Harvard Research Shows For Life Expectancy, Money Matters
New research from Harvard University shows that being poor in the United States is hazardous to your health, revealing that the average life expectancy of…
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Yale Researchers Show Parents Underestimate Their Children’s Weight
A new study form Yale University details how some parents underestimate their children’s weight, a misperception with important implications for clinical prevention and treatment of…
Yale Study Finds Racial Differences in Smoking Patterns
A newly published study from Yale University reveals that differences in smoking habits between African Americans and whites may lead to a disparity in screening…
Yale Study Shows Key Protein In Pancreatic Cancer Growth May Also Be Its Undoing
In a newly published study, Yale scientists reveal that the overexpression of a protein called renalase in pancreatic cancer plays a critical role in spurring…
Scientists Reveal Amino Acids Supply Most Building Blocks for Tumor Cells
New research shows that amino acids, not glucose, account for the majority of cell mass in proliferating mammalian cells. Cancer cells are notorious for their…
MIT Research Shows How Diet Influences Colon Cancer
New research from MIT reveals ties high-fat diet to changes in intestinal stem cells, helping to explain an increased cancer risk. Over the past decade,…
New Yale Study Pinpoints Key Protein in Severe Vascular Disease
New research from Yale University investigates factors that squeeze, or narrow, the aorta in a common vascular disease, revealing a target for potential new treatments….
New Study Shows Even Moderate Alcohol Consumption Can Harm People with HIV
A newly published study from Yale University shows that moderate alcohol consumption is more harmful to people with HIV than uninfected individuals, raising the risk…
Biochemists Identify Another Piece of the Parkinson’s Disease Pathology Puzzle
An international team has discovered that the LRRK2 kinase regulates cellular trafficking by deactivating Rab proteins. This finding illuminates a novel route for therapeutic development…
Yale Researchers Identify Molecular Link between Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease
The high levels of obesity in the United States contribute to fatty liver disease, the most common form of liver disease. A newly published study…
New Yale Study Links Childbearing to Accelerated Aging
New research from Yale University reveals the first evidence that childbearing may cause accelerated aging in women. The researchers tested 100 healthy postmenopausal women from…
Yale Examines How Bacteria Might Trigger and Treat Autoimmune Disease
New research from Yale University is exploring how beneficial bacteria that live in the gut might trick the body into an autoimmune reaction known as…
Yale Study Reveals Toxins in Fracking Fluids and Wastewater
New research from the Yale School of Public Health analyzed more than 1,000 chemicals in fluids used in and created by hydraulic fracturing (fracking), finding…
Immune Therapy Drug Prolongs Survival in Advanced Lung Cancer Patients
A newly published study involving patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer resistant to chemotherapy has found a promising weapon in an immune therapy drug…
New Research Reveals How Cancer Cells Escape Blood Vessels
A newly published study from MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital reveals how cancer cells latch onto blood vessels and invade tissues to form new tumors…
Hospital Price Study Reveals ‘Mind-Boggling’ Variation Across USA
A new study from Yale University economists reveals that the prices hospitals negotiate with health insurance companies vary enormously within and across geographic regions in…
Yale Researchers Discover New Complexities Behind Drug Resistance
New research from Yale University probes genes for clues to drug resistance in aggressive breast cancer. By sifting through the 20,000 protein-encoding genes in the…
Scientists Develop a New Way to Deliver MicroRNAs for Cancer Treatment
By twisting RNA strands into a triple helix and embedding them in a biocompatible gel, researchers from MIT have developed a new way to shrink…