🦠 Some viruses can live quietly in your body for many years—but what happens if they “wake up”?
The JC virus is one of these typically harmless viruses. Nearly 3 in 4 people have been exposed by age 70, often without ever knowing they have it. But in some people, the virus can
Save the number, save a life. 📱
Adding the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (988) to your phone could save a life later.
Trained crisis counselors are available to talk 24/7/365. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org if you or someone else needs crisis support.
Could vitamin D supplements help improve outcomes for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)?
Using 20 years of real-world data from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, NIH-supported researchers found that people with IBD who took vitamin D supplements had fewer
🥇Congratulations to NIH Distinguished Investigator Adriaan Bax, Ph.D., on receiving a gold medal from the American Institute of Chemists for his seminal work developing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.
NMR is a versatile analytical tool chemists can use for
Researchers funded by NIH found that people with depression may struggle to make new neurons in the hippocampus, a part of the brain important for memory.
While more research is needed, the findings could help researchers identify new, more precise treatments for depression in
