October 29, 2024
A study suggests that meditation for pain relief may work through different systems in females and males. The results highlight the need for research into different approaches to treating pain depending on sex.
October 29, 2024
Using a highly promising approach to speed breast cancer diagnostics, researcher W. Andy Tao of the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research is studying how specific blood particles could be used to catch BRCA-related breast cancer before any tumor growth.
Purdue News: WGHI-supported research could lead to blood tests for early breast cancer diagnoses
October 25, 2024
A recent article highlights the critical importance of skeletal muscle mass in the context of medically induced weight loss, particularly with the widespread use of GLP-1 receptor agonists. These medications, celebrated for their effectiveness in treating obesity, have raised concerns regarding the potential for substantial muscle loss as part of the weight loss process.
Skeletal muscle health amid growing use of weight loss medications
October 24, 2024
Researchers have created a portable device that can detect colorectal and prostate cancer more cheaply and quickly than prevailing methods. The team believes the device may be especially helpful in developing countries, which experience higher cancer mortality rates due in part to barriers to medical diagnosis.
Researchers develop low-cost device that detects cancer in an hour
October 24, 2024
Obesity is a common cause of diabetes, heart disease and early death, but risk differs greatly from one person to the next. A pioneering clinical risk prediction algorithm has been developed that splits obesity into 5 separate diagnostic profiles each with contrasting health consequences and treatment requirements.
New precision medicine approach helps detect subgroups of people with obesity at high risk of diabetes and heart disease
October 24, 2024
Maternal antibodies passed across the placenta can interfere with the response to the malaria vaccine, which would explain its lower efficacy in infants under five months of age, according to new research. The findings suggest that children younger than currently recommended by the WHO may benefit from the RTS,S and R21 malaria vaccines if they live in areas with low malaria transmission, where mothers have less antibodies to the parasite.
Maternal antibodies interfere with malaria vaccine responses
October 23, 2024
Researchers have discovered a mechanism that ovarian tumors use to cripple immune cells and impede their attack -- blocking the energy supply T cells depend on. The work points toward a promising new immunotherapy approach for ovarian cancer, which is notoriously aggressive and hard to treat.
October 23, 2024
Research findings provide further evidence that early childhood education can improve educational outcomes for low-income Black children, but that subsequent experiences may erode those impacts especially for low-income Black males.
Early active learning boosts skills for children born into extreme poverty, but gains fade for Black boys, study shows
October 23, 2024
New study reveals link between oxygen delivery and reproductive success among women living on the high Tibetan Plateau.
Evolution in action: How ethnic Tibetan women thrive in thin oxygen at high altitudes
October 22, 2024
Researchers evaluated tissues for fibrosis using MeCo Score, a diagnostic tool that can potentially predict the likelihood of relapse or recurrence among patients with early-stage breast cancer.
Clinical study confirms tissue stiffening in breast cancer can drive metastasis
