Credit: Credit: 2017 Oxford Silk Group Microscopic versions of the cocoons spun by silkworms have been manufactured by a team...

Credit: IBS As open surgery has gradually been replaced by minimally-invasive and image-guided procedures, tissue adhesives are taking the place...

Decades before people with Alzheimer's disease develop memory loss and confusion, their brains become dotted with plaques made of a...

(University of Birmingham) The University of Birmingham is part of a major new €19 million project aimed at breaking new...

Credit: Eric Chevet et al. Information generated by screening tools, readily available therapies and potential pathways to drug development are...

A review of the published literature indicates that erectile dysfunction is common in males with diabetes, affecting more than half...

A new study has found links between certain antibiotics during pregnancy and major congenital malformations in newborns. The study included...

A new technology may help to non-invasively analyse lung sounds in children and infants at risk of an asthma attack....

Credit: Children's National Health System Like all of the individual elements of fetal development, palate growth is a marvel of...

A study has found that antiplatelet drugs, such as aspirin, are often inappropriately prescribed in acutely hospitalized older people. Antiplatelet...

Newborn babies instinctively have the ability to crawl to the breast when placed skin-to-skin on the mother's abdomen. New research...

A recent study found that birth defects among male infants fell below expected values after the terrorist attacks of September...

Physical activity has strong anti-inflammatory properties, according to a recent review. The findings are significant because persistent inflammation is involved...

In a recent study, combining moderate alcohol consumption (within legal limits for driving) and moderate sleep restriction led to greater...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 19, 2017) It's no secret that the risk of depression increases for women when their hormones are...

Credit: Bryan Goodchild, UMass Medical School There's good news from UMass Medical School for overweight people with painfully arthritic hips...

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - In order to recognize and encourage cutting-edge research in key areas of orthopaedic sports medicine, the...

Credit: AOSSM TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - Douglas W. Brown will be inducted into the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's...

Credit: AOSSM TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - Jesse C. Delee, MD will be inducted into the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports...

Credit: UBC Faculty of Medicine The old real estate adage about "location, location, location" might also apply to the biochemical...