Credit: Sun et al., 2016 Researchers have discovered that secondary infection with the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacterium (or "superbug") often kills influenza patients beca..
Credit: The University of Gothenburg Shortness of breath is an often overlooked symptom of what may be heart failure or COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)....
(Philadelphia, PA) – Individuals with Down syndrome who survive into adulthood face the additional challenge of early-onset dementia, in which toxic amyloid plaques build up...
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio Seventy per cent of readings from home blood pressure monitors are unacceptably inaccurate, which could cause serious implications for people who rely...
Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School The Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed), the only regional trade body for the medical devices, equipment and in vitro diagnostics...
Credit: Ching-Ling (Ellen) Lien, PhD, Children's Hospital Los Angeles Ching-Ling (Ellen) Lien, PhD, an investigator at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles,...
Men and women with shorter, wider faces tend to be more sexually motivated and to have a stronger sex drive than those with faces of...
Credit: Children's National Health System Antibiotic resistance continues to grow around the world, with sometimes disastrous results. Some strains of bacteria no longer respond to...
Credit: Université de Montréal Humans may have ritualistically "killed" objects to remove their symbolic power, some 5,000 years earlier than previously thought, a new international...
Credit: NIEHS NIH rat study suggests amitriptyline temporarily inhibits the blood-brain barrier, allowing drugs to enter the brain. New research from the National Institutes of...
Credit: University of Utah A Utah law has led to increased early identification of infants with hearing loss due to a congenital infection, according to...
Credit: C. Maillo, IRB Barcelona This condition generally leads to chronic inflammation (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis), which can trigger fibrosis, cirrhosis and ultimately liver cancer. This study...
Preschoolers who score lower on a working memory task are likely to score higher on a dropout risk scale at the age of 13, researchers...
Credit: UIC Patients diagnosed at high-volume centers are up to 40 percent more likely to receive treatment for glioblastoma, according to a study from researchers...
Credit: Paul Joseph/UBC Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found a better way to identify unwanted animal products in ground beef. Food science...
