Thinking of splurging on a whole-body MRI or CT scan, based on the latest health fad?
Blood clots on a chip: New model could improve thromboinflammation treatment
Blood clots are associated with life-threatening conditions such as sepsis, sickle cell disease, heart attack, and stroke.
Hitting the target: Imaging reveals psilocybin’s neural odyssey
Psilocybin is the active ingredient that gives so-called “magic mushrooms” their hallucinogenic kick. It also has a therapeutic potential for treating depression.
Lowering the cost of insurance in Colorado: A new analysis of the Peak Health Alliance
A community-led partnership in Colorado designed to negotiate health care prices lowered health care premiums in 2020 and 2021, we find in our new paper in the Journal of Risk and Insurance. The nonprofit organization is called the Peak Health Alliance.
Vitamin D builds your bones and keeps your gut sealed, but many children are deficient
You’ve likely heard about vitamin D’s important role in maintaining strong bones and teeth. But it also plays several other important roles to keep your body healthy—including the function of your gut.
Medicare Advantage is covering more and more Americans, some because they don’t get to choose
Since the mid-2000s, the Medicare system has dramatically transformed. Enrollment in Medicare Advantage—the private alternative to the traditional Medicare program administered by the government—has more than quadrupled. It now accounts for the majority of Medicare enrollment.
Researchers reveal 17 modifiable risk factors shared by stroke, dementia, and late-life depression
Age-related brain diseases such as stroke, dementia, and late-life depression are a debilitating part of growing older, but people can lower their risk of these diseases through behavioral and lifestyle changes.
Healthy nutrition and physical lifestyle choices lower cancer mortality risk for survivors, study suggests
In 2022, the American Cancer Society (ACS) updated its nutrition and activity guidelines for cancer survivors, recommending they avoid obesity, stay physically active, eat a healthy diet, and limit alcohol intake.
Novel genes linked to rare childhood diarrhea disorder
At only two days old, Sophie was losing too much weight, and too quickly. Further genetic testing would show that Sophie has one of a group of rare conditions called CODE (congenital diarrhea and enteropathies) that disrupts the function of cells in the intestine, causing diarrhea and preventing infants from absorbing the nutrients they need to grow and thrive. For Sophie’s parents, Samantha and Kyle, this meant a complete re-envisioning of the life they had expected as a family.
Key differences between visual and memory-led Alzheimer’s discovered
Differences in the distribution of certain proteins and markers in the brain may explain why some people first experience vision changes instead of memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease, finds a new study by UCL researchers.