Tag: Medicine/Health

Noncaloric sweeteners may substitute sugar because they mimic its sweet taste but have a negligible impact on daily energy intake ...

Researchers at the University of Helsinki uncovered the mechanisms for a novel cellular stress response arising from the toxicity of ...

A blow to the chest can have highly contrasting effects. For instance, some baseball players have died after being hit ...

Skin cells taken from patients with a rare genetic disorder are up to 10 times more sensitive to damage from ...

Loma Linda University researchers find junk food is associated with both moderate and severe psychological distressCredit: Loma Linda University Health ...

Innovative new treatment option for narrowed aortic valves is first used in MainzCredit: photo/©: Peter Pulkowski, Mainz University Medical Center ...

Credit: Kanazawa University An increase in the incidence and mortality rate of cancer has been noted worldwide, especially for lung ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - More than 63 percent of American children and 55 percent of Americans live in "asset" poverty, meaning ...

The health burden of glaucoma has continuously increased around the globe in the past 25 years, according to an Acta ...

Being overweight has been linked with a higher risk of developing a form of kidney cancer called renal cell carcinoma ...

Patients with interstitial lung disease--a group of disorders causing progressive scarring of lung tissue--are often prescribed various medications that specifically ...

Is the current American drug overdose epidemic an isolated phenomenon? Have other high-income countries experienced similar increases in drug overdose ...

Transferring technology to South Africa for on-site vaccine production In an effort to produce vaccines where they are needed most, ...

In an International Wound Journal study of 4,818 older patients undergoing elective orthopaedic surgeries, five risk factors were linked with ...

Credit: Luca Rossini The next-generation bionic hand, developed by researchers from EPFL, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa ...

Assessing the accuracy and value of an increasingly popular and free online patient management app, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine ...

A new Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study confirms that vitamin D supplementation is less effective in the presence ...

Over-testing drives up health-care costs, promotes overuse of antibiotics Tests to detect urinary tract infections (UTI) often are performed routinely ...

Dollar stores offer a good option to both low-income and budget shoppers, UNLV research finds When you hear about dollar ...

Collaboration between L'Oreal, Hesperos and UCF results in further reduction in reliance on animal testing in drug and cosmetics developmentCredit: ...