Health

It may be possible to disrupt harmful blood clots in people at risk for heart attack or stroke without increasing...

Obesity in childhood has long term health implications stretching into adulthood, a new study in the journal Obesity Reviews reveals....

Credit: Texas A&M University Health Science Center Workplace injuries don't just come from lifting heavy things or falling off a...

The closer you feel to your actual age, the less likely you are to be satisfied with your sex life,...

Living in a segregated white community has been associated with higher odds of being diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer, according...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 30, 2017-A comprehensive review of four decades of national homicide...

Early childhood exposures to specific phthalates were associated with depressed thyroid function in girls at age 3, according to scientists...

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...