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June 26, 2025

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Understanding Cultural Differences in Salt Usage May Help Lower Consumption

May 30, 2025 — An analysis of data from a national health survey conducted before the pandemic found that pizza, soup and chicken are some of the main sources of sodium (salt) intake for people in all racial and ethnic groups. The study also showed clear ...

The Long Pathway to Cell Organization and Growth

May 16, 2025 — Sterols are among the most abundant lipids in eukaryotic cells, yet are synthesized through notoriously long, complex metabolic pathways. Researchers have used a novel approach to show how they interact with other lipids that help cells ...

New Study Reveals Our Skin's Own Bacteria Can Help Protect Us from the Bad Effects of Sunlight

May 15, 2025 — The skin microbiome plays an important role in health and disease. Researchers have now substantiated that certain skin bacteria can protect us from the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation specifically ...

Exercise the Key to Maintaining Vitamin D Levels in Winter

May 15, 2025 — New research shows that regular exercise can help maintain Vitamin D levels during the darker ...

Climate Change: Future of Today's Young People

May 7, 2025 — Climate scientists reveal that millions of today's young people will live through unprecedented lifetime exposure to heatwaves, crop failures, river floods, droughts, wildfires and tropical storms under current climate policies. If global ...

New Type of Handheld Detector for All Types of Ionizing Radiation Improves Radiation Safety

Apr. 15, 2025 — Scientists have developed a new type of handheld multi-purpose radiation detector that comprehensively detects all types of ionizing radiation. The device can be used by industrial and medical ...

A Protein from Tiny Tardigrades May Help Cancer Patients Tolerate Radiation Therapy

Feb. 26, 2025 — Drawing inspiration from the tardigrade, researchers developed a new strategy that may protect cancer patients from the side effects of radiation ...

What Happens When a Diet Targets Ultra-Processed Foods?

Feb. 21, 2025 — In just two months, a Drexel University pilot program helped participants cut their ultra-processed food intake by half, leading to weight loss, better moods, and major reductions in sugar, fat, and sodium. The secret? A supportive mix of education, ...

More Sunshine as a Baby Linked to Less Disease Activity for Children With MS

Feb. 14, 2025 — Getting at least 30 minutes of daily summer sun in the first year of life may mean a lower relapse risk for children who are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) later, according to a new study. ...

A Light-Activated Drug to Fight Psoriasis

Feb. 3, 2025 — Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease that manifests itself mainly with skin symptoms (dryness, itching, scaly skin, abnormal patches and plaques). It affects about 2% of the population and is mediated by an altered immune system response that ...

Vitamin D Matters During First Trimester

Feb. 3, 2025 — Maternal vitamin D levels in the first trimester were related to both prenatal growth and pregnancy outcomes, according to a new study. Low vitamin D levels during the first trimester of pregnancy were associated with higher rates of preterm birth ...

An Injectable Hydrogel for Local Bone Densification

Jan. 28, 2025 — Researchers have combined injections of a novel hydrogel with systemic osteoporosis drugs in rats, achieving rapid local increases in bone density. The results offer hope for future fracture prevention therapies in osteoporosis ...

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Research Points the Way to Lifesaving Antiparasitic Drugs While Unlocking a Scientific Mystery

Dec. 20, 2024 — A breakthrough in understanding how a single-cell parasite makes ergosterol (its version of cholesterol) could lead to more effective drugs for human ...

AI-Enabled Analysis of Images Meant to Catch One Disease Can Reveal Others

Dec. 9, 2024 — With the help of an AI tool, computed tomography (CT) scans taken originally to look for tumors or bleeding or infections, also revealed calcium buildup in arteries, a sign of worsening ...

Taking High-Dose Vitamin D Supplements for Five Years Did Not Affect the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes

Dec. 3, 2024 — Using significantly higher doses of vitamin D than recommended for five years did not affect the incidence of type 2 diabetes in elderly men and ...

Revisiting Vitamin D Guidelines

Dec. 2, 2024 — In June of 2024, the Endocrine Society, influenced by a substantial body of research conducted in recent years, published new clinical practice guidelines for the testing and supplementation of ...

High-Dose IV Vitamin C Plus Chemotherapy Doubles Survival in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

Nov. 18, 2024 — A randomized, phase 2 clinical trial shows that adding high-dose, intravenous (IV) vitamin C to chemotherapy doubles the overall survival of patients ...

Two Key Genes Identified Linking Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis

Nov. 5, 2024 — Researchers employed analysis tools and machine learning algorithms to identify two genes linked to rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis that could serve as diagnostic tools and potential targets ...

Researchers Use AI Tools to Uncover Connections Between Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer and Heart Complications

Aug. 20, 2024 — Researchers have used artificial intelligence tools to accelerate the understanding of the risk of specific cardiac arrhythmias when various parts of ...

UV Rays May Boost Health in Low-Sunlight Countries

Aug. 14, 2024 — The health benefits of sunshine could outweigh the risks for people living in places with limited sunlight, such as parts of the UK, a study suggests. Exposure to higher levels of ultraviolet (UV) ...

Sugar Intake Decreasing but Still Too High

Aug. 14, 2024 — A high-sugar diet is seen as a risk factor for obesity and chronic illness. Researchers have analyzed data on sugar intake among children and adolescents in a long-term study, finding that intake has ...

