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August is National Wellness Month, a campaign designed to promote self care, healthy habits and holistic well-being. Established in 2018, it has grown into a nationwide movement focused on multiple dimensions of wellness, including physical, emotional and social health. Community events, workshops and online campaigns encourage self-care while emphasizing the importance of preventive health measures…

A Florida Department of Health award will support Miller School researchers studying whether loss of the Y chromosome could help identify men at increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear

August 6, 2026 ByMarygrace Taylor, Health Writer

Rather than correcting the expanded CAG repeat that causes Huntington’s disease, the researchers edited the splice acceptor of HTT exon 13. This caused full or partial exon skipping. The partial event removed 39 bases while preserving the reading frame and eliminating a site where proteolysis can generate aggregation-prone N-terminal huntingtin fragments

People with MASLD have an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, and other metabolic complications, yet the biological mechanisms connecting these conditions remain incompletely understood. In a new study published in the journal Aging, researchers investigated whether lipocalin-2 (LCN2), a protein involved in inflammatory and metabolic signaling, is associated with early vascular dysfunction, cognitive…

Growing recognition that social determinants of health (SDoH) strongly influence health outcomes has expanded their inclusion in biomedical research, underscoring the need to evaluate how best to incorporate these data into disease prediction models

The Louisiana Department of Health is urging residents to take precautions around coastal water and raw seafood after nine people were hospitalized, and five died in 2026

HealthDay News — A considerable proportion of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) exhibit anxiety symptoms, according to a study published online July 23 in the Journal of Inflammation Research

Aug. 7 (UPI) — Families of victims of last year’s Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Harlem are suing New York City, alleging neglect and failures to follow to its own regulations led to dozens being sickened by bacteria and several deaths

Mich. (News 10) – Potter Park Zoo’s African lion, Kota, is off exhibit after being diagnosed with severe spinal disease, zoo officials announced Thursday