A new study from the American Journal of Public Health purports to show increased interest among U.S. women in self-induced abortion.
Related topics: Abortion
Steroid injections intended to relieve knee or hip pain caused by osteoarthritis may make the joint damage worse, according to a study published in the journal Radiology.
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) reviewed the...
Related topics: Arthritis, Osteoarthritis
Family members can be critical allies when it comes to helping elderly patients avoid postoperative delirium, researchers found. Medscape Medical News
Bring it up? Wait for the patient to bring it up? How does the patient even know whether to bring it up? Georgetown University Family Medicine
A recent study by the American Association of Endodontists (AAE), the dental specialists who save your natural teeth, showed more people (59%) are afraid of getting a root canal than speaking in public (57%), spiders (55%) or being trapped in an...
In a novel study comparing healthy cells from people in their 20s with cells from people in their 80s, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have documented that cell division rates appear to consistently and markedly slow...
Related topics: Cancer, Oncology
A new clinical trial dispels the hypothesis that the diabetes drug metformin could help exercising seniors gain more muscle mass by inhibiting tissue inflammation.
Related topics: Clinical Trials, Diabetes
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced the awarding of its Young Investigator Grants valued at more than $13.8 million to 200 of the world's most promising young scientists.
We're so reliant on our smartphones that it's probably fair to say they've become an extension of ourselves, so the fact that scientists have now developed an artificial "skin" for our devices -- that has the ability to make...
Red blood cells give us life. They ferry oxygen throughout our bodies. Breakdowns in red blood cell development can be life-threatening, but scientists still have much to learn about the molecular processes that ensure these cells develop properly....
According to a new study in Current Biology, the male white bellbird when singing its mating call produces the loudest bird song. The bird lives in the mountains of the Amazon rainforest.
Related topics: Amazon
Sunscreen from mushroom waste, healthy skincare products from apples and berries, and high-tech materials from Brussels sprout stalks - these are some high value products that could be first to market from a new $11 million research consortium led...
Three world-renowned environmental health researchers from the Institute for Exposomic Research at Mount Sinai have been awarded grants worth a total of $25 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the newly formed Human Health...
ISPOR--the professional society for health economics and outcomes research--will begin its ISPOR Europe 2019 2-6 November 2019 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The ads claim SuperMannan cures bladder infections. The science is a single uncontrolled study of 9 women; its design is a recipe for disaster.
J. Silvio Gutkind elected to National Academy of Medicine for his contributions to the understanding of cancer signaling networks and pioneering the study of the PIK3CA-mTOR signaling circuitry in head and neck cancer.
Related topics: Cancer, Oncology
Barely half of authors of more than 7,000 research papers on health in sub-Saharan Africa come from the country studied in the paper.
More than two-thirds of these studies include authors from the U.S., Canada, Europe or a different African...
Chronic stress during pregnancy triggers an immune response in the brain that has potential to alter brain functions in ways that could contribute to postpartum depression, new research in animals suggests.
Related topics: Depression, Stress
Families dealing with the stress and frustration of their child's overly picky eating habits may have a new addition to their parental toolbox. Pediatric researchers describe a brief group cognitive-behavioral therapy program that provides parents...
Related topics: Stress
The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine is the recipient of a 2019 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity publication in higher...