Health

Credit: European Journal of Public Health Recent trends show that primary reason for the measles outbreak, affecting several European countries,...

Philadelphia, September 12, 2018 - A new report published in European Psychiatry identified a significant association between childhood adversity and...

Credit: Chonghe Wang/Nature Biomedical Engineering A new wearable ultrasound patch that non-invasively monitors blood pressure in arteries deep beneath the...

Credit: University of British Columbia The internet is rife with ads for health products, from weight-loss systems to arthritis cures--but...

Credit: Johns Hopkins University In a proof of concept study, scientists at Johns Hopkins report they have successfully performed 3D...

What happens to skin cells when they are confronted with blood? A team of researchers from Oslo University Hospital, led...

Credit: LumaCyte Could we finally have a faster, more objective analytical tool to rapidly measure viral infectivity for vaccine development...

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), in collaboration with The Children's Hospital of San Antonio and the Autism...

Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Whether we like it or not, everyone accumulates fat. For women, it...

People who use drugs in New York City have adjusted their behaviors to avoid overdose, finds a study by the...

Credit: American Chemical Society Although some people embrace the saying "bald is beautiful," for others, alopecia, or excessive hair loss,...

Credit: AAIH WASHINGTON, DC, Sept 13th, 2018 - Pharmaceutical R&D efficiency has declined to a stall, as clinical trial failure...

Philadelphia, September 12, 2018 A study in cocaine-addicted rats reports long-lasting increases in the number of neurons that produce orexin--a...

Older adults fitted with a cochlear implant to compensate for severe hearing loss have significantly poorer cognitive function than their...

More than 3,000 bone scientists will come together for the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 2018 Annual...

Myocardial infarction - commonly known as a heart attack - is still one of the main causes of death. According...

A Cambridge start-up has developed a low-cost next-generation wearable heart and cardiovascular function monitor which uses AI to diagnose heart...

Credit: OSU College of Public Health and Human Sciences CORVALLIS, Ore. - Requiring physical activity classes in college encourages sedentary...

Alexandria, VA (September 12, 2018¬) -- An extensive review of 25 randomized clinical trials found "little evidence" that invasive surgery...

The Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) unveils an online knowledge bank with resources for educators on the...