Category: Health

Washington State University researchers have discovered how a neural circuit – or a connection between two brain regions – drives relapse after opioid use, a

McGill University researchers have identified a brain function that helps explain why childhood stress raises metabolic health risks for some women later in life.

In a major step towards a precision therapy for Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection, researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have uncovered how

Reducing calorie intake helps cancer-fighting immune cells do their jobs more effectively, reports a study by Van Andel Institute scientists and collaborators.

In a new preclinical study, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center developed an antibody therapy called 77A that showed an ability

Flu has come early and experts predict it could be a particularly nasty season.

Frimley Health NHS Trust is the latest to reintroduce masks as UK hospitals come under strain.

Nancy Hunt arrived at an emergency room from a Genesis HealthCare nursing home in Pennsylvania in such dreadful shape, including maggots infesting her gangrened foot

With cannabis-related vehicle crashes on the rise, a new study suggests that prevention campaigns shouldn’t focus just on young people.

Researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a small molecule that can inhibit a cancer-driving protein long considered impossible to target

An infant botulism outbreak has sickened at least 39 babies across the U.S. and underscored the crucial role of a medication that treats the rare

GP Dr Oscar Duke explains the different symptoms you might experience.

Flu has come early and experts predict it could be a particularly nasty season, with a new strain circulating.

The response to the pandemic led to “enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error”, a report says.