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It's an increasingly popular scan that measures calcium in the heart's arteries and helps predict the risk of future heart disease. But according to a new Northwestern Medicine study, the quick and inexpensive test—known as a coronary artery calcium scan—may be most valuable only

elzauer/Moment/Getty Images A preliminary study found that “poop pills” — oral fecal microbiome transplantation (FMT) — increased tolerance to peanuts in some adults with a peanut allergy. Researchers found similar results in mice, with a certain type of gut bacteria playi

When Don Yansen ’63 arrived at the MIT AgeLab for a study on technology in care­giving for older adults, he didn’t plan to launch another company. But when he heard participants talk about how hard modern devices can be to use, he decided to develop an alternative. Yansen, a seri

Even as a teenager, Laurie Stach ’06 says, she had a “crazy ambition to take on the world and solve problems.” At MIT, she realized she wasn’t the only one. “Adults always see these youth who are good at math and science and say, ‘You’re going to do great things—someday,’” says S

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Orzeyful (oveporexton) tablets to treat narcolepsy type 1 in adults. Orzeyful marks the first medication approved for the full range of symptoms associated with narcolepsy type 1 and is the first approved drug to directly target

For many older adults with heart disease, age is a significant factor in treatment decisions. But a new Yale–led study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggests that overall health, function and medical conditions may be more important than age alone wh

A Stanford Medicine app found that older adults' daily travel range shrank as temperatures rose, potentially limiting social, physical and community activities. Mais do que repetir a manchete, o ponto aqui e entender o que essa mudanca revela e por que ela merece atencao.

Moderna's new flu vaccine, mFLUSIVA, is approved for all adults ages 50 and up. Mais do que repetir a manchete, o ponto aqui e entender o que essa mudanca revela e por que ela merece atencao.

A new UC San Francisco study helps explain why people with HIV remain at elevated risk for type 2 diabetes despite effective suppression of the virus with modern medications. Mais do que repetir a manchete, o ponto aqui e entender o que essa mudanca revela e por que ela merece at

Researchers from the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found that depression is associated with smaller volume in a specific part of the hippocampus, a brain region essential for learning and

Ofcom says more than half of UK adults have encountered potentially fraudulent ads online.