Health

The number of first-time prescriptions for opioid drugs has not risen since about 2010, according to UCLA researchers. However, patients...

Credit: Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In the largest federally funded non-drug clinical trial for irritable bowel syndrome...

Credit: University of Rhode Island An international team of scientists including the University of Adelaide has discovered a new complex...

CHAPEL HILL - Text and pictorial warnings about the health effects of little cigars and cigarillos didn't fully curtail the...

In recognition of National Minority Health Month in April, the National Institutes of Health is hosting its fifth annual Science...

Credit: Photo by Elin Lindstrom Claessen A high-sensitive blood test can aid concussed hockey players when it might be safe...

(University of Exeter) £1 million is being invested in an online toolkit designed to empower cities and developers to accurately...

While the health effects of breastfeeding are well-recognized and apply to both mothers and children, some mothers may not be...

Credit: Valeria Solari, MD, MRCS; Children's Hospital Los Angeles Investigators at the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at...

For the first-time there is the prospect of medical doctors and researchers being able to alleviate the serious symptoms that...

A study out of Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health linked past experiences with bias and discrimination and avoidance...

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer. Response to standard-of-care treatment is poor, with a...

Credit: Image: Jun Low/Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Melbourne researchers have made the surprise discovery that the 'odd one out'...

MILAN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will host the Milan No-Till Crop Production Field Day on...

Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (BOSTON) -- NuProbe Global will commercialize the Wyss Institute's DNA nanotechnology-based variant-detecting method as...

Credit: KAIST Children love to get toys from parents for their birthday present. This craving toward items also involves object...

Opponents of gun control have frequently pointed to high rates of gun violence in cities such as Chicago to argue...

Credit: NASA Hurtling around Earth, at 17,500 mph some 248 miles in space, is a small swarm of City College...

Madrid, Spain: Researchers identified novel chromosomal mutations and described their role in the development of resistance of Escherichia coli (E....

Exposure to a toxin primarily found in sheep could be linked to the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) in humans,...