Health

February 9, 2026

Jobs report: Tight market spurs unprecedented job gains for americans with disabilities

Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - May 4, 2018. Americans with disabilities added another month of job gains, according...

Study shows minorities widely underrepresented in autism diagnoses

Credit: Jason Travers, Exceptional Children LAWRENCE -- In education circles, it is widely accepted that minorities are overrepresented in special...

Fifteen percent of osteoporosis patients who take ‘drug holidays’ suffer bone fractures

MAYWOOD, IL - Patients who take osteoporosis drugs for long periods typically are advised to temporarily discontinue the drugs to...

Dancer’s brains react quickly to changes in music

(University of Helsinki) According to Hanna Poikonen's doctoral study, professional dancers' brains react more quickly to changes in music than...

UM researcher finds link between crystal methamphetamine and immune changes in HIV

Credit: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine A researcher at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has...

To treat pain, you need to treat the patient

Credit: University of Washington Center for Pain Relief People in chronic pain are some of the most difficult patients to...

Insight into potential new strategy to target skin diseases like psorias

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - May 4, 2018 - Research at UT Southwestern has shown that targeting metabolism...

Mystery solved: The bacterial protein that kills male fruit flies

In the fifties, geneticists were faced with a mystery: when two strains of the same fruit fly species (Drosophila) crossed,...

Researchers defy biology: Mice remain slim on burger diet

We are our own worst enemy when it comes to developing obesity. The body is naturally geared to assimilate energy...

Moffitt Cancer Center awarded $900,000 to study rare form of melanoma

TAMPA, Fla. - May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. More than 5 million people in the United States are diagnosed...

Sylentis announces the results of tivanisiran for dry eye syndrome

Sylentis, Pharmaceutical Company belonging to the PharmaMar Group, has presented results from the clinical studies carried out with tivanisiran for...

Pediatric Academic Societies 2018 Meeting features cutting-edge research in pediatrics

TORONTO, May 2, 2018 -Pediatricians, research scientists, health care providers and policy makers from around the world will convene in...

Newly-discovered anti-inflammatory substances may potentially treat variety of diseases

Inflammation, and in particular chronic inflammation, are major contributors to a large number of diseases, such as cancer, acute pancreatic...

SWAT team of immune cells found in mother’s milk

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 3, 2018) - Immune cells that are ready to take...

Women should have right to reject pregnancy

Laws should not force women to risk death and injury by having a baby, according to a QUT legal academic...

Penn performs first-in-world robot-assisted spinal surgery

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Noah Pernikoff is back to his life in New York City after becoming the first...

CWD prions discovered in Wisconsin soils for the first time

Credit: PLOS ONE MADISON - New research out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has, for the first time, detected prions...

Earthquake aftermath: Life-threatening blood clots in legs and lungs from sitting in cars for extended periods

Credit: Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun Philadelphia, May 3, 2018 - Japanese physicians highlight the risks and clinical significance for individuals who...

New research uncovers ‘stability protein’ for cancer treatment

Researchers from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences have characterised...

Optimizing personalized treatment strategies for stroke patients