Category: Health

For the first time, scientists have grown functional, brain-like tissue without using any animal-derived materials or added biological coatings. The development opens the door to

A study using more than 27,000 sleep records of collegiate athletes provides the best evidence to date that early morning team practices take a toll

Researchers from Turku Bioscience Centre at the University of Turku, Finland, have developed a new computational method to interpret complex single-cell data. The method helps

Some 380 hospice beds lie empty in England because of financial pressures, say bosses.

A judge is set to explain why he’s approving a plan for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of

Craig Parkins says years of hard work has “just gone up in smoke”.

Researchers led by investigators at Mass General Brigham have discovered that over the last 25 years, heat and cold-related deaths have caused more than 69,000

Think that kale salad you’re eating is a superfood? Without the right ingredient it might not be living up to its hype. But don’t worry.

A new study shows that the effectiveness of current vaccines against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is due to the response of T

Researchers at NYU and partners within the International Healthy Outcomes of Pregnancy for Everyone (HOPE) Consortium have developed a novel tool, the Preterm Birth Actionable

Vision is one of the most fundamental senses, shaping how we perceive, navigate and interact with the world around us. Yet for more than 12

Just as saving for retirement starts early, so should protecting your heart. A new Northwestern Medicine study introduces a first-of-its-kind online calculator that uses percentiles

A new report finds over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments have been affected by the National Institutes of Health’s funding cuts

In a major step forward for cancer care, researchers at ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute have shown that disabling the NRF2 gene with CRISPR technology can