Medical News

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of New South Wales and the Singapore Eye Research Institute has found that 5 billion people in the world are likely to develop myopia or nearsightedness by 2050. Abo...

A new study found that organic milk and meat may be more nutritious than its non-organic counterparts. Researchers found that the levels of most nutrients in the organic group are higher than the ones in the conventional...

A new study found that eating eggs is not linked to cardiovascular disease. The question now is, how many eggs can a person eat in a day?

The number of deaths from anxiety drug overdose has increased fourfold in the last 20 years, a new study revealed. Researchers say overdosing on anxiety drugs is a major public health issue.

Following a low-carb, high-fat diet for eight weeks can possibly lead to health complications and rapid weight gain, a new study revealed. Experts warn that this type of diet is not recommended for people with pre-diabet...

Lack of sleep is experienced by a lot of people across the globe. A new report says that one-third of Americans are not getting enough sleep.

Synthetic cathinones are derived from cathinone which is present in the khat plant. These recreational drugs produce effects similar to amphetamines and have been associated with numerous fatalities. Although the Drug En...

ABC's flagship science program 'Catalyst' has drawn criticism from members of the scientific community in Australia. The controversy stems from an episode of the show titled 'Wi-Fried?' that featured the opinions of some...

Mangoes have long been found to contain anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer nutrients. The availability of the compounds responsible for this was tested in a clinical trial for the first time.

(Rutgers University) Thirty percent of women worldwide experience some kind of physical or sexual assault during their lifetime. In a recent animal study, Rutgers scientists -- who have developed a new model to determine...

(Duke University) Laboratory rats who breathed Beijing's highly polluted air gained weight and experienced cardio-respiratory and metabolic dysfunctions. A study appearing in the March Journal of FASEB found pollution-br...

(Lund University) Nowadays, the lives of the majority of all children with cancer can be spared. However, the cure for the disease comes with a price: some of the survivors will suffer long-term injury from the treatment...

(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) An international research team from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) and the Charité (partners in the Berlin Institute of H...

(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) Researchers led by EPFL have found how lactate, a waste product of glucose metabolism can protect neurons from damage following acute trauma such as stroke or spinal cord inju...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Researchers developed a mathematical model to estimate the rates of mutation as a function of the nearby sequences of DNA 'letters' -- called nucleotides. This new model no...

SAN FRANCISCO. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- they are known as the stem fields, and they are looking for women, especially minority women, to fill positions. The problem is the...

(NIH/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering) NIH-funded researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital find surprising link between the death of tumor-support cells and an increased risk of cancer metas...

(IOS Press) Now, it is possible to extract the DNA or RNA from cancer cells and establish a classification according to the type and quantity of mutations, active and inactive genes, and other molecular characteristics. ...

(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) Australian researchers have resolved a mystery about how a promising new class of anti-cancer drugs, called nutlins, work -- paving the way for improving the future of cancer treatment.

(National Science Foundation) Zika: the virus has emerged as a major public health threat that's rapidly spreading through South and Central America and the Caribbean.

(American Geriatrics Society) Care transitions -- such as going from home to an emergency room or hospital -- can be difficult for seriously ill older adults and their family members. However, until now, little has been ...

(University of Georgia) University of Georgia scientists have shown a hormone instrumental in the aging process is under genetic control, introducing a new pathway by which genetics regulates aging and disease.Previous s...