Urinary tract infections are common, yet are increasingly tough to treat because the bacteria that cause them are becoming resistant to many antibiotics.

Researchers describe the association between the consumption of ultraprocessed foods and chronic medical conditions.

The Ministry of Health says the person has recently returned from overseas.

THE United Sugar Producers Federation on Thursday urged President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. to order the inspection of warehouses, saying traders are allegedly hoarding their...

A common 'forever chemical' known as PFOS (perfluorooctanesulfonic acid) has been linked to liver cancer in humans in a worrying new study.

The UK is launching a polio vaccine booster campaign for children in London aged below 10, after confirming that the virus is spreading in the capital for the first time since the 1980s.

A team of researchers, led by Georgetown neuroscientists, have documented a link between spatial and verbal reasoning by scanning students' brains while taking a course that emphasized spatial learning.

Healthy foods, micronutrients, antioxidants, probiotics have become common terms in our day-to-day conversations and quite frequently these are used without accurate knowledge about them. Just like self-medication, self-advised diet, or exercise, based upon p…

The fungus Ustilago maydis attacks corn and can cause significant damage to its host. To do this, it first ensures that the plant offers little resistance to the infection. The surgical precision it applies is shown by a new study from the University of Bonn …

LONDON — Heart failure may seem like a disease of advanced age, but it can develop at any time in life. And, in many cases, it can be prevented or treated. In this expert alert, Gosia Wamil, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, exp…

A scientific breakthrough may facilitate speedy, objective and accurate diagnosis of people suffering from PTSD using saliva samples. As part of the study, the researchers characterized the psychological, social and medical conditions of about 200 participant…

A monoclonal antibody, mepolizumab, decreased asthma attacks by 27% in Black and Hispanic children and adolescents who have a form of severe asthma, are prone to asthma attacks and live in low-income urban neighborhoods, a National Institutes of Health clinic…

Scientists report that gestational exposure to low levels of bisphenol A may induce structural alterations in some fetal brain regions.

Immunizations with mRNA-based vaccines are strongly effective against symptomatic and severe COVID-19 disease associated with the virus’ Delta v...

(Aug 11): Nearly three dozen people in China have been sickened by a newly identified virus from the same family as the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, though there’s no evidence the pathogen can be transmitted from person-to-person.The virus, named Langya h…

Researchers summarize the available knowledge on FODMAPs and suggest that they can play a role in the prevention and treatment of diabetes.

<p>Health authorities in Western Australia have today confirmed a second case of monkeypox virus in a returned overseas traveller.</p>

Older adults with atrial cardiopathy (a major, often undetected cardiac cause of stroke) may be at increased risk of developing dementia, according to new research led by Johns Hopkins Medicine.

A stretch of DNA that hops around the human genome plays a role in premature aging disorders, scientists at the Salk Institute and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia have discovered.

The Dementia Friendly Arizona initiative, led by Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, is working to make sure communities around the Valley are equipped to support ...

A TikTok user is going viral for sharing her candid experience with monkeypox. She says on a scale of one to ten, the pain was “an 87!”

Quality of life is a measure of a person's level of comfort, health and happiness. For people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study has found there are specific factors that may affect a person's physical and mental quality of life.

Leisure activities, such as reading a book, doing yoga and spending time with family and friends, may help lower the risk of dementia, according to a new meta-analysis published in the August 10, 2022, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the Ame…

A team led by UT Southwestern researchers has identified how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, builds a structure called the RNA cap that's critical for successful viral replication.

University of Cincinnati researchers Jason Gardner and Matthew Robson are studying whether targeting an inflammation pathway that affects burns and traumatic brain injuries can be an effective treatment for both conditions.