Surveillance study spots long-term rise in invasive group A strep infections among children
A 32-year-long surveillance study led by Sinai Health in Toronto has found that serious infections caused by group A ...
Eating only during the daytime could protect people from heart risks of shift work, study suggests
A study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham suggests that, when it comes to cardiovascular health, food timing could ...
Baby girl first born in UK from womb transplant
A baby girl has become the first in the UK to be born from a womb transplant, after her aunt donated her uterus to her mother ...
RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide. Kennedy said ...
Study links executive function to language skills in young children
A young child's ability to regulate behavior—a component of executive functioning, the cognitive processes that help with ...
How glycoprotein GP38 from Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus could advance monoclonal antibody therapies
A recent study published in Science Translational Medicine involving scientists from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute ...
Post-trauma drug blocks fear response in female mice, study shows
A new report published in Brain Medicine reveals that a single dose of the drug Osanetant, administered shortly after a ...
Public housing smoking ban can reduce heart attacks and strokes
A paper, "Evaluation of Federally Mandated Smoke-Free Housing Policy and Health Outcomes Among Adults Over the Age of 50 in ...
One in 3,000 people at risk of punctured lung from faulty gene—almost 100 times higher than previous estimate
As many as one in 3,000 people could be carrying a faulty gene that significantly increases their risk of a punctured lung, ...
The thalamus: A potential therapeutic target for neurodevelopmental disorders
Years ago, as a neurology resident, Chinfei Chen, MD, Ph.D., cared for a 20-year-old woman who had experienced a very small ...
Exploring the link between blood flow, brain stiffness and Alzheimer's risk
Researchers have discovered that increased blood flow leads to stiffness in the hippocampus, a region of the brain that plays ...
Geriatric nutritional risk index is predictive of overactive bladder in elderly individuals
The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) is a reliable predictive marker for overactive bladder (OAB) in the elderly, according to a study published online Feb. 10 in Frontiers in Nutrition.