Highly Contagious, Antibiotic-Resistant Food Poisoning Establishes U.S. Presence [Infographic]
A Scientific American investigation explores the growing threat from multidrug-resistant shigella in the U.S.
Temper, anxiety, homework trouble are medical issues? Many parents don't realize it
Just half of parents of school-aged children would discuss anxiety or temper tantrums that seemed worse than peers
Urine-based test improves on PSA for detecting prostate cancer
Use of Mi-Prostate Score would reduce unneeded biopsies
Going my way? We think so, if we really want to get there, NYU study finds
The more committed we are to achieving that goal, the more likely we are to assume others have exactly the same objective
Pactamycin analogs offer new, gentler approach to cancer treatment
Two promising "analogs" of an old compound that was once studied as a potent anti-tumor agent, but long ago abandoned because it was too toxic
Blood test to detect traumatic brain injury could reduce unnecessary CT scans
Simple blood test to measure brain-specific proteins released after  traumatic brain injury reliably predicts both evidence of TBI on radiographic imaging and injury severity
Mobile phone bans lead to rise in student test scores
Banning cellphones in schools reaps the same benefits as extending the school year by five days,
according to a study co-authored by an economist at The University of Texas at Austin.
Academic medical centers at risk of a 'Kodak moment' if they fail to adapt
Today's academic medical centers (AMCs) need to embrace the changing healthcare marketplace or run the risk of becoming the next Kodak
UCI neurobiologists restore youthful vigor to adult brains
Reactivated plasticity points to new treatments for developmental disorders
A Way to Brew Morphine Raises Concerns Over Regulation
Very soon the poppy will no longer be the only way to produce heroin’s raw ingredient.
This 1,500-Year-Old Skeleton May Belong to the Man That Brought Leprosy to Britain
Modern techniques show that the young man was in his 20s and likely Scandinavian
In study, skipping meals is linked to abdominal weight gain
Research in animals shows spikes, drops in insulin affect liver
Cancer drugs may hold key to treating Down syndrome and other brain disorders
A class of FDA-approved cancer drugs may be able to prevent problems with brain cell development associated with disorders
including Down syndrome and Fragile X syndrome
Pacific Trade Pact Would Mean Higher Drug Prices, Says Report
Trans Pacific Partnership, now being negotiated by U.S., will keep low-cost generics off the market, says the Foundation for AIDS Research
Antibiotics Resurface as Alternative to Removing Appendix
Every year, 300,000 Americans with appendicitis are rushed into emergency surgery.
EuroPCR 2015: Advances in mechanical thrombectomy warrant call to action in acute stroke
Experts believe new technologies may significantly reduce the number of people who die or are severely disabled by stroke
Iron levels in brain predict when people will get Alzheimer's
Does this qualify as irony? Our bodies need iron to be healthy – but too much could harm our brains by bringing on Alzheimer's disease.
The dark side of the 'love hormone'; similarities with the effects of alcohol
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have highlighted significant similarities between the behavioural effects of oxytocin and alcohol.
Stone Tools From Kenya Are Oldest Yet Discovered
Our hominin ancestors were making stone tools 3.3 million years ago, some 700,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Caffeine intake associated with reduced levels of erectile dysfunction
Men drinking two to three cups of coffee a day are less likely to have erectile dysfunction
New music strategy shows 70 per cent increase in exercise adherence
use of personalized music playlists with tempo-pace synchronization increases adherence to cardiac rehab by almost 70 %
The Bronze Age Egtved Girl was not from Denmark
The Bronze Age Egtved Girl came from far away, as revealed by strontium isotope analyses of the girl's teeth.
Oldest broken bone reveals our ancestors' switch to life on land
IT WAS one small fall for a tetrapod, but it signals one giant leap for tetrapod kind.
When People Want an Upgrade They Tend to Break and Lose Their Old Gadgets
Researchers call it the "Must-Have Effect"
Big Antarctica Ice Shelf Is Disintegrating, NASA Says
Satellites have seen a sudden dramatic change in the behaviour of glaciers on the Antarctica Peninsula,
according to a Bristol University-led study.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Once Helped Clear an Innocent Man of Murder
On his birthday, revist the mystery author's most famous case
More than two dozen articles provide insights on mummies
If you like mummies (and who doesn't like mummies?) you are in luck:
The Anatomical Record has a special issue with 26 articles devoted to them, all open access.
You may not leave the house this weekend.
EARTH: Flames fan lasting fallout from Chernobyl
In the years following the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, forest fires billowed plumes of contaminated smoke,
carrying radioactive particles throughout Europe on the wind.
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix Children's Hospital study highlighted during Dog Bite Prevention Week
Prior studies have shown that most dog bite injuries result from family dogs.
Scientists unveil prostate cancer's 'Rosetta Stone'
Landmark study hails new era of personalized treatment for cancers that have spread round the body
Human stem cell model reveals molecular cues critical to neurovascular unit formation
Real-time tracking of cellular behavior during human development provides new insights
Blood to feeling: McMaster scientists turn blood into neural cells
Adult sensory neurons made from human patients blood sample
Our bond with dogs may go back more than 27,000 years
Dogs' special relationship to humans may go back 27,000 to 40,000 years
Dog Domestication Much Older than Previously Known
Genetic information from a 35,000-year-old wolf bone found below a frozen cliff in Siberia is shedding new light
on humankind's long relationship with dogs
Thunder god vine used in traditional Chinese medicine is a potential obesity treatment
Extract of thunder god vine reduces food intake and causes up to a 45% decrease in body weight in obese mice
New Approach Trains Robots to Match Human Dexterity and Speed
In an engineering laboratory here, a robot has learned to screw the cap on a bottle,
even figuring out the need to apply a subtle backward twist to find the thread before turning it the right way.
Brain implant allows paralysed man to sip a beer at his own pace
A brain implant that can decode what someone wants to do has allowed a man paralysed from the neck down to control a robotic arm
with unprecedented fluidity – and enjoy a beer at his own pace.
First evidence that dinosaurs laid colourful blue-green eggs
Vivid hue may have been colouring eggs long before any birds evolved
Cognitive impairment predicts worse outcome in heart failure
Risk of all-cause death and heart failure readmission was elevated by 7.5-fold
Cognitive impairment predicts worse outcome in heart failure
Risk of all-cause death and heart failure readmission was elevated by 7.5-fold
Surgeon cut off leg with 'rusty saw'
A hospital surgeon allegedly used a "rusty hacksaw" to amputate a patient's leg
after attempting to get a suitable instrument from B&Q.
Can you see what I hear? Blind human echolocators use visual areas of the brain
Canadian expert Mel Goodale determines echolocators use echoes to detect multiple properties of objects through areas of the brain associated with vision