Lifestyle

Over the course of the last several decades, the rate of obesity has progressively increased and is now one of the leading causes of death worldwide—650 million adults are classified …

Examining how poor diet damages blood vessels Read More

While diabetes is already associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer, a new Vanderbilt study published in Science Advances on November 18 indicates that presence of the disease …

Study finds that diabetes may hasten breast cancer tumor growth and stiffness Read More

New research from the University of California, Irvine, suggests aging is an important component of retinal ganglion cell death in glaucoma, and that novel pathways can be targeted when designing …

New study shows repeated stress accelerates aging of the eye Read More

Foster and kinship caregivers are volunteers who provide day-to-day care to children who are unable to live safely with their parents. A kinship caregiver is someone who is either related …

‘We had to Google a lot’: What foster and kinship caregivers looking after babies told us about the lack of support Read More

In a new study published in Circulation: Genomics & Precision Medicine, Mayo Clinic researchers designed and developed the first suppression-replacement KCNH2 gene therapy for correcting both long QT syndrome (LQTS) …

Novel suppression-replacement preclinical gene therapy study shows promise in long and short QT syndromes Read More

With better awareness and acceptance, approximately one out of every 50 children is receiving an autism diagnosis. More and more families are deciding when to share this information with their …

Discussing autism diagnosis with kids Read More

If nothing is done to improve the health of Australia’s male truck drivers, 6,067 lives and AU$2.6 billion in productivity could be lost over the next 10 years, Monash University-led …

Inaction could cost Australian truckers their lives, study finds Read More