GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The psychological effects of the BP oil spill, the largest recorded environmental disaster in human history, extend far beyond people…
Feb 17, 2011
CHICAGO -- A rinsing technique with betadine that costs just a little over one dollar per patient may significantly reduce the infection rate following total…
Feb 17, 2011
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- How does a scientist fuel his enthusiasm for chemistry after 60 years?
Feb 17, 2011
U.S. military officials should improve efforts to identify those at-risk and improve both the quality and access to behavioral health treatment in response to…
Feb 17, 2011
Is it true that microbes cleaned up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Can bacteria really "eat" oil, and if so, how?
Feb 17, 2011
Legal systems are necessary in any functioning society. Centuries ago, people realized that the only way to maintain a peaceful community was to develop a firm set of rules -- laws -- to punish transgressors.
Feb 17, 2011
CHICAGO -- Afraid of becoming disabled in old age, not being able to dress yourself or walk up and down the stairs?
Feb 17, 2011
Feb. 17, 2011 -- A new treatment approach which uses tiny bursts of electricity to reawaken paralyzed muscles "significantly" reduced disability and improved…
Feb 17, 2011
Depending on the level of smoking and leisure time exercise, vitamin E supplementation may decrease or increase, or may have no effect, on the risk of pneumonia, according to a study published in Clinical Epidemiology.
Feb 17, 2011
A readily available, inexpensive drug therapy showed a significant benefit in treating premature infants with the worst and historically most difficult-to-treat cases of retinopathy of prematurity.
Feb 16, 2011
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Nobody enjoys colonoscopies, including mice. University of Missouri researchers are excited about the potential of using genetic biomarkers to predict colon cancer caused by inflammation.
Feb 16, 2011
The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), the nation's largest state health survey and a primary source of information on California's diverse population…
Feb 16, 2011
Infrared satellite data from NASA is showing some strong thunderstorms over west-central Madagascar today as Tropical Storm Bingiza continues to hug the western coast of the island nation.
Feb 16, 2011
Ottawa -- Patients who participate in clinical trials expect that their personal information will remain confidential, but a recent study led by Dr.
Feb 16, 2011
