A new study in JAMA Network Open found that between 1999-2022, the annual number of excess US deaths—deaths that would not have occurred had the mortality rate in the US been the same as in other HICs ...

The Hertz Foundation, the nation’s preeminent nonprofit organization committed to advancing American scientific and technological leadership, has announced 19 recipients of the 2026 Hertz Fellowship ...

A clinical trial conducted in Tanzania and Mozambique and published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases concludes that expanding the use of diagnostic tests not based on sputum samples to detect ...

When danger lurks, instinct keeps us safe. It compels us to run from a burning building or wrestle a knife-wielding attacker to the ground. It also adjusts our body physiology to support these ...

Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center are part of a new multi-institution research effort aimed at improving care and outcomes for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma, ...

In this cluster randomized trial of a clinical decision support system for chronic kidney disease in primary care, both the intervention and control groups demonstrated comparable improvements in ...

Stubborn cancer tumors were completely (and safely) eliminated in a mouse model with a small but mighty treatment method ...

Images generated using artificial intelligence (AI) depict more stereotypes and stigmas around depression than images used by the media to illustrate the disease. This is the main conclusion of a ...

Dr. Irina Timofte, a transplant pulmonologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center, envisioned a new way to protect donor lungs ...

Scientists have long suspected that androgens, male sex hormones like testosterone, may help tumors grow because the hormones can suppress immune responses to some cancers. New research from the lab ...

Glenview, Illinois – A new research statement published in the May 2026 issue of the journal CHEST ®, the flagship journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST), highlights significant ...

In this qualitative study, older adults were motivated to use cannabis as an alternative approach to address health concerns. These findings highlight the importance of physician awareness of older ...