Health

Credit: Chengfeng Merriman and Dax Fu/Johns Hopkins Medicine Gene variants associated with disease are typically considered faulty; problems arise when...

This news release is available in German. Stem cells have two important capabilities: they can develop into a wide range...

Credit: The University of Gothenburg Obesity surgery has proven to be just as effective for teenagers as for adults. Five...

Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich. – "Why does a 30-year-old hit their foot against the curb...

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 10, 2018) – Paneth cells are like an internal antibiotic...

IMAGE: Graph shows the location of the genetic effect for the gene FOXC1. Credit: NEIGHBORHOOD Consortium Researchers from Massachusetts Eye...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 14, 2017–What factors determine nomophobia, otherwise known as smartphone separation...

Dr Jayne Wood from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust LUGANO-MADRID, 9 September, 2017 – A new tool to identify...

Credit: Corey Stein INDIANAPOLIS — Have a dental emergency? Your smartphone may be able to help you avoid an unnecessary...

IMAGE: Interstate Batteries logo is shown. Credit: Interstate Batteries DALLAS, Feb. 10, 2016 — Today, Interstate Batteries announced a partnership...

Credit: University of Tsukuba Sepsis is a life-threatening condition due to excessive immune responses to infection that damages the patient's...

Neuroscientists at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have discovered precisely where and how to electrically stimulate the...

Credit: The laboratory of Ken Zaret, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – Newly described stretches of...

Credit: Daniel Yeh, PhD, College of Engineering, University of South Florida Rapid, unplanned urbanization is becoming a serious threat across...

The sudden emergence of the Zika virus epidemic in Latin America in 2015-16 has caught the scientific world unawares. A...

In a Journal of Advanced Nursing study, female gender and personal burnout were linked with impaired sleep quality among nurses....

Credit: UofL Utilizing messages focused on images created by local artists and written information communicated through local dialects proved essential...

IMAGE: The increase in maximum lifespan in the laboratory was obtained in 5 animal species, both without any interventions, and...

Credit: ATS Nov. 15, 2017–The court-ordered publication of "corrective statements" by major U.S. tobacco companies later this month should serve...

Credit: NYU Tandon BROOKLYN, New York – Authenticity is an important trait, and zebrafish take it especially seriously. An interdisciplinary...