A new study has found that a cochlear implant may improve cognition, social interactions and quality of life for older adults who...
Surgeons in Cape Town performed a nine-hour operation in which they successfully performed a penis transplant for a 21-year-old patient who had...
23andMe, the Google-backed personal genetics company, has announced plans to mine its massive DNA database for drug targets. On Thursday, 23andMe said...
While the average human heart beats 42 million times per year, scientists at the Texas Heart Institute say that the perfect bionic...
In a new report conducted by Duke Medicine, researchers discovered that sponsors supporting the use of humans in clinical trials of medical...
A trove of industry documents being referred to in reports as the “sugar papers” have been analyzed by a team of researchers...
In a study conducted by researchers from the United States and the United Kingdom, Christopher Woelk at the University of Southampton and...
Scientists at the University of Gothenburg’s Sahlgrenska Academy, led by Associate Professor Filip Bergquist, have developed a wearable device capable of stimulating...
Pescovegetarians analyzed by researchers exhibited a decreased risk of colorectal cancers, according to a new study in the United States which analyzed...
Maternal depression and older antidepressant use during pregnancy has been linked to an increased risk of childhood asthma, according to a new...
Treating depression with antidepressants for patients suffering from moderate to severe depression seems to lower rates of death, coronary artery disease and...
As little as 30-minutes of sleep loss per day throughout the work week can have long-term consequences for the human body’s weight...
Frankie the dog has an innate ability to sniff out thyroid cancer in undiagnosed individuals, according to U.S. researchers who presented their...
A synthetic nasal spray delivering the “love hormone” oxytocin might help men lose weight, according to a new study in which the...
Exercising is “likely” to inspire your spouse to do the same, according to a new study led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg...
Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, indicated that the data harnessed by Obamacare’s Precision Medicine Initiative will...
In response to a mumps outbreak which sickened roughly 500 people on campus last year, Ohio State University is now requiring students...
The Food and Drug Administration this week approved the first biosimilar drug for use in the U.S. The drug, called Zarxio, is...
According to a series of studies published by a team of researchers led by New York University, common chemicals such as pesticides...
In the case of a stroke, more than one-third of Americans would be without the best healthcare options due to the time...