This year, the germs roared back. Measles tripled. Hepatitis A mushroomed. A rare but deadly mosquito-borne disease increased. And that
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This Guy Got Sober and Packed on More Than 40 Pounds of Muscle
“I was never particularly fit in high school,” says Troy Guerin, a 22-year-old student from Boynton Beach, Florida, “but during
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Economists analyze how patients and health care providers value Medicaid
A new analysis of a randomized health insurance program in Oregon sheds light on the value the program has for
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Researchers crack rare gene variant and deliver hope to South Australian family
Working in a highly successful collaboration between the Centre for Cancer Biology (a University of South Australia and SA Pathology
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Zika vaccine protects both mom and fetus, but mom needs a higher dose when pregnant
Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston showed, for the first time, that a single, higher dose
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Lactobacillus balances gut microbiome and improves chronic-alcohol-induced liver injury
Researchers demonstrated that Lactobacillus rhamnosus can dose-dependently reestablish a balanced intestinal microbiome and counter the liver-damaging effects of alcohol consumption
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New clues to the link between ALS and type 2 diabetes
Patients with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) often suffer from type 2 diabetes. This phenomenon has long remained mechanistically enigmatic. Now,
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Brass bands can improve your health and wellbeing, study shows
Stress relief, improved mental health and lungs like an elite sports star are just some of the ways playing in
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Prostate cancer: New urine test detects risk sooner and can be done at home
Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men in Germany. In General, a doctor, examined by rectal
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Study shows link between precipitation, climate zone and invasive cancer rates in the US
In a new study, researchers provide conclusive evidence of a statistical relationship between the incidence rates of invasive cancer in
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