The University of California, Riverside, is the recipient of a 2021 UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives, or MRPI, award allowing the campus to put...
There is a widespread belief that a change in the mental status or an increase in falls in a nursing home resident may indicate an underlying...
Depressed children and teenagers have an increased risk of suffering from premature death and a wide range of illnesses later in life.
Today, a clinician can order a blood test to check a patient's cholesterol or hemoglobin A1c levels -- biomarkers that help predict an individual's risk of...
Noncommunicable diseases now make up 7 of the world's top 10 causes of death, according to WHO's 2019 Global Health Estimates, published today.
ALS is a fatal neurodegenerative disease causing a rapid loss of motor function, which usually results in a serious condition with early death within a few...
Humans are more prone to develop carcinomas compared with our closest evolutionary cousins, the great apes.
SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, consists of an assembly of proteins that determine its infectious and immunological behavior.
When a coronavirus--including SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19--infects someone, it hijacks the person's cells, co-opting their molecular machinery for its own...
COVID-19 has changed the way we live and work, as various health and safety restrictions keep more of us at home more often.