Great news for people who need to pay cash for HPV shots. Come over to find out why it might soon be less expensive to protect your kids (and yourself).

A study from researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has found connections between the alternative sweetener sorbitol and liver disease.

People turning to GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic and Victoza to aid weight loss should think twice, say Canadian pharmacologists.

You might have heard that Yo-yo dieting makes you more vulnerable to heart disease, but why is that? Scientists say they might have an answer.

A study found that Trump administration NIH grant cuts led to termination of 118 trials studying cancer, 97 studying infectious diseases and 140 testing new treatments.

This cohort study uses data from the Framingham Heart Study to evaluate whether higher physical activity levels in early adult life, midlife, or late life are associated with lower risk of all-cause o...

Maria Menounos talked about her experiences with having a meningioma and then a neuroendocrine cancer of her pancreas and the importance of early detection of cancer.

Xenotransplantation of genetically-modified pig kidneys offers a solution to the scarcity of organs for end-stage renal disease patients.1 We performed a 61-day alpha-Gal knock-out pig kidney and thymic autograft transplant into a nephrectomized brain-dead human using clinically approved immunosuppression, without CD40 blockade or additional genetic modification. Hemodynamic and electrolyte stability and dialysis independence were achieved. Post-operative day (POD) 10 biopsies revealed glomerular IgM and IgA deposition, activation of early complement components and mesangiolysis with stable renal function without proteinuria, a phenotype not seen in allotransplantation. On POD 33, an abrupt increase in serum creatinine was associated with antibody-mediated rejection and increased donor-specific IgG. Plasma exchange, C3/C3b inhibition and rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG), completely reversed xenograft rejection. Pre-existing donor-reactive T cell clones expanded progressively in the circulation post-transplant, acquired an effector transcriptional profile and were detected in the POD 33 rejecting xenograft prior to rATG treatment. This study provides the first long-term physiologic, immunologic, and infectious disease monitoring of a pig-to-human kidney xenotransplant and indicates that pre-existing xenoreactive T cells and induced antibodies to unknown epitope(s) present a major challenge, despite significant immunosuppression. It also demonstrates that a minimally gene-edited pig kidney can support long-term life-sustaining physiologic functions in a human.

A new influenza A strain subclade K is circulating due to H3N2 picking up seven mutations this summer. Will this lead to a worse flu season through the winter.

You may have seen the term “shallowing” trending on TikTok and other social media. It refers to a sex act that around 84% of women surveyed use to increase pleasure.

A new study shows progress in the possibility of butt breathing. Here's what's behind the possibility of injecting oxygen- carrying perfluorodecalin up into your rectum.