Health

A team of researchers led by Cardiff University has identified two genes that influence a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's...

Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - Thomas Wickiewicz, MD will be inducted into the American Orthopaedic Society...

Credit: C. Heinis/EPFL Peptides are biological molecules, made up of short sequences of amino acids. Because they are easy to...

Big data holds great promise to change health care for the better. However, much of the technology that will someday...

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded a grant to Rochester Institute of Technology that is expected to...

Credit: Sara Jacoby PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (July 17, 2017) -Injured people often interact with police and other law enforcement agents before...

Credit: NYU Langone Medical Center Combining a specific care management program with a commonly-prescribed drug for Alzheimer's disease multiplies the...

Gyms, walking groups, gardening, cooking clubs and volunteering have all been shown to work in improving the health and well-being...

Severe problems with the UK food system are likely unless issues are addressed, according to latest expert report The retail...

Negative media coverage of the side effects associated with taking statins, and patients' own experiences of taking the drugs, are...

People who were exposed to the dust cloud or sustained physical injuries during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade...

Credit: Holly Anderton/Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Existing medicines could offer a new way to treat inflammatory skin conditions, researchers...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., and ROCHESTER, Minn. - Today, Mayo Clinic and nference launch a startup company for drug development that will...

WASHINGTON -- In an effort to encourage innovative approaches to building productive public engagement with science, the National Academy of...

Credit: Courtesy of Tufts University (July 14, 2017)--Researchers at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University have discovered important...

Scientists in the Vollum Institute at OHSU have identified an enzyme that plays a crucial role in the degeneration of...

Credit: University of Stirling Popular muscle building supplements, known as branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) are ineffective when taken in isolation,...

PHOENIX and TEMPE, Ariz. -- July 12, 2017 -- Researchers led by Arizona State University (ASU) and the Translational Genomics...

(University of Birmingham) The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has awarded £7 million to the Universities of Birmingham, Edinburgh...

WASHINGTON--Women and girls with autism may face greater challenges with real world planning, organization and other daily living skills, according...