Health

Credit: © Photo: Rolf Müller/UKB-Ukom How do we know if we're looking at three apples or four? Researchers at the...

The themes in television advertisements for health insurance plans have shifted over time, possibly reflecting the shrinking pool of health...

Sometimes, the body's otherwise intelligent immune system mistakenly attacks the body's healthy tissue by responding to infections that do not...

Credit: Jennifer Böhm A growing world population means that more food is needed which in turn may require more land...

Credit: UIC Enthusiasm for an emerging digital health tool, the smart pill, is on the rise but researchers at the...

Credit: NIAID A clinical trial testing infusions of combination antibodies in people living with HIV has begun at the National...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The medical community has long known that patients on long-term opioid therapy often have significantly more health...

Credit: Katheryn Rodriguez, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The borderlands between the United States and Mexico are home to numerous...

Talking with the doctor makes it easier to deal with grief and bereavement In a comprehensive study, researchers from Aarhus...

ATHENS, Ohio (Sept. 20, 2018) - A new federally-funded research project at the Ohio University Edison Biotechnology Institute and Heritage...

A study conducted in Simon Fraser University's hypobaric chamber has sealed Air Canada's decision to allow pilots to sport facial...

Rockville, Md. (September 20, 2018)--A few minutes of high-intensity interval or sprinting exercise may be as effective as much longer...

During the month of July, a total of 758 cases of measles were reported across seventeen countries in the EU/EEA,...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, are commonly used as inflammation blockers worldwide. However, recent clinical...

Credit: University of Otago New Zealand teenagers are less fit and weigh more than their parents were at the same...

Scientists at The University of Manchester have discovered a genetic mutation in humans linked to a 17-fold increase in the...

Credit: Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum (WASHINGTON, September 20, 2018) -- People with deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) can substantially cut their risk...

NEW YORK (Sept. 20, 2018) -- Healthcare-associated infections can be reduced by up to 55 percent by systematically implementing evidence-based...

Following a Mediterranean-style diet may reduce stroke risk in women over 40 but not in men - according to new...

A novel gut-to-brain neural circuit establishes the vagus nerve as an essential component of the brain system that regulates reward...