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Many health experts say that U.S. primary care is in crisis, with demand for appointments rising and doctors scarce. A new five-year experiment might prove part of the solution.

A study just published in the journal Microbiome, describes for the first time the intestinal microbiome and metabolome in patients with (genetically acquired) CTLA4 deficiency. CTLA4 is an immune checkpoint, a key element in cancer mechanisms whose discovery has revolutionized the field.

Pope Francis has been in hospital for more than a week with what some media reports are now calling “double pneumonia.”

Sleep is the holy grail for new parents. So no wonder many tired parents are looking for something to help their babies sleep.

In addition to making gadgets and game pieces, 3D printing is being used in health care to print prosthetics, dental implants and surgical models. Now, a team at Washington University in St. Louis is using 3D printing to create bioelectronic scaffolds that would allow researchers to create new tissue with a host of potential applications.

Every day, our brain makes thousands of decisions, big and small. Any of these decisions—from the least consequential, such as picking a restaurant, to the more important, such as pursuing a different career or moving to a new city—may result in better or worse outcomes.

U.S. hospital occupancy after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is significantly higher than it was before the pandemic, setting the stage for a hospital bed shortage as early as 2032, new research suggests.

Researchers have discovered that stomach cancers make electrical connections with nearby sensory nerves and use these malignant circuits to stimulate the cancer’s growth and spread.

Neuroscientists have discovered how the brain distinguishes between visual motion occurring in the external world from that caused by the observer moving through it. Known as the “motion-source separation problem,” researchers have long wondered how the brain achieves this critical sensory distinction. This is the first time scientists have pinpointed the precise mechanisms.

One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery—with women far more likely to develop one, according to studies led by Michigan Medicine.