Medical News

Top health officials revealed on Sunday that Kent Brantly, the Ebola-stricken American doctor who is currently treated at an isolation unit of the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, appears to be improving.

Biologists have found ways to make organisms or animals for study translucent, providing them the opportunity to examine internal organs and tissues without dissecting them. Here's how.

A recent study found that children who indulge in playing video games for an hour or less were better-adjusted as compared to those who never played video games or those who played for three hours a day or more.

A mid-July recall of fruit from wholesalers including Costo and Trader Joe's is being expanded. The Wawona Packing Co. has not processed fruit due to listeria concerns since July 18.

Around 400,000 people in Toledo, Ohio affected due to contaminated water supply from Lake Erie. City officials say that toxin level is down but the water is still not safe for drinking.

Trying to impede the possibility of getting pregnant by using birth control pills or oral contraceptives? Be forewarned, it may lead to breast cancer says a new study.

(Aalto University) Eating less meat would protect water resources in dry areas around the world, researchers at Aalto University in Finland have found.

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) Changes in the treatment of the most common form of heart attack over the past decade have been associated with higher survival rates for men and women regardless ...

(University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) Eating baked or broiled fish once a week is good for the brain, regardless of how much omega-3 fatty acid it contains, according to researchers at the University ...

(University of California - Riverside) A research paper in the field of ecology by a graduate student at the University of California, Riverside and a colleague has been selected as this year's recipient of the Thomas M....

(University at Buffalo) Many studies acknowledge that frailty and dementia often coexist, but little research has been done on why that is the case.Bruce R. Troen, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of the Division of...

(Frontiers) Swiss open-access publisher Frontiers, part of the Nature Publishing Group family, is pleased to announce the launch of Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, a new open-access medical journal.

(JLM&A, SA ) A new study reveals surprising similarities between the way mammals and flies eat. What and how we eat is a crucial determinant of health and well-being. Model organisms such as fruit flies have provided cru...

(Wiley) New research indicates that avoidable indirect costs per patient insufficiently treated for allergy equal 2,405.00 Euros per year due to absence from work and reduced working capacity. On the other hand, appropri...

(University of Manchester) Researchers at University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester -- part of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre -- have looked at a newer technique...

(Wiley) A mother who sings to her preterm infant while providing 'kangaroo care,' or holding with direct skin-to-skin contact, may see improvements in both her child's and her own health. The finding comes from an Acta P...

(Wiley) More than 90 percent of gay and bisexual men in the United States have used lubricants to enhance a wide range of sexual activities, including but not limited to anal intercourse, researchers report in a Journal ...

(NOAA Headquarters) NOAA- and EPA-supported scientists have mapped the Gulf of Mexico dead zone, an area with low oxygen water, measuring 5,052 square miles this summer -- approximately the size of the state of Connectic...

(University of York) University of York scientists have shed new light on why teenagers and young adults are particularly susceptible to meningitis and septicaemia.

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Updated guidelines for prostate cancer survivorship care have been published in Journal of Men's Health.

(Boston University Medical Center) Patient navigation, or the linking of a newly diagnosed cancer patient with a professional trained in assisting patients though the complex journey of cancer diagnosis and treatment, ma...

(Wiley) Severely overweight people who suffer from hypoventilation can have abnormally low levels of oxygen in their blood during air travel as a result of reduced atmospheric pressure in the cabin of aircrafts.