In a systematic review of previously published studies researchers, Edward Mills and colleagues, looked at studies in both developed and developing country…
But the drug can also cause severe birth defects if it is taken by pregnant women. What is the best way to prevent pregnant women from taking the drug, and to…
Now, as the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU) in Mae Sot, Thailand, celebrates its twentieth anniversary, Nosten, who was recently awarded a professorship by…
The day you are born, your birth certificate carries a detailed genetic profile showing your predisposition to allergies and certain diseases, your health…
This exhaustive review of the literature, including numerous unpublished clinical studies involving over 4,000 human subjects, appeared in an article by Dr….
Dr. Edward Romond, a cancer specialist and researcher at UK HealthCare's Markey Cancer Center, was instrumental in researching and analyzing the results of two…
A new research tool developed by Susan Liebman, distinguished university professor of biological sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, may…
Importantly, the researchers found that, overall, the intervention was effective across racial and ethnic groups, with the most significant improvements among…
In addition, childhood cancer survivors who received higher doses of cranial radiation therapy to kill the cancer showed even greater risk of stroke in later…
The work suggests that the significant changes in European diets over the past 20-40 years may have contributed to the increased incidence of allergic diseases…
Potable water is our most important nutrient. We drink it every day. That's why it is even more important to know what sort of microorganisms are in the water…
The most conspicuous increase has been seen among children under the age of 5 years. The EU-funded Diabetes Prevention study is generating a wealth of…
Many women experience declines in their memory during and after menopause, a change thought to be due, in part, to the rapid hormonal changes they weather…
The country's leading African-American lawmakers, civil rights leaders and medical experts today called on the federal government to adopt and implement a new…
“The risk of developing coronary heart disease due to a combination of negative personality traits in people has never before been explored,” said the study's…
Anthony Gunnell, a medical biostatistician and epidemiologist and colleagues at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm reviewed the medical exams of women with…