HPV vaccine found safe in girls and women with autoimmune diseases
Incidence of new-onset autoimmune disease in girls and women with pre-existing autoimmune disease after quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination: a cohort study
Here's why the epidemic strain of C. difficile is so deadly -- and a way to stop it
UVA finds answers about infection CDC has labeled 'urgent threat'
Troubled Japanese Space Agency Seeks Fresh Start
Push to resurrect instrument lost during satellite failure highlights JAXA’s resilience
'Hacking nerves can control disease'
Controlling human nerve cells with electricity could treat a range of diseases including arthritis, asthma and diabetes, a new company says.
By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website
What's Worse Than Death? Breathing Machines & Dementia, Patients Say
Majority of patients consider bowel and urinary incontinence and having to rely on a breathing machine to be fates worse than death
Is Earthly life premature from a cosmic perspective?
Theoretical work suggests that present-day life is actually premature from a cosmic perspective
Antibiotic resistance persists in bacteria, even absent selection pressure from antibiotics
Bacteria that acquire plasmids containing resistance genes rarely lose them
St. Paul Island mammoths most accurately dated 'prehistoric' extinction ever
While the Minoan culture on Crete was just beginning, woolly mammoths were disappearing from St. Paul Island, Alaska, according to an international team of scientists who have dated this extinction to 5,600 years ago.
Court ruling on HIV 'game-changing' drug
The High Court has told the NHS in England it can fund a drug that can prevent HIV - after health bosses argued it was not their responsibility.
Women without appendix 'more fertile'
Women who have had their appendix or tonsils removed appear to be more fertile, a 15-year study suggests.
Murder victim’s phone unlocked with paper fingerprint after 3D printing fails
Phone unlocked with a 2D image of the dead man's fingerprints
Where there's smoke -- and a mutation -- there may be an evolutionary edge for humans
A genetic mutation may have helped modern humans adapt to smoke exposure from fires and perhaps sparked an evolutionary advantage over their archaic competitors, including Neandertals, according to a team of researchers.
Hidden tooth infections may predispose people to heart disease
Hidden dental root tip infections are very common: as many as one in four Finns suffers from at least one. Such infections are usually detected by chance from X-rays.
Lower weight in late life may increase risk of Alzheimer's disease
BWH/MGH study associates lower body mass index with greater deposits of Alzheimer's-associated amyloid plaques in the brains of older individuals
80 Percent of Open Ocean Fish Make Light
Lighting up is the rule, not the exception, for marine fish
Did the Universe Boot Up with a "Big Bounce?"
The cosmos may have rebounded from an earlier contraction and “big crunch” into a “big bang” that started it all over again
Public Health: The Right to Know That an Operation Is ‘Next to Useless’
Before a drug can be marketed, it has to go through rigorous testing to show it is safe and effective. Surgery, though, is different.
There could already be 40,000 people carrying Zika in the US
As many as 40,000 people in the US could already be carrying the Zika virus, having caught it while travelling abroad, a team analysing the epidemic has warned.
Inosine treatment helps recovery of motor functions after brain injury
First study in primates shows promise reports restorative neurology and neuroscience
Big step towards cure for lifelong viral infections
New research has taken us a step closer to finding a cure for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as other infections including the glandular fever virus, which is associated with the development of lymphoma.
Nearly half of pediatric clinical trials go unfinished or unpublished
Researchers cite waste; thousands of children enrolled in trials that don't inform science
At least 30 children dead in Myanmar from unknown disease
At least 30 children have died in northwestern Myanmar since mid-June from an unknown disease that causes breathing difficulty, officials said Thursday.
Schizophrenia simulator: When chemistry upends sanity's balance
Engineers simulate chemical imbalances in schizophrenia memory disturbance to fast-track research and treatment solutions
Smiling baby monkeys and the roots of laughter
Kyoto University macaque findings point to older smile origins
Acupuncture may help to improve dementia precursor -- impaired memory
May also boost power of drug treatment, but further good quality evidence needed
The Lancet Oncology: Australian researchers uncover complex genetic secrets of cancer risk
Cancer is a disease of our genes - yet our understanding of how our genetic makeup affects our risk of cancer is still rudimentary.
Toe-tapping to better health: Fidgeting helps prevent arterial dysfunction from sitting
Researchers recommend leg movement when walking is not an option
Three vaccine approaches protect monkeys against Zika infection
NIH-supported study provides insight into possible Zika vaccine designs
Astronomers Watch as Io's Atmosphere Collapses
Jupiter's shadow makes this volcanic moon's atmosphere freeze solid once per day
Which Psoriasis Biologics Have the Best Response Rates?
ORBIT (Outcome and Retention Rate of Biologic Treatments for Psoriasis): A Retrospective Observational Study on Biologic Drug Survival in Daily Practice
Major treatment expansion could essentially eliminate hepatitis C in R.I. by 2030
Treatment for hepatitis C infection would reduce cases by 90 percent and prevent more than 70 percent of deaths
Wiley provides free access to latest Zika research to coincide with events in Brazil
Wiley has made available all of its published Zika content on one site
Why you're stiff in the morning: Your body suppresses inflammation when you sleep at night
Research in The FASEB Journal suggests that the CRYPTOCHROME protein represses inflammatory pathways during nighttime sleep, making inflammation symptoms, such as stiffness, seem worse when this effect wears off as you wake up
5 Things Clinicians Should Know Now That Zika Is in the US
They said it would happen and it has.
Venus could have been habitable while life evolved on Earth
Wasn’t always so hostile
Asthma pill 'promising' for people with severe symptoms
An experimental pill could help adults with severe asthma, an early study in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal suggests.
Ready to Snap at Work? Get in Touch With Your Inner Animal
Ever experienced a bout of anxiety at work?
I just did.
Studies bolster evidence that insurance status affects cancer patients' health outcomes
Two new studies indicate that health insurance status may impact patients' health outcomes following a diagnosis of cancer.