Health

An odour can trigger a memory, cause disgust or even save our lives. Nonetheless, although it is so important for...

Two cell types work together to protect pancreatic tumors from destruction by the immune system. But, blocking this partnership may...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 18, 2017 - A new study has found that children born extremely premature to women who...

WASHINGTON - The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the Robert Wood...

Credit: Sanjay Suchak | University of Virginia Aggressive combination treatments for high blood pressure that are intended to protect the...

The American College of Physicians (ACP) today noted they are pleased with the 2018 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule released...

Credit: Malika Belhbib, HCP ALEXANDRIA, Va., USA (July 18, 2017) -Prominent British statistician Sir David Cox was awarded with the...

Scientists from the University of Birmingham are carrying out pioneering research as part of a major £10 million study aimed...

New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health will receive $2.5 million to improve resilience and...

Credit: KU News Service photo A month before they are born, fetuses carried by American mothers-to-be can distinguish between someone...

Credit: Mount Sinai Innovation Partners Technology for identifying at-risk atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients was chosen as the winner of the...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 18, 2017 -- Battered and deep-fried chicken might be one of the most...

Credit: Professor Shinichiro Sawa The plant parasitic nematode is an agricultural pest that has no fundamental countermeasures and requires the...

Credit: ResearchersAgainstAlzheimer's LONDON, July 18, 2017 - Twenty-seven Alzheimer's drugs in Phase III clinical trials and eight drugs in Phase...

One of the central tenets of biology is that information flows from DNA to RNA in order to encode proteins,...

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Certain occupations may significantly contribute to mobility problems as workers age, contributing to income-based disparities in disability,...

Credit: Amy Shyer, UC Berkeley The rubber-like elasticity of skin, which contracts to its original shape after being stretched, is...

Credit: Photo credit: C. Frazee, and contributed by M. McFall-Ngai Bacteria passed straight to children have more healthcare benefits than...

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...

BOSTON-- A new, team-based, primary care model is decreasing prescription opioid use among patients with chronic pain by 40 percent,...