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Patients with low-back pain are better off seeing a physical therapist first, according to a study of 150,000 insurance claims. The study, published in Health...

HAMILTON, ON (May 22, 2018) - Researchers from McMaster University and the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, together with colleagues...

MADISON, Wis. -- It can be distressing to witness the pain of family, friends or even strangers going through a hard time. But what if,...

Credit: Science Signaling MISSOULA - A team of scientists led by University of Montana cell biologist Mark Grimes has identified networks inside lung cancer cells...

MAYWOOD, IL - The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation has added Loyola University Medical Center to its Care Center Network of centers with expertise in accurately diagnosing...

COLLEGE STATION - Two government researchers and a college graduate student aiming at one issue in the cattle industry are finding they can address two...

Discussions concerning to the ethical issues related to stem cells have been ongoing for many years, but a special section in the latest issue of...

Researchers have identified a new inherited neurodevelopmental disease that causes slow growth, seizures and learning difficulties in humans. Writing in the journal eLife, the team...

Many cancer patients seek out gentle, movement-based stretching techniques such as yoga, tai chi and qigong, but does stretching have an effect on cancer? While...

Credit: S. Yamamoto/Baylor College of Medicine It all began with one young patient; a 7-year old boy who was born without a thymus, an important...

Credit: Lizhi Pan, NC State University Researchers have developed new technology for decoding neuromuscular signals to control powered, prosthetic wrists and hands. The work relies...

Thanks to advances in the development of anti-retroviral therapy (ART), patients with HIV are living longer than ever before. And yet, even in patients on...

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A national retrospective study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found no association between...

Javier Buceta, associate professor of bioengineering, Paolo Bocchini, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and postdoctoral student Graziano Fiorillo of Lehigh University have c..

The more often a hospital can check its newborns for deadly MRSA germs, the more likely it will be that they are contained, according to...