Even though electronic cigarettes do not contain any illicit substances, the liquid can cause serious health problems. Often, the nicotine concentration in these products is several times higher than in conventional cigarettes, promoting rapid addiction.
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the cells that produce insulin—a critical hormone that regulates blood sugar in the body. Scientists at Scripps Research have discovered a new kind of cell that helps protect insulin production, paving the way to understanding how researchers could prevent or reverse type 1 diabetes.
The ticking of the biological clock is especially loud in the ovaries—the organs that store and release a woman’s eggs. From age 25 to 40, a woman’s chance of conceiving each month decreases drastically.
A team of researchers from Concordia University and McGill University has developed a “lab-on-a-chip” device that models how Alzheimer’s disease advances in the brain.
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with colleagues in South Africa, have investigated whether tuberculosis can be traced in exhaled air. The results, published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases, show that a new method may help identify people with infectious tuberculosis directly in primary care.
Researchers have refined a powerful DNA sequencing tool that can uncover hidden mutations that occur naturally in our bodies as we age. In the largest study to date, they have used the tool to provide insights into the earliest steps of cancer development and the role of mutations in healthy tissue.
UCLA scientists, together with a team of international collaborators, have identified a promising new treatment strategy that can detect, kill and reprogram aggressive, treatment-resistant tumors like osteosarcomas and glioblastoma.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Bunkerhill Health today announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for Bunkerhill MAC, the first artificial intelligence algorithm to detect and quantify mitral annular calcification (MAC). The algorithm runs on routine, non-gated chest CT scans.
BOERNE, Texas, Oct. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Building once again on their first mover position as a leader in endovascular hemorrhage control and resuscitation, Prytime Medical Devices, Inc. (Prytime) this week announced a new FDA 510(k) clearance for their flagship pREBOA-PRO™ Catheter.
When the Norwegian company that manufactures the Safeback SBX device, which is already on the market, approached Eurac Research to have it independently tested, it was clear that the international research team led by physician and researcher Giacomo Strapazzon would publish the results of the study in any case, regardless of the outcome.