Health
New CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ research shows that injections of beneficial bacteria can prevent weight gain in animals feasting on a high-fat, high-sugar diet. Scientists hope to bring the specialized probiotic to people in pill form someday.
Three years after the freak Dec. 30 blaze destroyed more than 1,000 homes in ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ County, two new studies offer insight into what happens to air quality and health in the aftermath of urban wildfires.
In a study she conducted while a CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ postdoctoral researcher, Elizabeth Holzhausen and colleagues found a link between night-shift work and prostate-cancer risk.
Scientists at CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ are using a mobile laboratory to collect 1,200 breath samples from cannabis users. The collaboration with the National Institutes of Technology could help lead to a reliable cannabis breathalyzer.
A new study draws parallels between workplace entrapment and suicide research, revealing how negative job attachment can drive employees to make drastic and emotional decisions.
Researchers have discovered a protein variant that serves as a knob for regulating the body’s innate immune response. The findings could lead to new therapies for Long COVID, autoimmune disorders and more.
Being awake when your body thinks you should be sleeping can make you more susceptible to viruses, make your wounds heal more slowly and promote weight gain. And don't even think about driving the day after an all-nighter.
Females sleep less, wake up more often and get less restorative sleep than males, according to a new study. The findings could have broad implications for biomedical sleep research, which for decades has focused primarily on males.
In his research on the brain, Daniel Gustavson looks for clues about when cognitive decline begins. Gustavson is an assistant research professor in the Institute for Behavioral Genetics.
Scientists from CIRES and CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ harnessed social media data to track patterns in allergy intensity across the United States, finding an allergy hotspot in the Southeastern U.S., a winter allergy season in Colorado and more.