Health

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...

Traces of biomolecules such as DNA can be detected with a new "dynamic" technique based on the observation of association...

Globally, the health and well-being of women, children and adolescents are improving faster than at any point in history, even...

New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health will receive $2.5 million to improve resilience and...

Credit: ResearchersAgainstAlzheimer's LONDON, July 18, 2017 - Twenty-seven Alzheimer's drugs in Phase III clinical trials and eight drugs in Phase...

Credit: Monash University Bacteria or 'superbugs' that have adapted to resist multiple antibiotics are responsible for around 700,000 deaths globally...

The first large-scale genetic study of Escherichia coli (E. coli) cultured from patients with bloodstream infections in England showed that...

Credit: UT Health San Antonio The human body holds many mysteries, and function of the BRCA1 gene is among them....

Credit: Image courtesy of Ned Wingreen, Princeton University Cells push out tiny feelers to probe their physical surroundings, but how...

WASHINGTON -- Providers in the Veterans Health Administration (VA) system vary in their testosterone prescribing practices, according to a study...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Understanding the mechanisms that give cancer cells the ability to survive and grow opens the...

A single amino-acid variation in a key receptor in whales may help explain why some species of cetaceans evolved sleek,...

An odour can trigger a memory, cause disgust or even save our lives. Nonetheless, although it is so important for...

Two cell types work together to protect pancreatic tumors from destruction by the immune system. But, blocking this partnership may...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 18, 2017 - A new study has found that children born extremely premature to women who...

Cancer cells have an enormous need for oxygen and nutrients. Therefore, growing tumors rely on the simultaneous growth of capillaries,...

WASHINGTON - The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the Robert Wood...