Boulder, Colorado, USA – In the February issue of GSA Today, Lorena Moscardelli of the University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences documents evidence in support ...

PHILADELPHIA – All creatures great and small, including fruitflies, need sleep. Researchers have surmised that sleep – in any species -- is necessary for repairing proteins, consolidating ...

People seriously injured by violence are no more likely to die in the years after they are shot, stabbed or beaten than those who are seriously injured in accidents, Johns ...

Obesity is a known risk factor for many cancers including colon cancer, yet the reasons behind the colon cancer link have often remained unclear. A Michigan State University study is shedding more ...

Amsterdam, NL, February 4, 2014 – Using auditory or tactile stimulation, Sensory ...

With nearly one-third of Americans suffering from chronic pain, prescription opioid painkillers have become the leading form of treatment for this debilitating condition. ...

New research predicts that coastal regions may face massive increases in damages from storm surge flooding over the course of the 21st century. According to the study published ...

High blood pressure could be as devastating to global health as HIV, a group of experts is warning. Writing in the International Journal of Epidemiology this week, Prof Peter Lloyd-Sherlock from the University of ...

The number of annual excess deaths caused by hot weather in England and Wales is ...

Government initiatives to improve access to healthy foods may have a limited impact ...

On average, organic farms support 34% more plant, ...

People who are younger, more affluent and do not have established health care relationships are more likely to use a telemedicine program that allows patients to get medical help -- including prescriptions ...

CHICAGO – Many U.S. adults consume more added sugar (added in processing or preparing of foods, not naturally occurring as in fruits and fruit juices) than expert panels recommend for a healthy ...

Intensive blood pressure and cholesterol lowering was not associated with reduced risk for diabetes-related cognitive decline in older patients with long-standing type 2 ...

Genetic testing of embryos for a fatal inherited neurodegenerative disorder allowed a woman to selectively implant two mutation-free embryos and conceive healthy twins, what researchers ...

A new study, co-authored by a Harvard scientist, offers the first-ever evidence that fetal sex can affect the amount of milk cows produce, a finding that could have major economic implications ...

Nearly half of HIV-infected teenagers and young adults forego timely treatment, delaying care until their disease has advanced, which puts them at risk for dangerous infections ...

There are sleep cycles and there are also weight loss cycles. Almost everyone loses weight on weekdays and gains weight on ...

Sophia Antipolis, 4 February 2014. A report that will be published tomorrow provides strong evidence that the symptoms of depressive ...

Scientists have found that people who feel powerless actually see the world differently, and find a task to be more physically challenging than those with a greater sense of personal and social ...

Services provided by Mother Nature, such as pest control from insect-eating bats, are affected by market ...

A team of researchers has found that British people travelling abroad for medical treatment are often unaware of the potential health and financial consequences they could face. The ...

In a study published in Health Affairs on February ...

Adoption of new guidelines recommending screening ...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 3, 2014 – Opening up a can of worms is a good way to start hunting for new drugs, recommend researchers from Children's Hospital ...