Health

The ways in which negative attitudes about aging can affect people's health and quality of life are the focus of...

GALVESTON, Texas - What are the best ways to diagnose and manage asthma in adults? This can be tricky because...

Credit: Professor Shinichiro Sawa The plant parasitic nematode is an agricultural pest that has no fundamental countermeasures and requires the...

A new article addresses ongoing conversations about bridging the gap between practice and research within the field of family therapy....

Arlington, Va., July 18, 2017 - You can lead a doctor to disinfection, but how do you get them to...

Credit: by IU Communications INDIANAPOLIS -- Fear of being arrested still undercuts an Indiana law that shields anyone who administers...

Credit: Amy Shyer, UC Berkeley The rubber-like elasticity of skin, which contracts to its original shape after being stretched, is...

Credit: University of Plymouth Social prescribing has the potential to address many of the factors that perpetuate illness, decrease quality...

Credit: Jeremy Vincentius Suhardi, Harris Orthopædics Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has developed...

Catheters, intravenous lines, and other types of surgical tubing are a medical necessity for managing a wide range of diseases....

The current measure of 'auditory fitness-for-duty' used in British military medical examinations is 'pure-tone audiometry', which assesses the ability to...

For decades, researchers have known that the primate brain is organized into "maps" for each of the different senses: one...

Here's a challenge: Build a pump that can deliver a drug to you automatically when you're sick. Now make it...

In this study, researchers from the University of Surrey, in collaboration with groups in South Africa, Brazil, Colombia and the...

Credit: LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence New Orleans, LA - Understanding how dietary essential fatty acids work...

Credit: Pediatric Care Network Founded in 2016 and launched in January 2017, the Pediatric Care Network, a collaboration among community...

What would a celebration be without alcohol, whether we are talking about a private or professional event? Drinking alcohol, is...

A new test is the best-to-date in differentiating Zika virus infections from infections caused by similar viruses. The antibody-based assay,...

Credit: Jay Dobek BOSTON - A majority of U.S. health care organizations have adopted electronic health record (EHR) systems and...

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