Credit: Video courtesy Ning Wang. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new technique that uses tiny elastic balls filled with fluorescent nanoparticles aims to expand the understanding...
Gout, a painful inflammatory arthritis, is not associated with an increased risk of fracture, according to a large study led by Keele University, and published...
If Canada's Genetic Non-Discrimination Act (GNA) is overturned by a challenge from the Province of Quebec, it will open the doors to genetic discrimination, argue...
A new Canadian guideline for impaired vision in older adults recommends against primary care screening of older adults not reporting concerns about their vision. The...
NEW YORK--Cannabis use increased among parents who smoke cigarettes, as well as among non-smoking parents, according to a latest study from researchers at Columbia University's...
Credit: Kota et. al./The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - May 14, 2018 - Cancer is a disease often driven by mutations in genes. As...
Reports from several studies have identified a link between height and general cognitive ability, or intelligence, but the mechanisms underlying this association are not well...
Credit: University of Tasmania Effective intervention can reduce medication overuse in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF's), the latest University of Tasmania research shows. Led by...
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today voiced concern over recent reports that budget cuts in Louisiana could terminate Medicaid benefits for more than 35,000 residents...
Credit: DU CANE MEDICAL IMAGING LTD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Montreal, May 11 2018 -- Historically, our view of host defense against infection was that we must...
Credit: Rongsheng Jin, University of California, Irvine Researchers from the University of California, Irvine and Harvard University have discovered how the Clostridium difficile toxin B...
Antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections, one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in children across the United States, are on the rise, according to results of...
Credit: Rob Jordan and Ian Fitzgerald A Stanford-led study in China has revealed for the first time high levels of a potentially fatal tapeworm infection...
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- The outside of a cancer cell is bombarded by signals. They come from the immune system, supporting tissues...
Credit: Callahan et al./Boston Children's Hospital Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare disease in which abnormal cells build up inside the veins responsible for...
