Health

September 23, 2025

Major communication gaps between doctors and home health care nurses revealed

AURORA, Colo. (July 19, 2017) - Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found serious gaps in...

PETA journal article lays out steps to end flea/tick infestation tests on dogs and cats

An article just published in the peer-reviewed journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, authored by scientists from People for the Ethical...

Study examines birth defects following 9/11 terrorist attacks

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

Memory foam advances give firm support to growing mattress industry

The way we sleep started to change in 1992 with the commercial release of memory foam -- a product originally...

Stem cell clinics registering for-profit, pay-to-participate studies on clinicaltrials.gov

The Future Science Group (FSG) journal Regenerative Medicine, today announces the publication of a new Perspective article, in which Leigh...

Nipple temperature may help guide newborns to breastfeed

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

Saliva as good as blood for diagnosing hepatitis E, study suggests

A saliva test developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health nearly matches the performance of...

Goodbye HERA, hello sleep

Credit: Credit: NASA After 45 days in NASA's Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA), the four-man crew can hardly hold their...

IPM receives multi-year award from UK government to advance technologies for women’s HIV

SILVER SPRING, Md. (July 20, 2017) -- The nonprofit International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) announced today that it has received...

Study shows language development starts in the womb

Credit: KU News Service photo A month before they are born, fetuses carried by American mothers-to-be can distinguish between someone...

Revealing particle separation

Traces of biomolecules such as DNA can be detected with a new "dynamic" technique based on the observation of association...

UN-backed initiative greatly improves the health of women, children, adolescents

Globally, the health and well-being of women, children and adolescents are improving faster than at any point in history, even...

LSUhealthNO research to improve resilience to disasters in LA

New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health will receive $2.5 million to improve resilience and...

27 Phase III and 8 Phase II Alzheimer’s drugs on track to launch in next 5 years

Credit: ResearchersAgainstAlzheimer's LONDON, July 18, 2017 - Twenty-seven Alzheimer's drugs in Phase III clinical trials and eight drugs in Phase...

Antibiotic insight may help in battle against bacterial resistance

Credit: Monash University Bacteria or 'superbugs' that have adapted to resist multiple antibiotics are responsible for around 700,000 deaths globally...

‘Superbugs’ study reveals complex picture of E. coli bloodstream infections

The first large-scale genetic study of Escherichia coli (E. coli) cultured from patients with bloodstream infections in England showed that...

Why do BRCA1 mutations cause predominantly breast and ovarian cancer?

Credit: UT Health San Antonio The human body holds many mysteries, and function of the BRCA1 gene is among them....

Study reveals ways in which cells feel their surroundings

Credit: Image courtesy of Ned Wingreen, Princeton University Cells push out tiny feelers to probe their physical surroundings, but how...

Testosterone prescribing in VA varies by provider’s age, experience, specialty and region

WASHINGTON -- Providers in the Veterans Health Administration (VA) system vary in their testosterone prescribing practices, according to a study...

How CD44s gives brain cancer a survival advantage