Each year, approximately 700,000 people die from drug-resistant bacterial infections. A study by UCLA life scientists could be a major ...

Each year, more than 200,000 Americans experience mini-strokes called transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). Patients suffer stroke-like symptoms such as paralysis ...

Credit: UC San Diego An international team of computer scientists has for the first time developed a method to find ...

Most children overeat significantly when served large portions of calorie-dense popular foods, according to a Penn State study. The results ...

Credit: Courtesy of eLife CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (November 10, 2016) – Whitehead Institute researchers have determined how the master transcriptional regulator ...

Credit: Huang Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY – The brain's astonishing anatomical complexity has been appreciated for over 100 ...

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 28, 2017) – The health effects of where people live, work, and interact are well ...

FORT COLLINS, COLO. – In tropical climes, animals and plants aren't adapted to surviving freezing temperatures – and why would ...

Anxiety sensitivity, in simple terms, is a fear of fear. But when people with anxiety sensitivity also have asthma, their ...

Credit: University of Houston HOUSTON, Feb. 1, 2018 – A University of Houston biomedical engineer is reporting a dramatic decrease ...

Oral contraceptives taken just before or during pregnancy do not increase the risk of birth defects, according to a new ...

Credit: © Rothamsted Research Feelings often run high where insects are concerned, with many people even squeamish to look on ...

Credit: Jose Cano Researchers at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) have shown for the first time that ...

Credit: Thierry Sollberger Vaccinations are known to protect against pathogens such as bacteria or viruses. They direct the body to ...

Credit: NUHS Researchers discover molecular nets inside heart muscles which hold promise for new heart failure treatment Singapore – Local ...

Credit: UCLA Health By reducing out-of-pocket costs for preventive treatment, the Affordable Care Act appears to have encouraged more people ...

Periodontitis, a gum disease present in nearly half of all adults in the United States, involves inflammation, bleeding and bone ...

Credit: F Quaid-i-Azam University Residents and workers in a major Pakistan city are exposed to harmful levels of pesticides, new ...

Credit: Pavel Stoev Five years of irrigated rice cultivation research reached its pinnacle at the Final LEGATO Conference, which took ...

Credit: Courtesy of Paula Niedenthal MADISON, Wis. — The smile may be the most common and flexible expression, used to ...