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Credit: Westmead Institute for Medical Research A new study has shown that people who regularly eat oranges are less likely to develop macular degeneration than...

Heart failure is known to be more common in certain families but whether this familial transition is caused by genetic or lifestyle factors. By studying...

(Boston)--While initial studies suggest a potential relationship between air pollution and both infertility and menstrual irregularity, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) bel..

Democrats, who generally have a more liberal take on sexual matters, were least likely to use an adultery dating service, while members of the conservative...

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) New technologies enable deeper insights into the causes of major diseases such as diabetes, obesity...

The struggle to shape the experiences young people have online is now part of modern parenthood. As children and teenagers spend increasing amounts of time...

Credit: Erik Sahai Scientists have developed a technique that allows them to measure how well cancer drugs reach their targets inside the body. It shows...

Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have tested a treatment with sodium nitroprusside in a strain of rats that spontaneously...

The sex of a baby controls the level of small molecules known as metabolites in the pregnant mother's blood, which may explain why risks of...

New compound discovered that halts some fibrotic diseases Fibrosis accounts for up to 40 percent of all global deaths Human fibrotic cells reveal immune abnormality...

A new commentary by scientists at the Universities of Manchester and Edinburgh on a study by Taiwanese epidemiologists supports the viability of a potential way...

Scientists of Siberian Federal University found possible sources of medicinal and antimicrobial drugs. The results of the study of unique medicinal properties of the microorganisms...

Credit: Lauren Kay, School of Science, IUPUI INDIANAPOLIS -- Dust is almost everywhere. It's certainly annoying, but is it harmful? Now, U.S. and Canadian households...

Credit: Yuan Rui, Johns Hopkins In a "proof of concept" study, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have successfully delivered nano-size packets of genetic...

Rockville, Md. (July 12, 2018)--A review of more than 200 studies reveals that olfactory receptors--proteins that bind to odors that aid the sense of smell--perform...