A Norwegian study shows that asthma is three times more common in those who had a father who smoked in ...

Depression in pregnancy increases the risk of behavioural and emotional problems in children, says a new review published in The ...

The Region of the Americas is the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can ...

First generation cephalosporins — antibiotics introduced as a treatment against bacterial infections in 1963 — now show promise for tuberculosis ...

A blood pressure drug may make a type of lung cancer treatment more effective, suggests a new study.The early-stage research, ...

The genetic information of every cell is encoded in the sequence of the DNA double helix. Double strand breaks in ...

An experimental positron emission tomography (PET) tracer can effectively diagnose concussion-related brain degeneration while a person is still alive, according ...

Sufferers of migraines, cluster headaches, tension headaches or other headache disorders are at greater risk of developing a thyroid condition ...

Removing plaque from clogged arteries is a common procedure that can save and improve lives. This treatment approach was recently ...

New research offers unprecedented insights into the causes of childhood diarrhea, the second-leading cause of death of children worldwide, and ...

Current methods to control epilepsy, which affects 1 in 26 Americans, are not only inefficient but haven’t improved in more ...

A baby’s skull is made of several plates of bone that fuse together over time to form a single structure. ...

A high-fat-diet-induced immune reaction causes inflammation leading to intestinal cancer in a mouse model — even among animals that are ...

Adding cinnamon to your diet can cool your body by up to two degrees, according to research published today. And ...

More and more girls are expected to have to confront breast cancer fears as modern genomics technology makes it easier ...

A new approach to weight loss called Acceptance-Based Behavioral Treatment (ABT) helped people lose more weight and keep it off ...

A new study from the active volcano Kīlauea, which is on the big island of Hawaii, reports that people — ...

Statins protect against cardiovascular disease in more ways than previously thought. In a study, researchers from Karolinska Institutet are able ...

The underlying cause of male infertility is unknown for 30 percent of cases. In a pair of new studies, researchers ...

New research, led by the University of Southampton, has demonstrated that a nanoscale device, called a memristor, could be the ...