Global Health
Global health is a field of study, research, and practice that focuses on improving health and achieving health equity for all people worldwide. Global health…
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Researchers Discover a Lipid Synthesis-Regulating Pathway that Aids Tumor Survival
Cancer is characterized by changes in metabolic processes, which might result in an acidic tumor environment. As a result, cancer cells must evolve in order…
Characteristics of Immune Cells in Multiple Tissues from Infancy to Adulthood
Immune cell groups that had previously gone unstudied in development and adulthood have been mapped across multiple organs, providing fresh insights into how our immune…
Ovarian Cancer Detection May Be Improved by a Perception-Based Nanosensor Platform
Every year, 14,000 women in the United States die from ovarian cancer. It’s the fifth-highest cause of cancer death in women, and it’s especially lethal…
A New Study Reveals an Imaging Technique that could Help Detect Lung Cancer Earlier at the Cellular Level
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer Center have discovered a mechanism to detect lung cancer at the cellular level in real-time during a…
Health Disparities Center
The word “health disparities” refers to the unequal distribution of health, illness, disease, suffering, and death based on social status (for example, race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic…
Conceive Wants to Answer the Loneliest Questions in Healthcare
Lauren Berson left Andreessen Horowitz in order to assist Weight Watchers expand beyond weight reduction. What the growth strategy specialist didn’t realize was that she’d…
A Common Chemical Found in Consumer Products may Interfere with a Hormone Required for a Healthy Pregnancy
According to a Rutgers study, exposure to phthalates, a group of chemicals found in everything from plastics to personal care products to electronics, can disrupt…
Physical Activity Lowers the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes by Altering Metabolism
According to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland, regular physical exercise modifies the body’s metabolite profile, and many of these changes are…
People Are Sharing Survival Myths That Would Actually Get You Killed
On Reddit, people are offering survival techniques that, rather than saving your life, will kill you. It turns out there are a lot of them…
Mental Health Inequality
People with severe and persistent mental illness have a higher risk of poor physical health and a shorter life expectancy than the general population. Mental…
Migraine Sufferers have much more Bacteria that can Change Nitrates in their Mouths
Migraine sufferers’ lips have much more microorganisms that can change nitrates than persons who don’t experience migraine headaches, according to researchers at the University of…
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