Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Severe weather events, such as summer hurricanes, tornadoes, and winter snow storms often result in widespread and prolonged power outages,...
Credit: Kim Sokoloff Rutgers researchers have discovered a new mechanism that may contribute to Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury. They now hope to launch...
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- A partnership between Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute is one of 11 U.S. recipients selected to...
Credit: Joe Mendoza/CSU Photography Colorado State University Professor Joel Berger chases winter, year-round. Unlike the surfers in the 1966 movie, "The Endless Summer," he isn't...
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine The odds of a black or Hispanic patient visiting an outpatient dermatologist are about half that of...
It has long been known that there are many physical and mental health benefits of breastfeeding for mothers and babies. But can these benefits be...
Children with autism often find social interactions awkward, leaving them isolated. Now in a study appearing in ACS' Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, scientists report that...
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide, killing roughly 1.6 million people in 2017. In the past 200 years, TB claimed the...
Credit: University of Houston The discovery of lead in Flint, Michigan's drinking water drew renewed attention to the health risks posed by the metal. Now...
WASHINGTON (Sept. 26, 2018) -- The metropolitan Washington, D.C. region currently experiences health inequities related to access to care in underserved areas, disparities in chronic...
The small intestine is a hotbed of microbial activity and a target of probiotic treatments for diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome, among...
Credit: Moffitt Cancer Center TAMPA, Fla. -- Robert Gillies, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Cancer Physiology and vice chair of Radiology Research at Moffitt...
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In Greek mythology, Zeus punishes the trickster Prometheus by chaining him to a rock and sending...
Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications In news with several layers of weird, researchers have determined that the mix of bacteria that live...
Hundreds of everyday household items, from laptop computers to babies' high chairs, contain flame retardants to prevent the objects from catching fire. Recently, several groups...
