A multicenter randomized clinical trial evaluating a new artificial pancreas system has found that the new system was more effective than existing treatments at controlling blood glucose levels in people with type 1 diabetes.

A new study suggests that transmission of a protozoan parasite from insects may also cause leishmaniasis-like symptoms in people. The parasite, however, does not respond to treatment with standard leishmaniasis drugs.

Children born to women who have high blood levels of lead are more likely be overweight or obese, compared to those whose mothers have low levels of lead in their blood, according to a study funded by NIH and the Health Resources and Services Administration.

Researchers at NIH have developed a new and improved viral vector—a virus-based vehicle that delivers therapeutic genes—for use in gene therapy for sickle cell disease.

Surgery for stress urinary incontinence (leaking that occurs with a cough or sneeze) improves symptoms of another form of incontinence, called urgency urinary incontinence, in women who have both types, according to a study supported by NIH.

Allergy to peanut, which is often severe, is one of the most common food allergies in the United States. Discontinuing oral immunotherapy or continuing it at a reduced dose led to a decline in its protective effects.

Teen girls—but not boys—who prefer to go to bed later are more likely to gain weight, compared to same-age girls who go to bed earlier, suggests a study funded by NIH.

A new study has found that hospital emergency room closures can adversely affect health outcomes for heart attack patients at neighboring hospitals that are near or at full capacity. Conversely, when a new emergency department opens, health outcomes for patients at those so-called “bystander” hospitals improve.

Scientists from NIH and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have devised a potential treatment against a common type of leukemia that could have implications for many other types of cancer. The new approach takes aim at a way that cancer cells evade the effects of drugs.

An innovative graphene-based film helps shield people from disease-carrying mosquitos, according to a new study funded by NIEHS. The research, conducted by the Brown University Superfund Research Center, is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.