A good night of sleep entails about eight hours of blissful immobility—a state of near paralysis that, though welcome at
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New insights into nicotine’s effect on reward pathways
Northwestern scientists have discovered new mechanisms used by nicotine to manipulate the brain’s reward pathway—findings which could inform the development
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Health concerns haunt Puerto Rico as new hurricane season begins
Hospitals and clinics in Puerto Rico are still dealing with the massive destruction Hurricane Maria left throughout the island last
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The mental illness that affects one in 500 new mothers
“We had a clock on our living room wall and I became convinced there was a camera in it. I
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As colorectal cancer rises in young people, new guidelines recommend screening start at 45
The American Cancer Society (ACS) and other preventive guideline organizations recommend that screening for colorectal cancer start for people of
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Researchers develop new technology to manage cancer pain
As cancer patients become increasingly ill toward the end of their lives, their pain often intensifies and increases in frequency.
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Looking beyond mutations, researchers take a new approach to an old oncogene
KRAS is one of the most commonly mutated and widely studied genes in cancer; a quick PubMed search for KRAS
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New app offers no-wait doctors’ appointments—but it’ll cost you $3,000
A California company has developed an app that could give Long Island clients a “fast pass” in doctors’ waiting rooms,
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New ‘unified theory’ of childhood leukemia raises possibility of preventing the disease
Kids who develop acute lymphoblastic leukemia may be the victims of a triple-whammy stroke of bad luck, according to a
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New link found between alcohol, genes and heart failure
The researchers investigated faulty versions of a gene called titin which are carried by one in 100 people or 600,000
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