Mapping pre-myelinating oligodendrocytes: New mouse line links neuronal activity to cell survival

byIngrid Fadelli, Medical XpressSchematic showing the potential effect of neuronal activity on oligodendrogenesis, acting through its influence on both OPCs and preOLs. Credit:Nature Neuroscience(2025

Updated on: March 16,2026

Mapping pre-myelinating oligodendrocytes: New mouse line links neuronal activity to cell survival

byIngrid Fadelli, Medical XpressSchematic showing the potential effect of neuronal activity on oligodendrogenesis, acting through its influence on both OPCs and preOLs. Credit:Nature Neuroscience(2025

Updated on:March 16,2026

Is there much COVID around? Do I need the new booster shot LP.8.1?

by Adrian Esterman,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainCOVID rarely rates a mention in the news these days, yet ithasn't gone away.SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, is still w

Updated on: March 15,2026

Is there much COVID around? Do I need the new booster shot LP.8.1?

by Adrian Esterman,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainCOVID rarely rates a mention in the news these days, yet ithasn't gone away.SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, is still w

Updated on:March 15,2026

Kidney transplant waitlisting: A potentially better way to optimize the timing

byAmerican Society of NephrologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe current kidney transplant waitlisting criterion is based on a single measurement of kidney function (estimated glomerular filtratio

Updated on: March 15,2026

Kidney transplant waitlisting: A potentially better way to optimize the timing

byAmerican Society of NephrologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe current kidney transplant waitlisting criterion is based on a single measurement of kidney function (estimated glomerular filtratio

Updated on:March 15,2026

Long COVID: Resistance exercise can improve physical and mental symptoms

byUniversity of GlasgowCredit:JAMA Network Open(2025). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.34304A three-month program of resistance exercise can help improve the physical and mental well-being of people

Updated on: March 15,2026

Long COVID: Resistance exercise can improve physical and mental symptoms

byUniversity of GlasgowCredit:JAMA Network Open(2025). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.34304A three-month program of resistance exercise can help improve the physical and mental well-being of people

Updated on:March 15,2026

Improving the medical and forensic care of sexual assault survivors in the emergency department

by Meg Dalton,Yale UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAs a resident, David Yang took care of numerous survivors of sexual assault in the emergency department (ED). Often, he would notice that

Updated on: March 14,2026

Improving the medical and forensic care of sexual assault survivors in the emergency department

by Meg Dalton,Yale UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAs a resident, David Yang took care of numerous survivors of sexual assault in the emergency department (ED). Often, he would notice that

Updated on:March 14,2026

Intensive blood pressure lowering could benefit almost all adults with hypertensive chronic kidney disease

byAmerican Society of NephrologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAn analysis of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) indicates that nearly all adults with chronic kidney disease (C

Updated on: March 14,2026

Intensive blood pressure lowering could benefit almost all adults with hypertensive chronic kidney disease

byAmerican Society of NephrologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAn analysis of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) indicates that nearly all adults with chronic kidney disease (C

Updated on:March 14,2026

I have a stuffy nose. How do I know if it's hay fever or a cold?

by Janet Davies, Joy Lee, Saeideh Hajighasemi,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainYou've been through winter lurgies and escaped the start of spring free of hay fever. Now you wake u

Updated on: March 13,2026

I have a stuffy nose. How do I know if it's hay fever or a cold?

by Janet Davies, Joy Lee, Saeideh Hajighasemi,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainYou've been through winter lurgies and escaped the start of spring free of hay fever. Now you wake u

Updated on:March 13,2026

How gray hair and cancer may be linked

by Justin Stebbing,The ConversationCredit: CC0 Public DomainGray hair is an inevitable hallmark of aging. It's a visual reminder of the passing years and all the bodily changes that accompany it.B

Updated on: March 12,2026

How gray hair and cancer may be linked

by Justin Stebbing,The ConversationCredit: CC0 Public DomainGray hair is an inevitable hallmark of aging. It's a visual reminder of the passing years and all the bodily changes that accompany it.B

Updated on:March 12,2026

How the immune system keeps mucosal fungi in check

byUniversity of ZurichThe yeast fungus Candida albicans (blue) breaks out of human immune cells (red) by forming long thread-like cells called hyphae. The part of the hypha that has already left the i

Updated on: March 12,2026

How the immune system keeps mucosal fungi in check

byUniversity of ZurichThe yeast fungus Candida albicans (blue) breaks out of human immune cells (red) by forming long thread-like cells called hyphae. The part of the hypha that has already left the i

Updated on:March 12,2026

How do brains stay stable, and when might a dose of flexibility be helpful?

bySalk InstituteAstrocytes in the mouse visual cortex. Credit: Salk InstituteYoung minds are easily molded. Each new experience rewires a child's brain circuitry, adding and removing synaptic conn

Updated on: March 11,2026

How do brains stay stable, and when might a dose of flexibility be helpful?

bySalk InstituteAstrocytes in the mouse visual cortex. Credit: Salk InstituteYoung minds are easily molded. Each new experience rewires a child's brain circuitry, adding and removing synaptic conn

Updated on:March 11,2026

Hospital patients who feel short of breath after being admitted are six times more likely to die, research finds

byEuropean Respiratory SocietyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe risk of dying is six times higher among patients who become short of breath after being admitted to hospital, according to research p

Updated on: March 10,2026

Hospital patients who feel short of breath after being admitted are six times more likely to die, research finds

byEuropean Respiratory SocietyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe risk of dying is six times higher among patients who become short of breath after being admitted to hospital, according to research p

Updated on:March 10,2026

How a rare disorder triggers sweet aversion and fat buildup in the liver

byCity of Hope National Medical CenterCharles Brenner, Ph.D., City of Hope's Alfred E. Mann Family Foundation Chair in Diabetes and Cancer Metabolism, has conducted a landmark study that dissects

Updated on: March 10,2026

How a rare disorder triggers sweet aversion and fat buildup in the liver

byCity of Hope National Medical CenterCharles Brenner, Ph.D., City of Hope's Alfred E. Mann Family Foundation Chair in Diabetes and Cancer Metabolism, has conducted a landmark study that dissects

Updated on:March 10,2026