Health

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - May 25, 2017 - Individuals whose insurance covered the cost of a comprehensive medical weight-loss program had...

Credit: Kyle Hawes, UBC Okanagan A recent study from UBC's Okanagan campus identifies new genetic markers in sockeye salmon that...

Prague, Czech Republic - 25 May 2017: Men seem to have worse chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy than women despite receiving similar cancer...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The 22q11.2 region of human chromosome 22 is a hotspot for a variety of birth...

Credit: University of Washington Living cells must constantly process information to keep track of the changing world around them and...

Researchers at the University of Iowa have discovered that a molecule which can sense the swelling of fat cells also...

Adolescents who have a greater tendency to lie to their parents are also more likely to start using alcohol at...

WASHINGTON (May 25, 2017) -- Disruptions in a protein folding process occurring in the brain, known as endoplasmic reticulum (ER)...

A new cost-benefit analysis conducted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and others suggests that $6 million...

(Pharmamar) PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) has announced today a licensing agreement with Eczasibasi Group to commercialize the marine-derived anticancer drug Aplidin® (plitidepsin)...

Credit: © ITMO University Scientists from the Netherlands and Russia designed and tested a new metasurface-based technology for enhancing the...

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA -- As children age into adolescence and on into young adulthood, they show dramatic improvements in...

Novel urine test can identify when people are failing to take prescription drugs for hypertension Younger patients and females were...

PHILADELPHIA -- There are more than 98,000 people currently awaiting a kidney transplant in the United States. But the organs...

Gradual accumulation of glycated proteins, lipids and nucleic acid is a common process in normal aging, however rise in blood...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted authorization for a magnetic device used to treat pediatric esophageal atresia, a...

Credit: Florida Atlantic University For humans, there are hundreds of antibodies available on the market today to evaluate immune status...

Loading video... Credit: UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory Experiments with tiny, shelled organisms in the ocean suggest big changes to...

The children's well-being is usually one of the biggest concerns when a couple gets a divorce. Scientists at the universities...

Cancer -- the second leading cause of death in the United States -- claims more than 600,000 lives each year....