Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) have developed a wearable assistive robot that can detect and prevent a fall before it happens, reducing the user's risk of sustaining injuries.

A new study in mice found that hypertension may be linked to significant bone loss. Bone quality in young mice with high blood pressure was similar to the bones of older mice without high blood pressure, suggesting that the effects of hypertension on bone qua…

The vote increases the likelihood that the Food and Drug Administration will clear the first drug for the disease in five years.

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers conducted serial cardiac assessments in individuals with mild initial coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who had no history of cardiac disease and significant comorbidities.

A newly developed agonistic antibody reduced the amyloid pathology in mice with Alzheimer's disease, signaling its promise as a potential treatment for the disease, according to a researchers.

Oxford's R21/Matrix-M vaccine was found to be 77% effective at preventing malaria. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Experts believe the lack of exposure to germs may leave children at higher risk for developing asthma, allergies, and other allergic conditions.

Encouraging new data on a malaria vaccine from Oxford University bodes well for global effort to combat the mosquito-borne disease that kills a child every minute, its makers said on Wednesday.

Neutralizing antibody levels against the original COVID-19 virus and omicron variants in vaccinated adults tend to decline by at least 15% per month after a single booster shot, a new study using serum from human blood samples suggests. Data from two adults i…

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But some researchers say such observational studies are not definitive. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Covid-19 shots remain most effective for protecting people from the coronavirus. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Nearly 20,000 women will receive a new diagnosis of ovarian cancer this year and more than 12,000 will die from the disease. Dr. Carol Brown, a gynecologic c...

In the cerebral cortex, when somatostatin neurons become active, other nearby somatostatin neurons became active as well. The distance over which somatostatin neurons shared activity expanded in the posterior parietal cortex.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Wednesday it’s optimistic about a decline in monkeypox cases and an uptick in vaccinations against the infectio...

Those who reported worsening sleep quality over that three-year period were at greater risk of reporting subjective memory decline.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw pointed to the flu season in Australia, where cases are at five-year highs and hospitalizations are above five-year averages.

In addition to standard of care, vilobelimab improves survival of invasive mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19 and leads to a significant decrease in mortality. Vilobelimab could be considered as an additional therapy for patients in this setting a…

A large study of French adults published by The BMJ today suggests a potential direct association between higher artificial sweetener consumption and increased cardiovascular disease risk, including heart attack and stroke.