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For the first time, scientists have precisely identified and targeted an area of the brain which is involved in “hearing voices”, experienced by many patients...

Credit: A. Schreiber ANCA-associated vasculitis is a systemic disease, which is characterized by the body's immune system attacking structures present inside white blood cells, thereby...

CHAPEL HILL, NC -UNC School of Medicine's Anne Lyerly is addressing the urgent need for effective HIV prevention and treatment for the estimated 1.5 million...

Credit: David Feinberg/UC Berkeley Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, has transformed our view of the brain, allowing researchers to pinpoint areas associated with everything...

An ancient latrine near a desert in north-western China has revealed the first archaeological evidence that travellers along the Silk Road were responsible for the...

Credit: Tilray Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 24, 2017 – Although cannabis had been used for many centuries for treatment of seizure disorders, medical use became...

Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA – Thomas Wickiewicz, MD will be inducted into the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Hall...

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 24, 2017) – Receptors on the surface of our cells enable a wide variety of functions from our sense...

Fragments of cancer DNA circulating in a patient's bloodstream could help doctors deliver more personalized treatment for liver cancer, Japanese researchers report. The new research...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 10, 2017-A new study shows that the threat of firearm use by a male partner...

Credit: University of Illinois Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has provided the first evidence that viruses and hosts share highly similar regulatory...

Credit: UTA A biologist at The University of Texas at Arlington who studies ecology and evolutionary biology is the recipient of a prestigious career development...

Credit: Rachel Skubel In recent decades, trusted first aid resources have recommended stings from man o' war (Physalia species) be treated differently from other jellies....

IMAGE: University of Iowa chemists have unraveled the chemistry underlying how some deadly diseases, such as tuberculosis, produce thymine, a DNA base critical for these...

Credit: University of Tsukuba University of Tsukuba researcher discovers why we have the tendency to fall asleep in the absence of motivating stimuli, i.e., when...