PrEP is used to prevent HIV infection.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last month in a case that could affect what kinds of preventive care services, technologies and medicines are covered at no charge to the patient as a result of…
Category: 5. Health
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Why Requiring Placebo-Controlled Trials For New Vaccines Could Harm Americans
HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA – AUGUST 07: Lisa Taylor receives a COVID-19 vaccination from RN Jose Muniz as … More
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Bread Recall After ‘Glass Fragments Found’ Affects 6 States, FDA Says
There is now a bread recall due to the presence of glass fragments being found on the top of the … More
You could call this a glass act. There is now a bread recall…
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Trump May Explore Most Favored Nation Model To Lower Drug Prices
The Trump administration may resurrect a prescription drug pricing initiative, the most favored … More
The Trump administration may…
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Process driving evolution and major diseases
Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As part of the process, viruses leave behind remnants throughout the genetic material (genomes) of humans. The virus-like insertions,…
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How cellular quality control contributes to insulin resistance related to type 2 diabetes
Researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center have revealed critical insights into how impaired mitochondrial dynamics and quality control mechanisms in skeletal muscle influence insulin sensitivity in patients with Type 2 Diabetes, or…
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New gene-editing therapy shows early success in fighting advanced GI cancers
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have completed a first-in-human clinical trial testing a CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technique to help the immune system fight advanced gastrointestinal (GI) cancers. The results, recently published in…
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The all-female Korean Haenyeo divers show genetic adaptions to cold water diving
The Haenyeo, a group of all-female divers from the Korean island of Jeju, are renowned for their ability to dive in frigid waters without the aid of breathing equipment — even while pregnant. A study publishing on May 2 in the Cell Press journal…
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The future of brain activity monitoring may look like a strand of hair
The future of electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring may soon look like a strand of hair. In place of the traditional metal electrodes, a web of wires and sticky adhesives, a team of researchers from Penn State created a hairlike device for…
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Antivenom neutralizes the neurotoxins of 19 of the world’s deadliest snakes
By using antibodies from a human donor with a self-induced hyper-immunity to snake venom, scientists have developed the most broadly effective antivenom to date, which is protective against the likes of the black mamba, king cobra, and tiger…
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