Credit: Dr. Wataru Teramoto Peripersonal space (PPS) is an area created by the brain immediately around one's own body parts...

Credit: Colorado State University Mitochondrial diseases are rare, but they are cruel. Affecting about 1 in 5,000 children, these devastating...

Credit: Lora Staloch Scientists have zeroed in on a culprit that spurs damaging inflammation in the heart following a heart...

The cerebral cortex--the brain's epicenter of high-level cognitive functions, such as memory formation, attention, thought, language and consciousness--has fascinated neuroscientists...

Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Amblyopia, commonly known as "lazy eye," is a visual disorder common in children....

Credit: Franz Anthony Two new species of tiny symbiotic shrimps are described, illustrated and named by biology student at Leiden...

Credit: Stephanie King, Dolphin Alliance Project Male bottlenose dolphins retain their individual "names" well into adulthood. Similar to humans, this...

A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has identified the essential role of a structural protein in the silencing of...

Tonsil and adenoid removal associated with long-term risks of respiratory, allergic and infectious diseases Removing tonsils and adenoids in childhood...

A team of researchers at VIB and KU Leuven has uncovered why people with a hereditary form of Parkinson's disease...

Credit: University of North Carolina Calling human papillomavirus-related cancers a significant public health problem, the directors of the 70 National...

Each year, approximately 1.8 million women will have a cesarean delivery or hysterectomy. While opioids are the mainstay treatment for...

Minneapolis/St. Paul (June 7, 2018) - Pregnancy and birth rates continue to decline for 15-19-year-olds in Minnesota, with rates decreasing...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Babies who spend their first days or weeks of life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit...

DURHAM, N.C. - A new Duke University-led study has found widespread uranium contamination in groundwater from aquifers in 16 Indian...

Credit: The Faroese Football Association Schoolgirls can achieve lower blood pressure, stronger muscles, better balance and improved jumping performance if...

Credit: University of Rochester Communications/Michael Osadciw According to a new study, those who feel greater certainty that a prospective romantic...

Credit: UofL Although the discipline of public health has recently recognized racism as a social determinant of health, little research...

June 7, 2018 - Patients who take prescription opioids for a longer period before spinal surgery are more likely to...

Credit: Troy Seidle HSI Washington DC (June 7, 2018) - The average pre-approval cost of research and development for a...