Medical News

Charles Gerba gave a presentation at a meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, showing that viruses like norovirus spread very quickly in places such as office buildings, but that the spread can be contained ef...

In Discover Magazine's November print issue the article 'Trial and Error' talks about the many reasons why progress in cancer research is slow. This article details how citizen scientists can speed up cancer research by ...

A new blood test allowing doctors to predict which ovarian cancer patients will respond to particular types of treatment is a step closer following a new study by Manchester scientists.

Because it can. And it should. Ebola is a global problem that all countries must be concerned about, most especially those who have the capability to help.

Health experts suspect that a rare virus called human enterovirus-68 is behind the illness that has so far caused the hospitalization of hundreds of children in Midwest and Colorado.

A group of researchers proved that brain-to-brain communication of thoughts is possible in an experiment that could pave way to technologically-enabled telepathy and significantly change the way people communicate with e...

It's a gift and it's big. Morningside Foundation donation of $350 million warmly accepted by Harvard officials; bolsters the university's fundraising efforts.

Ruuxa, a male cheetah cub, recently underwent a forelimb surgery for a defect and was watched over by a concerned puppy best friend Raina. The two have been inseparable since they were a couple of weeks.

Women encouraged to ensure adequate levels of potassium in their diets to reduce stroke risks. Foods like bananas are a particularly good source, researchers say.

Children became a target of a still-unidentified virus in Illinois, affecting a significant number of them over the holiday weekend. The Blessing Hospital, where these children got admitted, issued a warning.

(University of Michigan) Nearly half of older adults -- 18 million people -- have difficulty or get help with daily activities, according to a new study.

(Lifespan) The Miriam Hospital is part of a research collaboration that has received a $20 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an intravaginal ring that can deliver powerful antiretroviral dru...

(Physicians for a National Health Program) A study of hospital administrative costs in eight nations published today in the September issue of Health Affairs finds that hospital bureaucracy consumed 25.3 percent of hospi...

(Princeton University) A study led by Princeton University researchers found that a pond-dwelling, single-celled organism has the remarkable ability to break its own DNA into nearly a quarter-million pieces and rapidly r...

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) A neuroimaging study is the first to show that white matter damage caused by severe obstructive sleep apnea can be reversed by continuous positive airway pressure therapy. The results...

(Boston University) New research by Michigan State University biologist Jason Gallant, Boston University biologist Sean Mullen, and their collaborators, suggests that when it comes to evolving some traits -- especially s...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) One shot of an experimental vaccine made from two Ebola virus gene segments incorporated into a chimpanzee cold virus vector, called chimp adenovirus type 3 or ...

(American Chemical Society) It's the series that's one-part MacGyver, one-part Mendeleev. 'Chemistry Life Hacks' is back with new tips that can change your life, or at least the temperature of your beer. Learn how to coo...

(University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry) An innovative new resuscitation technique being tested in a clinical trial in Edmonton is giving hope to parents whose children need medical assistance moments afte...

(McMaster University) Patients with severe asthma often require high doses of steroid-based treatments that can significantly impair their quality of life. This new drug is the only therapy that has been proven to be eff...

(Virginia Tech) Researchers open a new page in the immune system's playbook, discovering more chatter goes on among the body's infection fighters than was suspected.

(Springer) Belly dancers have fewer hang-ups about their bodies. Most women who participate in this torso-driven dance do so because it is fun and they get to perform interesting moves -- not because they necessarily fee...