Health

Copenhagen, Denmark: Raising the age limit for routine genetic testing in colorectal cancer could identify more cases of families affected...

Individual neurons can learn not only single responses to a particular signal, but also a series of reactions at precisely...

Failing an exam at school, getting rejected for a job or being screamed at by your teacher or superior are...

Credit: University of Tsukuba Narcolepsy, a serious sleep disorder in which patients often fall asleep uncontrollably, has been incurable because...

- New York, NY (May 29, 2017) -- As CRISPR-Cas9 starts to move into clinical trials, a new study published...

Credit: United European Gastroenterology A new study highlights that children suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are not meeting the...

Credit: Wyss Institute and Harvard Medical School. (BOSTON) - The microbiome, or the collections of microorganisms present in the body,...

Credit: Neurogeriatrics Research Group, Kiel University Balance problems when standing and walking are ubiquitous in the older population, and can...

Overheated cities face climate change costs at least twice as big as the rest of the world because of the...

HAMILTON, ON, May 29, 2017 - The visual cortex, the human brain's vision-processing centre that was previously thought to mature...

A study of post-mortem brain tissue reveals the human primary visual cortex (V1) develops gradually throughout life. The research, published...

Exposure to high-fat diet from childhood may increase the sensitivity of the dopamine system later in adulthood, according to a...

Dr. John Peever at the University of Toronto has been working to answer one of humanity's greatest questions: how do...

New research challenges established medical practice that all heart attack patients should be on beta blockers. The study -- by...

The first comprehensive study of deaths in Australian nursing homes has been published today (29 May), revealing a more than...

Prague, Czech Republic - 26 May 2017: Diesel pollution is linked with heart damage, according to research presented today at...

Credit: Intermountain Medical Center. Patients with hepatitis C who suffer from advanced stages of liver disease have renewed hope, thanks...

Prague, Czech Republic - 26 May 2017: Researchers in the UK and Peru have developed a faster and cheaper cardiac...

A genetic variant that protects the heart against cardiovascular disease has been discovered by researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger...

Credit: Penn State University New, license-free DNA ladders will allow researchers to estimate the size of fragments of DNA for...