Study: Depending on your heart attack risk, aspirin can do more...
New information shows 11.6 percent of patients prescribed aspirin therapy to prevent heart attacks or strokes shouldn’t actually be taking the medicine. According to the study, appearing in...
New study may reduce malignancy risk from stem cell therapies
Scientists continue to make advances is stem cell research. A problem with the use of stem cells is the possibility of malignant cells developing. Their latest discovery may...
Study: If you think you are ugly you might have abnormal...
According to a new study, if you obsess over your appearance your brain might be wired abnormally. Body dysmorphic disorder is a disabling but often misunderstood psychiatric condition...
Researchers isolate stress-resistant stem cells from liposuction tissue
Liposuction is a procedure to rid the body of unwanted body fat. Now, UCLA researchers have found a use for that tissue. They have developed a new population...
Mom’s healthy diet can reduce baby’s risk of heart defects
According to a new study, not only are you what you eat, so is your unborn child. Research published in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood (Fetal...
Study: Infants most likely to catch whooping cough from siblings
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that infants most commonly catch pertussis from their siblings. The research, published online in the...
Mothers with active PTSD more likely to suffer spontaneous preterm birth
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can develop after experiencing events that create fear, helplessness or horror, such as a threat to life or physical integrity. Seeing another person in...
Racial and ethnic disparities exist in ADHD diagnosis
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder of childhood, affecting an estimated 3-5% of school aged children. It affects school performance and interpersonal...
Menopausal symptoms linked to bone health
In the U.S. 47 million women are of menopausal age, 19 million experience vasomotor symptoms, 9 million of whom experience moderate-to-severe symptoms. Vasomotor symptoms or VMS i.e., hot...
Extremely simple sniff test may diagnose autism
Early diagnosis of any disease condition can result in early intervention and improve outcome. Now, researchers at the Weizman Institute of Science in Israel have developed a surprisingly...