By mid-November, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had reported that 218,439 health care workers in the U.S. had been infected with COVID-19—a likely underestimate due to incomplete data...

A novel form of a drug used to treat osteoporosis that comes with the potential for fewer side effects may provide a new option for patients. The work is supported by the National Institutes of Health...

Just about everyone wants six-pack abs. That’s a fine goal, and many people can absolutely make it happen by dialing in on your training and diet. If you care about more than just looks, however,...

Soon after rapamycin, the first mTOR inhibitor, emerged in 1990s as a potential treatment against unwanted cell proliferation, many cancer experts had hoped emerging drugs targeting mTOR would become...

Tensing muscles could help those with a fear of needles bring their blood pressure levels back to normal Up to 10 per cent of the UK population has trypanophobia – a fear of needles The symptoms...

University of Virginia Cancer Center researchers have identified a gene responsible for the spread of triple-negative breast cancer to other parts of the body—a process called metastasis—and developed...

THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 — If you’ve recovered from a COVID-19 infection, you can help as many as four other COVID-19 patients get better, simply by donating your plasma. Is it worth it? Just...

In March, when the pandemic was in its earliest days, COVID-19 was spreading like wildfire aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, a ship home to more than 4,000 Navy sailors. In just a matter...

A brain chemical called noradrenaline is responsible for our responses to uncertain situations—helping us to learn quickly and adapt our behaviour, a new study has found. The COVID-19 pandemic has plunged...

Google Cloud pulled back the curtain yesterday on two artificial intelligence tools designed to help healthcare and life science organizations scan and analyze large volumes of unstructured text, the...