Significant Link Found Between Heme Iron, Found in Red Meat and Other Animal Products, and Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Aug. 13, 2024 — Higher intake of heme iron, the type found in red meat and other animal products -- as opposed to non-heme iron, found mostly in plant-based foods -- ...

When Sun Protection Begets Malnutrition: Vitamin D Deficiency in Japanese Women

Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers have developed a non-invasive, low-cost tool for assessing the risk of vitamin D deficiency in young women called ViDDPreS (Vitamin D Deficiency Predicting ...

Can A.I. Tell You If You Have Osteoporosis? Newly Developed Deep Learning Model Shows Promise

June 28, 2024 — Researchers have developed a novel deep learning algorithm that outperformed existing computer-based osteoporosis risk prediction methods, potentially leading to earlier diagnoses and better outcomes ...

Promising Drug Target for Treating Osteoporosis

June 18, 2024 — Osteoporosis or the weakening of bones makes the aging population vulnerable to fractures and a decreased quality of life. The parathyroid hormone (PTH)-derived peptide -- teriparatide has ...

Healthy Adults Under Age of 75 Urged to Take Recommended Daily Allowance of Vitamin D

June 3, 2024 — Healthy adults under the age of 75 are unlikely to benefit from taking more than the daily intake of vitamin D recommended by the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) and do not require testing for vitamin D ...

The World's Most Powerful Anti-Fungal Chemistries Cause Fungal Pathogens to Self-Destruct

May 31, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that the most widely-used class of antifungals in the world cause pathogens to self-destruct. The research could help improve ways to protect food security and human ...

Dermatologists Find Ultraviolet Irradiation Increases Appetite but Prevents Body Weight Gain

May 22, 2024 — Obesity and metabolic disorders are increasingly significant global public health issues. In a novel study, a team of dermatologists evaluated the effect of ultraviolet (UV) exposure on appetite and ...

New Study Challenges One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Vitamin D Supplementation Guidelines

May 2, 2024 — A new study sheds light on the complexities of achieving optimal vitamin D status across diverse populations. Despite substantial research on the determinants of vitamin D, levels of vitamin D ...

Vitamin D Alters Mouse Gut Bacteria to Give Better Cancer Immunity

Apr. 25, 2024 — Researchers have found that vitamin D encourages the growth of a type of gut bacteria in mice which improves immunity to ...

Size of Salty Snack Influences Eating Behavior That Determines Amount Consumed

Apr. 10, 2024 — The size of an individual snack piece not only influences how fast a person eats it, but also how much of it they eat, according to a new study. With nearly a quarter of daily calorie intake in the ...

Alcohol Raises Heart Disease Risk, Particularly Among Women

Mar. 28, 2024 — Young to middle-aged women who reported drinking eight or more alcoholic beverages per week--more than one per day, on average--were significantly more likely to develop coronary heart disease ...

More Exposure to Artificial, Bright, Outdoor Night-Time Light Linked to Higher Stroke Risk

Mar. 25, 2024 — Air pollution and night-time outdoor light each were associated with harmful effects on brain health, finds new ...

New Diagnostic Tool for Femoral Osteoporosis Improves the Efficacy and Viability of Current Methods

Feb. 21, 2024 — The new diagnostic methodology, which will enable anticipating and preventing a greater number of cases of femur fracture, is the result of research conducted under a public-private ...

Red Light Can Reduce Blood Glucose Levels

Feb. 20, 2024 — Shining a specific frequency of red light on a person's back for 15 minutes can significantly reduce blood sugar levels, according to a new ...

Archaeological Evidence of Seasonal Vitamin D Deficiency Discovered

Jan. 31, 2024 — Rickets ran rife in children following the Industrial Revolution, but new research has found factory work and polluted cities aren't entirely to blame for the period's vitamin D ...

Healthy Diet Early in Life Seems to Protect Against Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Jan. 31, 2024 — Having a high dietary intake of fish and vegetables at 1 year of age, and a low intake of sugar beverages, seems to protect against inflammatory bowel disease. These are the findings of a study with ...

Breakthrough in Photoactivatable Nanomedicine for the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Dec. 5, 2023 — Researchers have developed a light-activatable prodrug nanomedicine for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) therapy. Through the intravenous injection of the nanomedicine and application of light ...

Vitamin D Supplements Do Not Prevent Bone Fractures in Children

Dec. 1, 2023 — A major clinical trial has found that vitamin D supplements do not increase bone strength or prevent bone fractures in children with vitamin D deficiency. The findings challenge widely held ...

Radiation Therapy May Be Potential Heart Failure Treatment

Nov. 28, 2023 — In diseased hearts, low-dose radiation therapy appears to improve heart ...

Clinical Trial Data Suggests Prenatal Vitamin D Reduces a Child's Risk of Asthma

Nov. 9, 2023 — A review of 15 years' worth of data found that vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy was linked to reduced rates of asthma and wheezing in children compared to standard prenatal ...

Reducing Vitamin B5 Slows Breast Cancer Growth in Mice

Nov. 9, 2023 — Researchers have discovered that breast cancer cells expressing a cancer-driving gene heavily rely on vitamin B5 to grow and ...