Health

Credit: Nature Microbiology/Dermody Lab PITTSBURGH, March 12, 2018 - Viruses are intracellular parasites that cause disease by infecting the cells...

Patients receiving care from physicians in primary care networks were less likely to visit emergency departments, according to a new...

WASHINGTON (March 12, 2018) -- Obesity is a problem that affects about 30 percent of the population in the United...

SAN ANTONIO (March 12, 2018) -- A landmark international study of DNA samples from 520,000 individuals worldwide -- including 67,000...

Credit: Michael Hernandez New technology being developed at Washington State University could help save amphibians around the world from a...

For several decades, some researchers have argued that neuroscience studies prove human actions are driven by external stimuli -- that...

Credit: University of Virginia Health System An international research consortium studying 520,000 individuals from around the world has identified 22...

Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute The stress of open-heart surgery significantly reduces patients' vitamin D levels, but aggressive supplementation...

When someone develops adult-acquired flatfoot deformity (AAFD), they are offered either a reconstruction or foot fusion depending on the severity...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 12, 2018 -- Among adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD),...

ORLANDO (March 12, 2018) -- During the 12 months after undergoing noncardiac surgery, patients with or at risk for heart...

Hamilton, ON - Researchers in Hamilton have discovered that a blood-thinning drug, dabigatran, significantly reduces the risk of death, heart...

Credit: Saint Louis University / Ellen Hutti. ST. LOUIS -- In a recent paper published in Nature Communications, Saint Louis...

ORLANDO (March 11, 2018) -- Among people younger than 75 years who were given clot busters to treat a heart...

ORLANDO (March 11, 2018) -- Getting a large dose of a statin did not have an impact on major adverse...

ORLANDO (March 11, 2018) -- Patients with acute coronary syndrome experienced a substantially lower rate of heart attack, stroke, death...

Credit: Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- Doctors often cite the high price of a prescription drug as a reason they...

Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute Patients who undergo a transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR -- a minimally-invasive surgical...

Credit: Uk HealthCare ORLANDO, Fl. (Mar. 11, 2018) - Data released today from a large multi-center study provides a view...

Boston, MA -- New findings, presented today at the American College of Cardiology, provide long-term information about survival, stroke rates...