Daniel is living with the condition while wife Joan acts as his primary carer.

Soon after a series of state laws left a Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia, Missouri, unable to provide abortions in 2018, it shipped some of its equipment to states where abortion remained accessible.

The proponents of Proposition 35, a November ballot initiative that would create a dedicated stream of funding to provide health care for California's low-income residents, have assembled an impressive coalition: doctors, hospitals, community clinics, dentists, ambulance companies, several county governments, numerous advocacy groups, big business, and both major political parties.

Like most medical offices, the small suite of exam rooms at the PhiferCares Clinic fills daily with patients seeking help with bumps and bruises, sore throats, and stuffy noses.

Severe rains bucketed down on central Europe, Africa, Shanghai and the U.S. Carolinas this week, underscoring the extreme ways in which climate change is altering the weather.

A sneak peek of some of the extraordinary entries for the 60th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Data collected by the SAMURAI spectrometer at RIKEN's RI Beam Factory (RIBF) in Japan recently led to the detection of a rare fluorine (F) isotope, known as 30F. This has opened interesting possibilities ...

In the complex landscape of cancer, tumors create their own microenvironment, often marked by low oxygen levels, a condition known as hypoxia.

A study funded by the SNSF highlights previously unknown links between the body and the brain. The findings of this research carried out at the University of Fribourg show how our bodily rhythms affect our visual perception.

Cicilia Julan Intik, 6, was snatched by a crocodile in Malaysia while swimming in a river and dragged underwater in front of her horrified grandad who was bathing with other people

Karnataka ranks third in rural PHCs but faces shortage of medical staff, and needs to focus on enhancing human resources in healthcare.

A total of 21 men are set to begin studying for the priesthood, the highest number to come forward for the role in over a decade.

The importance of testing for diseases was thrust into the limelight during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of us have undergone a PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) or ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) ...

COYA 302, a combination therapy in development for Parkinson's, reduced excessive inflammation and immune cell activation in a mouse model.

COYA 302, a combination therapy in development for Parkinson's, reduced excessive inflammation and immune cell activation in a mouse model.

A study has found a mechanism underlying an addiction-like side effect — dopamine dysregulation syndrome — of the Parkinson's drug levodopa.

The chemical production plant in Preston, Canada, produced lethal substances for years, sparking a wave of legal claims from workers who say they were exposed to carcinogenic fumes

Conservative voters have slightly larger amygdalas than progressive voters—by about the size of a sesame seed. In a replication study published September 19 in the journal iScience, researchers revisited ...

“We are organising a health research convention, which comprises a couple of workshops, community-based learning, and also cardiac care. We also included a one-day seminar on medical education, how medical education has evolved in India and the U.K., and what we can learn from each other” said Dr. Piruthivi Sukumar Dean of the International Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Leeds during his interaction with The Hindu.

The summer of 2024 was the hottest on record and, unfortunately, this came as no surprise. Summers have been getting hotter and drier around the world, including in the Northern Hemisphere, leading to ...

Chelladurai and the villagers of Bison Valley fight to protect the Chokramudi hills from illegal constructions and land grabs.

IISc researchers develop nanomaterial to reduce chromium in groundwater, offering on-site remediation solution for heavy metal contamination.

A research team consisting of Professor Dong Sung Kim, Professor Anna Lee, and Dr. Jaeseung Youn from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at POSTECH has successfully recreated the structure of wrinkles ...

For the first time, scientists are able to directly compare the different kinds of injury that mechanical ventilation causes to cells in the lungs.

Researchers at Cranfield University have developed an innovative new method for identifying biomarkers in wastewater using origami-paper sensors, enabling the tracking of infectious diseases using the camera in a mobile phone.

A team of researchers from City of Hope®, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the U.S., and The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, have reported safety and efficacy results from a Phase 1 trial that featured a personalized vaccine to treat lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, a rare and slow-growing type of blood cancer, according to a study published recently in Nature Communications.

Human breast milk regulates a baby's mix of microbes, or microbiome, during the infant's first year of life. This in turn lowers the child's risk of developing asthma, a new study shows.

Investigating ECM changes in the hypothalamus reveals mechanisms behind insulin resistance, offering insights into obesity and metabolic disease treatment.

The hot long days of summer are over and will become a fading memory. The warm golden days and crisp nights are upon us. Children back at school and cold and flu season beckons.

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years.

Groundwater is an essential source of drinking water across the country. However, heavy metal contamination in groundwater presents a significant health hazard. Researchers at the Indian Institute of ...

Tragic 1956 Thoothukudi Express derailment in India remains a pivotal moment in history, sparking nationwide outrage and accountability.

MoES advisor Kamaljit Ray discusses urban meteorology study in Vijayawada to enhance forecasting models for extreme weather events.

A new way of looking at tooth enamel could give scientists a path to deeper understanding of the health of human populations, from the ancient to the modern.

A NEMA official said the committee would address the impacts of the floods in Borno State while search and rescue operations continued in the state.

Captive tigers in the United States outnumber those living in the wild. The World Wildlife Federation estimates around 5,000 of the big cats reside in the U.S., mostly owned by private citizens.

This marks the largest number of seminarians who began their academic programme and priestly formation for Irish dioceses in more than a decade.

On September 20, 1924, The Illustrated London News published an article containing explosive news which has reverberated down the decades and continues to cast a long shadow in south Asia even a century later.

Comprehensive study estimates the global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) burden from 1990 to 2021, identifying significant age and regional disparities. It highlights future AMR death projections and underscores the importance of prevention and new antibiotic development.

A new way of looking at tooth enamel could give scientists a path to deeper understanding of the health of human populations, from the ancient to the modern.

Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections often occur in patients with chronic inflammatory intestinal conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease, and in patients who have taken antibiotics for a long time.

By tracking the changes in prostate cancer cells over time, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have found that activation of the MYC gene -; a well-known cancer-causing gene -; sets off a cascade of events that leads to both initiation and progression of the disease.

In the treatment of cancer patients, irradiation can be adapted anew each day to the position of the tumor and conditions in the body.

Fussy eating is mainly influenced by genes and is a stable trait lasting from toddlerhood to early adolescence, finds a new study led by researchers from UCL (University College London), King's College London and the University of Leeds.

The Indian Council of Medical Research was in talks with the Serum Institute of India for local manufacturing of monoclonal antibodies (MABs). However, it did not take off, as the volume was much less in India.

Review highlights the growing evidence that aging is linked to reduced expression of long genes, offering insights into potential anti-aging therapies based on gene length.

Researchers have discovered that remodeling of extracellular matrix (ECM) in the hypothalamus, specifically around AgRP neurons, drives insulin resistance and metabolic disease. Disrupting this ECM buildup improves insulin sensitivity and may be a promising treatment for obesity and diabetes.

The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright flash of light. New research from the University of Chicago shows that this part of the brain also plays a role in complex cognitive tasks like visual categorization and decision making.

Penicillin was hailed as "the silver bullet" when it was discovered, as it had the unprecedented quality of being able to kill disease-causing bacteria without harming the human body. Since then, a multitude of other antibiotics have been developed that specifically target a wide range of bacteria; but the more often they are used, the greater the risk that antibiotic-resistant strains will arise.