Credit: National University of Singapore Physical frailty is common among the elderly and is strongly associated with cognitive impairment, dementia and adverse health outcomes such...
Nine of out of ten Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments are failing to identify young people with alcohol problems, preventing them from getting the vital...
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Experimenting with mice, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report new evidence that the eye's iris in many lower mammals directly senses...
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health Some mommy-shaming "wars" become national news headlines. Actress Reese Witherspoon was recently food-shamed fo..
Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, 19th of May, 2017, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based artificial intelligence company focused on drug discovery, biomarker development and...
Credit: Dominick Reuter for Tufts University (June 19, 2017)--A survey of United States hospitals, eldercare facilities and therapy animal organizations revealed their health and safety...
The first-ever double-blind, randomized clinical trial for an effective treatment for the severely neglected disease mycetoma has enrolled its first patient at the Mycetoma Research...
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON -- States that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (the ACA) saw 2.5 emergency department visits...
A new review indicates that there is a massive problem of self-medication misuse in the Middle East. The findings, which are published in Pharmacology Research...
A new study has found that certain factors are linked with a person's decision to leave the hospital against the advice of his or her...
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Nodules -- a type of abnormality detected by ultrasound -- are extremely common in the thyroid gland. Up to two-thirds...
Credit: University of Alberta Edmonton--Patients with obesity have a higher risk of infection within 30 days after receiving heart bypass surgery, according to a series...
Every human being has a unique DNA "fingerprint". In other words, the genetic material of any two individuals can be clearly distinguished. Computational biologists at...
Take a walk in the boreal forest of Eastern Canada these days, and chances are you'll hear the sound of millions of caterpillars taking a...
Credit: © 2017 KAUST Materials called transition-metal carbides have remarkable properties that open new possibilities in water desalination and wastewater treatment. A KAUST team has...
