Getting your first training bra was a major milestone and was likely considered an important and exciting rite of passage as a tween. But, over time, bras lose their novelty, and, for many women, the...

Los Angeles Rams safety Taylor Rapp proves that you don’t need a ton of fancy equipment to get a brutal workout. The 22-year-old athlete just took on a challenge to burn 10,000 calories in one day. Yes,...

A potential blood-based biomarker for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases seems even more promising thanks to new research from a Massachusetts General Hospital-led study. According...

How hepatitis A virus (HAV) manages to enter liver cells called hepatocytes and initiate infection had remained a mystery for fifty years until now. University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers...

A large team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions across the U.S. has conducted a review study of the role that social interaction plays in both morbidity and mortality rates. In their...

A recent study conducted by the Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CU Medicine) discovered a novel genetic biomarker which can predict the survival of head and neck cancer patients....

In these challenging times of fear and isolation it is difficult to comprehend the sheer scale of the mental health crisis we face.  People are detached from friends, family, work and the world outside...

Nearly a quarter of a billion people across Africa will catch coronavirus during the first year of the pandemic, and up to 190,000 of them will likely die, unless urgent action is taken to control the...

In Pennsylvania and other U.S. states, one of the keys to safely reopening society amid the COVID-19 pandemic is providing sufficient testing so that new cases of the disease do not overwhelm the public...

Many COVID-19 patients are at risk for acute kidney failure, according to a new study. Acute kidney failure—also called acute kidney injury (AKI)—is a serious complication of COVID-19 that’s...