Health

From making their own swabs to staying in constant communication across the board, Northwell Health dove headfirst into uncharted waters to take on the virus and save lives.

As a new industry emerges, therapists need to be educated.

Clinical trials at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research focus on stabilizing cognitive loss and alleviating the psychotic symptoms that change our loved ones.

Northwell Health has built an elaborate data system to track and fight COVID-19. If this system goes global, it could prevent a future pandemic.

The main bioactive compound in catnip seems to protect cats from mosquitoes. It might protect humans, too.

Scientists regenerate damaged spinal cord nerve fibers with designer protein, helping paralyzed mice walk again.

The long-term lessons America learns from the coronavirus pandemic will spell life or death.

Could medical detection animals smell coronavirus?

Northwell Health is using insights from website traffic to forecast COVID-19 hospitalizations two weeks in the future.

Researchers discover that cancer cells go into hibernation to avoid chemotherapy effects.

This small-scale study may have uncovered a new link between the peripheral nerve system and autism.

A new study on mice showed that ginger may counter certain autoimmune disorders such as lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome.

Porcine gene edits may allow such transplants without rejection.

Want to tell someone’s future in the US? You don’t need a crystal ball, just their zip code.

A new study suggests that maintaining gut health to avoid diabetes may be little simpler than previously believed.

A new antibiotic hits germs with a two pronged attack.

Night owl or early bird?

A large-scale meta-analysis aims to disprove the notion that pornography consumption causes sexual aggression and violence.

First, recognize that our genes make us worrywarts.

At the height of the first wave, many people took heart from the drop in air pollution resulting from global lockdowns.

New research shows that experiencing an opposite-sex body in virtual reality impacted the subject’s gender identity.

There’s no such thing as a miracle drug.

More evidence that we’re drowning in microplastic particles.

The federal government and private insurers greatly increased Americans’ telehealth access during the pandemic. Will these changes be permanent?

While most of these deaths are driven by external factors, interventions can still help prevent them.

Jonathan Berman wants us to have better dialogues.

A new study shows that the top rap songs in the U.S. are making increasingly frequent references to depression and suicidal thoughts.

For several weeks after considering the ethics of eating meat, participants in an experiment changed their eating habits.

Ultraviolet LED lights could soon be used to help disinfect air and surfaces in buildings, planes, subways and other spaces.

Research finds that our sense of self can be manipulated by certain smells and sounds.