The Faces of Research series captures the stories of Duke Health patients who battled complex health challenges. These North ...

LASIK offers an example of how ophthalmology is becoming data-driven, using advanced imaging to move beyond static measurements and predict outcomes for each eye treated.

Many technological applications, such as sensors and batteries, greatly rely on electrochemical reactions. Improving these ...

President Donald Trump’s approval ratings remain below 50% in the Commonwealth, along with in many other states as well. As the United States reaches a year into Trump’s second ...

Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...

Intermittent fasting does not appear to be an effective approach for weight loss, according to a new Cochrane review.

A study of 26,000 older adults finds that moderate cannabis use is associated with larger brain volumes and better memory, attention, and processing speed.

Background Adults with Tourette syndrome (ATS) face increased risks of self-injury behaviours (SIBs) and suicidality, yet research has largely focused on biological factors. Despite stigma being a ...

The South African government and coal industry need to move fast to set up a plan to turn old coal mines and power stations in job-creating hubs after they close.

A parasite that may already be hiding in your brain has a shocking survival trick: it can infect the very immune cells sent to destroy it. Yet most people never get sick, and new research from UVA ...

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, commonly referred to as the five "stan" countries of Central ...

A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to ...