June 20, 2024
The NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) and Office of AIDS Research (OAR), in partnership with multiple NIH institutes and centers (ICs) including NIAID, have issued a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research Opportunities Centering the Health of Women Across the HIV Research Continuum to invite HIV-related research that explicitly and intersectionally center the health needs of cisgender women and girls, and gender-diverse people.
New Initiative Shines a Spotlight on Women’s Health in HIV Research Continuum
June 18, 2024
Are you looking for a better way to biopsy for cancer, especially in deep tissue areas such as the lung and brain that aren’t readily accessible? In a study funded by NCI, researchers used machine learning to find a potential new biomarker that may someday help.
Seeking a Better Biopsy? NCI-Funded Researchers Are Using Machine Learning to Identify Exosome Biomarkers
May 7, 2024
In people's early- to mid-20s, they reach what is called peak bone mineral density, which is higher for men than it is for women, according to researchers. This peak is one of the main determinants of fracture risk later in life. After reaching this peak, a person's bone density remains roughly stable for a couple of decades. Then, when women enter the menopausal transition, they experience accelerated bone loss. Men also experience bone density decline as they age. Sleep patterns also evolve over time.
May 6, 2024
Study suggests more extensive screening method in the first trimester of pregnancy may improve detection of preeclampsia.
Personalized screening early in pregnancy may improve preeclampsia detection
May 3, 2024
In one of the first studies of its kind, UC Santa Barbara researchers have found that the immune status of postpartum mothers shifts with how she feeds her baby. Certain inflammatory proteins -- substances that are secreted as part of an immune response -- peak at different times of day, correlating with whether the mothers breastfeed, pump or formula-feed their babies.
A new mother's immune status varies with her feeding strategy
May 3, 2024
The placenta's response to infections from malaria, toxoplasmosis and listeria has been mapped in high resolution, possibly paving the way for new treatment options.
Source of pregnancy complications from infections revealed by placenta map
May 2, 2024
Consistent adherence to physical activity guidelines throughout middle-age is associated with a higher health-related quality of life in women, according to a new study.
Stay active -- or get active -- to boost quality of life while aging, study suggests to middle-aged women
May 1, 2024
Vigorous exercise burns fat more in males than in females, but the benefits of exercise are broad for everyone.
When working out, males are programmed to burn more fat, while females recycle it--at least in rats
May 1, 2024
Researchers changed the composition of the gut microbiota in male mice through common antibiotics, inducing a condition called dysbiosis, and found that: - Mouse pups sired by a dysbiotic father show significantly lower birth weight, and have increased risk of growth disorders and postnatal mortality.
April 30, 2024
There's a large and growing body of evidence pointing to potentially negative impacts of social media on mental health, from its addictive nature to disruptions in sleep patterns to effects on body image. Now, a new study has found that young women who took a social media break for as little as one week had a significant boost in self-esteem and body image -- particularly those most vulnerable to thin-ideal internalization.
Social-media break has huge impact on young women's body image, study finds
