Health

Credit: Creative Services, George Mason University College students seriously underestimate the effects of drinking a new class of beverages being...

June 8, 2018 - Thirteen years after the first successful face transplant, US trauma surgeons should be aware of the...

Credit: National Heart Foundation of Australia Philadelphia, June 7, 2018 - Mobile health technology has the potential to transform the...

Credit: Colorado State University Mitochondrial diseases are rare, but they are cruel. Affecting about 1 in 5,000 children, these devastating...

Credit: UofL Although the discipline of public health has recently recognized racism as a social determinant of health, little research...

Highly effective drugs that can cure chronic hepatitis C infection in approximately 95 percent of patients first became available in...

Credit: Lora Staloch Scientists have zeroed in on a culprit that spurs damaging inflammation in the heart following a heart...

June 7, 2018 - Patients who take prescription opioids for a longer period before spinal surgery are more likely to...

PHILADELPHIA - The number of insurance denials for life-saving hepatitis C drugs among patients with both private and public insurers...

The cerebral cortex--the brain's epicenter of high-level cognitive functions, such as memory formation, attention, thought, language and consciousness--has fascinated neuroscientists...

Credit: Troy Seidle HSI Washington DC (June 7, 2018) - The average pre-approval cost of research and development for a...

PITTSBURGH, June 7, 2018 - Mucus and other airway secretions that are expelled when a person with the flu coughs...

Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Amblyopia, commonly known as "lazy eye," is a visual disorder common in children....

In regions where malaria illness is widespread, it is common to find many individuals who are infected with malaria parasites...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Small sample sizes in studies using functional MRI to investigate brain connectivity and function are common in...

Credit: Franz Anthony Two new species of tiny symbiotic shrimps are described, illustrated and named by biology student at Leiden...

Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Web page articles and other written materials designed to encourage physical activity are...

Credit: University of East Anglia Scientists probing one of the mysteries of the insect world have identified a powerful chemical...

Credit: Stephanie King, Dolphin Alliance Project Male bottlenose dolphins retain their individual "names" well into adulthood. Similar to humans, this...

A USC research team identified 150 proteins affecting cell activity and brain development that contribute to mental disorders, including schizophrenia,...