Health

CHICAGO - Screening patients for diabetes based solely on their age and weight - a recommendation from a leading medical...

MAYWOOD, IL - While antibiotics have greatly reduced the dangers of ear infections, serious neurological complications, including hearing loss, facial...

Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society With support from Humana Inc., (NYSE: HUM), one of the nation's leading health and...

Credit: The American Academy of Sleep Medicine DARIEN, IL - April 16, 2018 - Medical cannabis and synthetic marijuana extracts...

Credit: © Lutz/Kebede Rising income and the subsequent improved standards of living have long been thought to be the most...

Credit: Zachary Hall/Univesity of Toronto TORONTO, ON (Canada) - New research by University of Toronto (U of T) neuroscientists sheds...

Health checks including diabetes risk assessment have been introduced in a number of countries. However, there are few population-based trials...

Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers have developed a new surgical technique for recurrent laryngeal neuropathy (RLN) that is improving outcomes and...

Nearly 80 genes that could be linked to depression have been discovered by scientists. The findings could help explain why...

Life needs stimulation. However, overstimulation can cause exhaustion and illness. During specific sensitive periods early in life, stress can even...

School-based prevention programs can substantially reduce children's cavities - but what type of treatment should be delivered in schools to...

Credit: UC San Diego Health The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded a five-year, $15 million grant...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- During the past several years, many strains of bacteria have become resistant to existing antibiotics, and very...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Chemists at Indiana University have published research findings on their discovery of a new and relatively unknown...

Engineered human immune cells can vanquish a deadly pediatric brain tumor in a mouse model, a study from the Stanford...

Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Brain Health Center have received a five-year, $12.7 million National Institute of...

A team from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) has determined for the first time the high-resolution structure of...

Credit: Portrait Innovations/Valerie Smith-Gamble INDIANAPOLIS - A newly published observational study from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University has found...

Credit: Bryan Onate The Advanced Plant Habitat (APH), a recent addition to the International Space Station, is the largest growth...

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Lung cancer often metastasizes to the brain. Historically, brain metastases have been treated with...