The big chill: Is cold-water immersion good for our health?
From early ocean dips to ice-cold polar plunges, cold-water immersion is increasingly popular among athletes and wellness ...
Older people may underestimate their impairment in visual processing when drinking, raising risk of accidents
Older adults' visual functions— eye movement reaction time, speed, and accuracy—are acutely impaired by alcohol, and those with chronic alcohol use disorder (AUD) are not immune to these impairments ...
Why 'cough CPR' is not the lifesaver it's made out to be
Misinformation has circulated for years on social media about how coughing forcefully can treat a heart attack. Health ...
Understanding vitamin C
Linus Pauling was a Nobel Prize winner and considered by some to be the founding father of molecular biology. According to ...
Study finds no evidence that maternal sickness during pregnancy causes autism
While many studies have reported a link between a mother's health condition during pregnancy and her child's risk of autism, ...
Research highlights AI's potential to help doctors detect congenital heart defects
Congenital heart defects (abnormalities of the heart that are present at birth) are the most common type of birth defect and, ...
Viral protein Nef enables a step toward off-the-shelf CAR T cell therapy for cancer
CAR T cell therapy is one of the most promising new cancer treatments to emerge in recent years. It involves removing a ...
Study finds increased maternal complications with previable premature rupture of membranes
Previable premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is when the amniotic sac, the protective membrane that surrounds the fetus, ...
Ventilation in hospitals could cause viruses to spread further, study suggests
Increased use of ventilation and air cleaners, designed to mitigate the spread of viral infections in hospitals, is likely to ...
National study finds homicide and suicide are top causes of maternal death
In the medical community, research has traditionally focused on how to prevent and treat the leading medical causes of maternal mortality, which include bleeding, infection, hypertension, and ...
Q&A: How a scientist helped ban a chemical connected to Parkinson's disease
The U.S. will ban nearly all uses of the common industrial cleaning agent, trichloroethylene (TCE), this year—more than 50 ...
Amniotic fluid's protective properties: Study uncovers its role in blood clotting
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have made new discoveries about amniotic fluid, a substance historically ...