Health

An investigational drug in clinical trials for rheumatoid arthritis prevents a common, life-threatening side effect of stem cell transplants, new...

Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have developed a low-cost, portable laboratory on a phone...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - April 24, 2018 - People who are 30 pounds or more overweight may want to slim down...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine An interdisciplinary team of researchers has identified a new gene linked to human aortic aneurysms....

April 24, 2018 - About 2.6 million American children and adolescents had diagnosed anxiety and/or depression in 2011-12, reports an...

Treating leg ulcers within two weeks by closing faulty veins improves healing by 12 per cent compared to standard treatment,...

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Unnecessary emergency department visits and hospitalizations are debilitating for patients with cancer and far too...

Credit: Lion_on_helium, MIPT press office Physicists at MIPT and their British and Russian colleagues revealed the mechanisms leading to photocurrent...

Credit: Bart van Overbeeke/Eindhoven University of Technology Drilling out a hole in the skull base has to be done with...

April 24, 2018--(BRONX, NY)--Worse cognitive function in soccer players stems mainly from frequent ball heading rather than unintentional head impacts...

Each of us carries in our genomes about 10 million genetic variations called single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which represent a...

From 2002 to 2005, about 800 people in Minnesota and Utah drank more than 1,500 milkshakes, and they got to...

INDIANAPOLIS -- New research shows that patients in the hospital are eager to collaborate with clinicians to track their health...

Credit: UofL It is well-established that the community of organisms inside our bodies perform vital roles in digestion, production of...

Credit: Roland S. Zimmermann WASHINGTON, D.C., April 24, 2018 -- Cardiac arrhythmia results when the usual symphony of electric pulses...

AURORA, Colo. (April 24, 2018) - A new study of treatment options for military veterans with chronic pain has determined...

Credit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine Doctors at the University of Illinois Hospital have cured seven adult patients of sickle cell disease, an...

Credit: Bart van Overbeeke Using sunlight for sustainable and cheap production of, for example, medicines. The 'mini-factory' in the form...

Bottom Line: A home-based exercise program that consisted of a wearable activity monitor and telephone coaching to promote walking by...

DETROIT - Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital compared the patient population of a major U.S. prostate cancer study with patients...