Medical News

Doctors in India were surprised when a teenage boy came in for a check-up. The boy needed surgery to remove 232 teeth, which his father assumed at first could be cancer.

The search company claims it doesn't want to be in the health care industry, but it's embarking on one of the most ambitious health research efforts ever seen. Google promises to provide the data to scientists.

A new start-up company out of Harvard University research institute is claiming they can transform slivers of silicon into testing devices that simulate human organs. Tech may help speed the development of new drugs for ...

Are you one of those expecting moms? This new study's finding may help you stimulate the learning and memory development of your baby.

Two people are arrested in Britain on conspiracy to commit female genital mutilation. It comes as girls' rights are continuing to be a focus of human rights groups.

Study shows exposure to dim light, as faint as from a street light, during the night can affect the efficacy of breast cancer treatment drug Tamoxifen.

It was found out only recently that millions of people around the world may be keeping a newly discovered virus in their guts. The "accidentally" discovered virus has been identified as crAssphage.

(Wiley) In one of the largest prevalence studies to date, researchers from the UK provide national, regional, and global genotype prevalence estimates for the hepatitis C virus. Findings published in Hepatology, a journa...

(Desert Research Institute) Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole in December of 1911. More than 100 years later, an international team of scientists led by Joe McConnell of Nevad...

(Aarhus University) A new research project from Aarhus University shows that many adolescents suffer from knee pain for several years. The pain impacts both sporting activities and quality of life.

(Salk Institute) Salk scientists show that the little-known supportive cells are vital in cognitive function.

(North Carolina State University) A psychology researcher at North Carolina State University is proposing a new theory to explain why older adults show declining cognitive ability with age, but don't necessarily show dec...

(Weizmann Institute of Science) Weizmann Institute researchers explain why genetic fertility problems can persist in a population.

(University of Bristol) Research into improving treatment for patients with one of the UK's most common respiratory diseases has received a £810,000 funding boost.

(R&D at British American Tobacco) A new in vitro study has revealed that nicotine and cotinine, a metabolite of nicotine, can potentially inhibit DNA damage caused by a certain carcinogen in smoke.The carcinogen 4-(methy...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A revised version of a surgical procedure to treat severe chronic migraine headaches led to significant symptom relief more than 90 percent of the time in 35 patients treated at Massachus...

(Southern Methodist University) While the mobile health apps market offers tremendous potential, several health law experts say in a July 24 New England Journal of Medicine report that more oversight is needed by the US ...

(Boston University Medical Center) Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine report variants in a new gene, PLXNA4, which may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. The discovery of this novel g...

(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Millions of people in the United States have a circulatory problem of the legs called peripheral vascular disease. It can be painful and may even require surgery in ...

(Scripps Research Institute) Research conducted at the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute has discovered links between a set of genes known to promote tumor growth and mucoepidermoid carcinoma, an oral canc...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) Stimulating the ventral tegmental area, one of two dopamine-producing regions in the brain, was able to arouse animals receiving general anesthesia with either isoflurane or propofol. The...

(Oregon State University) The findings of a new study suggest two ways to effectively address the problem that birth control pills may not work as well in obese women, compared to women of a normal body mass index. Eithe...