinal stenosis, a common degenerative condition of the lower spine. The study, led by researchers at the University of Oulu, ...

To function properly, neurons need to recycle cellular waste before it becomes toxic. When neurons can no longer do that, either due to aging or harmful genetic mutations, neurodegenerative disease can set in. One sign that ...

Wearing a cooling cap for 30 minutes may improve a person's sense of well-being, according to a new study by Penn State researchers. In a recent publication in Acta Psychologica, the researchers demonstrated that head cooling ...

Changes to the heart linked to marathon running vary by age, sex and training level, finds a synthesis of the available data, published in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. But it is not clear whether these changes represent ...

Three commercially available radiology AI systems have shown the potential to flag early signs of breast cancer up to six years before a diagnosis, according to a study published in Radiology.

A drug called apitegromab may help preserve lean body mass during weight loss with tirzepatide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, according to a phase 2 clinical trial published in Nature Medicine. The findings suggest that blocking ...