1 in 8 people with severe COVID-19 get heart inflammation

Scientists from the University of Glasgow found one in eight people who were hospitalized with COVID-19 were later diagnosed with myocarditis or heart inflammation. They...

This eye problem linked to cognitive decline in older people

Scientists from Seoul National University found that macular retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness is associated with cognitive decline in older adults. The research is...

These people can get strong benefits from COVID-19 Delta breakthrough infection

Scientists from King’s College London found a delta breakthrough infection generates a potent and broad neutralizing antibody response in double vaccinated people. In the study, they...

Man with end-stage colon cancer seeks to share knowledge with fellow patients

Steve Keating knows how it feels. He knows what it’s like for your hands to tingle from oxaliplatin. He knows the sensation of sweat pooling...

This study shows the leading cause of multiple sclerosis

Scientists from Harvard University found multiple sclerosis (MS), a progressive disease that affects 2.8 million people worldwide and for which there is no definitive...

Folate (vitamin B9) deficiency linked to higher dementia, death risk

Scientists from Mount Sinai found that low folate levels (vitamin B9) in the blood may be linked to a heightened risk of dementia and...

What you need to know about monkeypox

Monkeypox burst into the headlines this month after cases were diagnosed in Africa, Europe, North America and Australia. In an interview, Anne Rimoin, the Gordon-Levin...

New antibiotic may effectively fight superbugs

Scientists from The Rockefeller University found a new antibiotic synthesized at and derived from computer models of bacterial gene products that appears to neutralize...

Previous COVID-19 infection cannot protect kids from omicron

Scientists from Boston Children's Hospital found evidence that children who previously had COVID-19 (or the inflammatory condition MIS-C) are not protected against the newer...

Long COVID linked to brain and mental illnesses

Scientists from UC San Francisco found biomarkers that may persist for many months in the blood of patients who had long COVID with neuropsychiatric...