Antibodies can protect against COVID-19 reinfection
After having COVID-19, most people’s bodies develop antibodies to help fight it off.
These are special molecules made by the body’s disease defense system, the...
This study finds a cause of common pancreatic cancer
In a recent study published in Nature Cell Biology, researchers have identified a protein that drives the growth of the most common type of pancreatic...
Your neighborhood may affect your dementia risk
In a new study from the University of Wisconsin, researchers found Middle-age and older people living in more disadvantaged neighborhoods had more brain shrinkage...
People with this health problem have higher risk of liver cancer
In a new study from Karolinska Institutet and elsewhere, researchers found that non-alcoholic fatty liver, NAFLD, is linked to a 17-fold increased risk of...
This asthma drug can boost recovery in COVID-19
In a new study from the University of Oxford, researchers found that early treatment with an asthma drug budesonide shortens recovery time in COVID-19...
Widely used blood pressure may increase skin cancer risk
In a new study, researchers found that for people who take certain blood pressure medications, those drugs can increase their sensitivity to the sun's...
This common habit linked to severe COVID-19 and death
In a new study, researchers found that physical inactivity is linked to more severe COVID-19 infection and a higher risk of dying from the...
Lung cancer screening can predict death risk in heart disease
In a new study from Amsterdam University, researchers found that a deep learning algorithm accurately predicts the risk of death from heart disease using...
Blood clotting risk much higher in COVID-19 than for vaccines
In a new study from the University of Oxford, researchers found that the risk of the rare blood clotting known as cerebral venous thrombosis...
Autism develops differently in girls than boys, study finds
In a new study from the University of Virginia, researchers found how autism-spectrum disorder (ASD) manifests in the brains of girls.
The researchers discovered that...