Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Influenza is a highly contagious respiratory disease of global importance, which causes millions of...

NEW YORK, NY (November 20, 2018) There will be more than 30.5 million passengers traveling during the 12-day Thanksgiving season...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - The discovery of a new gene in zebrafish could lead to a better understanding of how exposure...

Scientists from the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research identified the mechanisms by which the bacterial pathogen Clostridium difficile kills intestinal...

Toronto, ON - "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is much more common among never smoking older women who are morbidly...

DALLAS, Nov. 21, 2018 -- Smoke-free policies have been associated with lower systolic (top number) blood pressure readings among non-smokers,...

Credit: Geriatrics & Gerontology International In a Geriatrics & Gerontology International study of 51 individuals living with dementia who attended...

Compared with women in a recent study who slept seven to eight hours each night, women who slept for ?5...

In a Journal of the American Geriatrics Society study of adults aged 65 and older who were functionally independent, individuals...

Men who use androgenic anabolic steroids--such as testosterone--may face a higher risk of early death and of experiencing more hospital...

In a randomized controlled trial of 134 mildly stressed, middle-aged to older adults, participants who were assigned to a six-week...

New research published in the Journal of Consumer Affairs suggests that tobacco packaging that reminds smokers that broad societal 'others'...

Economic conditions can shape the decisions that adults make about their families, such as whether and when to have children....

(Chalmers University of Technology) Water which has been contaminated with mercury and other toxic heavy metals is a major cause...