Drug companies will earn $1.8 billion this year from cancer drugs that patients never take
Pharmaceutical companies will earn nearly $2 billion this year selling drugs that patients never take.
Study: Cancer cells eat their neighbors' 'words'
Cancer cells capable of using information packets as energy source
Dementia plaques attack language center of brain
Peering into brains of living persons with Alzheimer's language dementia offers insight into disease process and language loss
Trust your aha! moments, experiments show they're probably right
When a solution to a problem seems to have come to you out of thin air, it turns out you've more than likely been struck with the right idea, according to a new study.
Mercury's mysterious 'darkness' revealed
MESSENGER mission data confirm that a high abundance of carbon is present at Mercury's surface
'Person-on-a-chip': U of T engineers grow 3-D heart, liver tissues for better drug testing
Researchers at U of T Engineering have developed a new way of growing realistic human tissues outside the body.
A toxic byproduct of hemoglobin could provide treatments for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Brain’s normal prion protein is upregulated in damaged tissue following stroke and protects the tissue from further damage
Urine from premature babies could repair damaged kidneys
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People in their 60s uniquely benefit from giving advice despite fewer chances to offer it
A new study reveals that individuals in their 60s who give advice to a broad range of people tend to see their lives as especially meaningful.
Green tea and iron, bad combination
Consuming green tea along with dietary iron may actually lessen green tea's benefits
Bird communication: Chirping with syntax
Japanese great tits communicate according to syntactic rules
Surprisingly long learning curve for surgeons operating on oesophageal cancer
Surgeons operating on oesophageal cancer must have performed 60 operations to gain experience to avoid adversely affecting long-term survival of the patients
Zika virus disease renamed to reflect range of impacts on fetus
The fetal disease caused by Zika virus could soon have a new name: Zika virus congenital syndrome.
Zika Virus: Microcephaly May Be 'Tip of the Iceberg' for Infant Problems
Pregnant women infected with Zika virus at risk for not only having a child with microcephaly, but also having a fetus with other serious health issues
Billion-light-year galactic wall may be largest object in cosmos
Astronomers peering into the distant universe have discovered the BOSS Great Wall, a vast superstructure of 830 galaxies that is a billion light years across
Bacteria Can Convey Electrical Messages the Same Way Neurons Do
Electrical signaling was previously thought to occur only in multicellular organisms
Compounds restore antibiotics' efficacy against MRSA
Antibiotics rendered useless by MRSA may get a second life
Researchers build molecule that could significantly reduce brain damage in stroke victims
By suppressing stroke-related enzyme, molecule found to reduce brain damage by as much as 66 percent
OUP publishes free article collection about Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster
March 11, 2016 marks five years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.
'Stunning' operation regenerates eye's lens
A pioneering procedure to regenerate the eye has successfully treated children with cataracts in China.
New Procedure Allows Kidney Transplants From Any Donor
Successful alteration of patients’ immune systems allows them to accept kidneys from incompatible donors
Early human habitat, recreated for first time, shows life was no picnic
Pioneering Rutgers scientist helps reconstruct an ancient East African landscape where human ancestors lived 1.8 million years ago
Widely used kidney cancer drugs can't stop recurrence
Sunitinib or sorafenib after surgery should not be pursued, Abramson cancer center researcher says
The plastic-eating bacteria breakdown
Researchers have identified a species of bacteria that uses just two enzymes to break down plastic.
Link between gum disease and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's
A new study jointly led by King's College London and the University of Southampton has found a link between gum disease and greater rates of cognitive decline in people with early stages of Alzheimer's Disease.
Zika Questions From Medscape Readers: The CDC Responds
Questions and concerns posed by Medscape readers and answered by CDC
Retirement is good for your health
Study finds that retirement leads to positive lifestyle changes
Different kinds of physical activity shown to improve brain volume & cut Alzheimer's risk in half
Combined UCLA and University of Pittsburgh study links increased brain volumes with improved memory health
Fossil reptile discovery 'something extraordinary'
A newly discovered 250-million-year-old fossil reptile from Brazil gives an "extraordinary" insight into life just before the dinosaurs appeared.