Health

A study of post-mortem brain tissue reveals the human primary visual cortex (V1) develops gradually throughout life. The research, published...

Credit: United European Gastroenterology A new study highlights that children suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are not meeting the...

Exposure to high-fat diet from childhood may increase the sensitivity of the dopamine system later in adulthood, according to a...

Dr. John Peever at the University of Toronto has been working to answer one of humanity's greatest questions: how do...

New research challenges established medical practice that all heart attack patients should be on beta blockers. The study -- by...

Quitting methamphetamine use can reverse the damage the drug causes to the heart and improve heart function in abusers when...

Stepping up to biologic therapy when methotrexate monotherapy fails offers minimal incremental benefit over using a combination of drugs known...

Montreal, May 29, 2017 - Diabetic patients frequently have lesions on their feet that are very difficult to heal due...

ANRS 12286 MOBIDIP(1), a clinical trial running in parallel in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Cameroon, Burkina Faso, and Senegal),...

The federal government's bill C-45 to legalize marijuana in Canada will jeopardize the health of young people and Parliament should...

Credit: Neurogeriatrics Research Group, Kiel University Balance problems when standing and walking are ubiquitous in the older population, and can...

First Nations and Inuit babies were hospitalized much more often in the first year of life compared with non-Indigenous babies,...

Copenhagen, Denmark: Raising the age limit for routine genetic testing in colorectal cancer could identify more cases of families affected...

Credit: Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- Maintaining a good balance of iron in the body is necessary for health: too...

Failing an exam at school, getting rejected for a job or being screamed at by your teacher or superior are...

The feeling of constantly being on edge, always having to take care of everything, not being able to find a...

- New York, NY (May 29, 2017) -- As CRISPR-Cas9 starts to move into clinical trials, a new study published...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a method which determines not only whether a chemical or substance is...

The first comprehensive study of deaths in Australian nursing homes has been published today (29 May), revealing a more than...

The time has come for advancing combination therapies against Alzheimer's disease, explains James A. Hendrix, Ph.D., Alzheimer's Association director of...