Medical News

In a 1978 essay, titled Where Am I?, the philosopher Daniel Dennett suggested that the brain was the only organ of which it's better to be a transplant donor than recipient. Now Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero wants...

Women who eat more high-fiber foods during adolescence and young adulthood--especially lots of fruits and vegetables--may have significantly lower breast cancer risk than those who eat less dietary fiber when young, acco...

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

Scientists used a 3-D printed gel model to reveal how the brain gets its signature wrinkled look. The fetal brain starts off with a smooth surface. Wrinkling or folding is Nature's way of packing a powerful, large proces...

More and more Americans are gaining access to overdose reversal drug naloxone. CVS Health is contributing by making the drug available without a prescription in all its pharmacies across Ohio.

The White House wants to propose $1 billion worth of funds for the Obama administration's cancer 'moonshot' project. The budget will be used to speed up research and hopefully come up with new ways to treat and diagnose ...

Sanofi Pasteur said it has launched a vaccine research and development project for Zika virus. This is considered the first considerable commitment from a major vaccine firm to fight the disease already declared an inter...

Team Tracy has been dissolved. This, after renowned Seattle breast cancer fundraiser and advocate Tracy Dart allegedly lied about her breast cancer diagnosis and spawned fundraising efforts for the likes of the Susan G. ...

New CDC vaccination schedules now recommend the HPV vaccine for children ages 9 and 10 if they have a history of sexual abuse. Experts highlighted the need to protect the child victims from a higher HPV infection risk.

If you're a fan of the Panthers or Broncos, be sure to wash your hands on Super Bowl Sunday before you give a friend a celebratory fist bump.

Will Chipotle's customers return to its doors or will its history of contamination outbreaks prove to be troublesome? Regardless, the Mexican Grill has big plans to get its patrons back.

UK fertility regulators has approved genetic modification of human embryos. By understanding how healthy human embryos develop during the early days, the researchers hope to address issues on fertility and IVF treatments...

The world has all eyes on the Zika virus. Now, scientists warn that two other parasitic diseases can also be passed from mother to child through the placenta.

(American Chemical Society) Preparations are underway for the big game on Sunday. As Super Bowl 50 draws near, football fans are stocking up on cold beverages and hot treats, including fixin's for nachos. Nacho fans have...

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer will share in a funding award of $13.4 million with hopes of answering one of the biggest questions in the curr...

(Entomological Society of America) A product called the OFF!® Clip-On™ repellent device could be an effective tool for preventing bites from the Aedes aegypti mosquito -- the primary vector of Zika, chikungunya, dengu...

(Institut Pasteur) Researchers from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, CNRS and Paris Descartes - Sorbonne Paris Cité University recently published a large-scale study in Nature Genetics based on almost 7,000 strains of List...

(Pharmamar) PharmaMar today announced an agreement with Singapore-based Specialised Therapeutics Asia Pte, Ltd (STA) to market marine-based anti-tumor compound APLIDIN® (plitidepsin) for the treatment of hematological t...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) A team of researcher concluded that a breakfast high in protein -- like eggs -- keeps children fuller longer than cereal or oatmeal, causing them to eat fewer calories at lu...

(University of Cincinnati) A comprehensive analysis of the bed bug genome finds that their hardy makeup is all in the genes.

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) The widespread discrimination and mistreatment transgender individuals face in the health-care system could be alleviated with specialized provider training to increase k...