A mother’s emotional health and education level during her child’s earliest years influence oral health at age 14, according to a new study.
Read More →
Read More →
Section: Health Sciences
Read More →
Ninety-six percent of a chimpanzee’s genome is the same as a human’s. It’s the other 4 percent, and the vast differences, that has intrigued researchers. For instance, why do humans have a high risk of cancer, even though chimps rarely develop the dise…
Read More →
Children who are overweight or obese face an increased risk for gallstones, according to a new study.
Read More →
Among patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease, use of a method that applies computational fluid dynamics to derive certain data from computed tomographic (CT) angiography demonstrated improved diagnostic accuracy vs. CT angiography alo…
Read More →
Normal weight individuals who carry weight concentrated in their belly have a higher death risk than obese individuals, according to new research.
Read More →
Increased levels of depression as a result of discrimination could contribute to low birth weight babies.
Read More →
A new study raises a cautionary note about the increasing use of a minimally invasive procedure to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Read More →
The rhythm of life is driven by the cycles of day and night, and most organisms carry in their cells a common, (roughly) 24-hour beat. In animals, this rhythm emerges from the suprachiasmatic nucleus in the hypothalamus. Take it out of the brain and ke…
Read More →
Evolutionary biologists have long puzzled over this because natural selection is expected to have selected for organisms that try to maximize their reproduction. But in industrialized societies around the world, increasing wealth coincides with people …
Read More →
A new ‘traffic light’ test could be used in primary care to diagnose liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in high risk populations more easily than at present.
Read More →
In states where medical exemptions from vaccination requirements for kindergarten students are easier to get, exemption rates are higher, potentially compromising herd immunity and posing a threat to children and others who truly should not be immunize…
Read More →
Researchers have discovered a new “first response” mechanism that the immune system uses to respond to infection. The findings challenge the current understanding of immunity and could lead to new strategies for boosting effectiveness of all vaccines.
Read More →