Health

Athens, Ga. – First-time expectant mothers who do not plan to follow the recommended childhood immunization schedule differ in a...

The itchy, red welts that appear after being bitten by a mosquito may help any viruses the insect is carrying...

Credit: University of Alberta Dr. Lorne Babiuk, a world-renowned virologist, highly acclaimed for his international leadership in vaccine development and...

Credit: Paola Nogueras PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 15, 2016) – Does eating good-tasting food make you gain weight? Despite the common perception...

Credit: UC Regents 2017 The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — formerly known as "food stamps" — that helps...

Credit: Karen Hardy Bits of wood recovered from a 1.2-million-year-old tooth found at an excavation site in northern Spain indicate...

Credit: Salk Institute/Waitt Center LA JOLLA–(Sept. 14, 2017) Salk Institute scientists have discovered that an interaction between two key proteins...

Credit: Tommie Morelos / Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso EL PASO, Texas – A textbook guiding cardiologists...

IMAGE: Chlorhexidine-alcohol skin prep is superior to iodine-alcohol for preventing infection after C-section. Women undergo more cesarean sections each year...

Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS — Communication between patients and clinicians that is patient-centered, taking into account patient concerns and preferences...

IMAGE: This is an image of fatty liver. Credit: CNIC Two proteins, p38 gamma and p38 delta, control the accumulation...

A large new study of twins has found that having a twin sibling diagnosed with cancer poses an excess risk...

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA — Researchers at Penn Medicine have discovered that a patient's awareness of a diagnosis of cognitive...

Credit: Laboratory of Neural Systems at The Rockefeller University There's nothing quite like the rush of recognition that comes from...

Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan – Phantom limb pain is the pain experienced following loss of a limb, either from...

Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery In the first such collaboration of its kind, an expert panel of rheumatologists and orthopedic...

Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT – On November 17, 2016, a Wayne State University doctoral student, Matthew Jasinski, will present...

Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society Presidential action to alter current law risks undermining progress made by Congress, the American...

Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery It's never too late to reap the benefits of exercise, and that includes older adults...

(Nov. 17, 2015, BOSTON) – PSA testing has dropped significantly in middle-aged men after a 2012 recommendation that all men...