Health

Credit: David Hillerby CLEMSON, South Carolina - Much of the research concerning the human microbiome focuses on the gut and...

An international research team from the CRyPTIC Consortium has taken a critical step forward in the fight against tuberculosis: a...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 3, 2018--A group of expert panelists gathered to discuss "Thyroid...

New findings suggest that diet is a major contributor for the increased risk of hypertension in black compared to white...

Credit: Geoff Gallice Treating dogs at a community level with systemic insecticide could considerably reduce the transmission of visceral leishmaniasis...

The risk of dying during pregnancy is negligible for the average Danish woman, but if the woman in question has...

PHILADELPHIA - Penn Medicine experts in nephrology and health policy call for more transparency about joint-venture ownership of dialysis clinics...

(Université de Genève) Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer, and 80 percent of death are related to smoking....

October 3, 2018 - Congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) is a common postural deformity in infants, and one that can be...

Credit: The University of Queensland. A chemical compound found in common herbicides could help fight hospital-acquired human fungal pathogenic infections,...

Credit: Salvador Guardiola and Monica Varese, IRB Barcelona The natural world often provides the answer to unsolved medical problems. On...

Irvine, CA - October 2, 2018 - University of California, Irvine Neuroscientist Medha Pathak, PhD, an assistant professor of Physiology...

Credit: Northwestern University Northwestern University has received a $12.6 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National...

12,354 men at the age of 45 spoke about sex for a study by the Technical University of Munich (TUM)....

The development of an adult organism starts with a fertilized egg that differentiates into hundreds of specialized cell types contained...

Credit: Ehsan Mahdinia/Penn State In an innovative study that promises to reduce production costs for the most potent form of...

Credit: Kanazawa University There are more than 200 bones in the human body. Bone is formed during embryonic and postnatal...

Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications A University of Virginia School of Medicine neuroscientist who is transforming our...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(October 2, 2018) Associate Professor Janelle Ayres has been awarded a 2018 NIH Director's Pioneer Award...

Credit: Florida Atlantic University The vast majority of homicides in the United States are attributable to firearms. The rate of...