Health

Infants as young as one day old can feel pain, according a first-ever MRI brain-scan study conducted by investigators at Oxford University. “Some people have...

It is estimated that 232,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and that 40,000 will die. Breast cancer is the...

Sufferers of Parkinson's disease are in for a pleasant surprise. It may be helpful for these patients to find some time to go tango...

The strength of a brain circuit predicts the ability of children to learn math, according to research recently published in JNeurosci. Tutoring regimes designed...

You thought you were allergic to penicillin, but you could be wrong. If you had a rash develop right after taking penicillin, but it...

Researchers have discovered how Gram-negative bacteria—which cause drug-resistant pneumonia, bloodstream infections, and surgical site infections in hospitalized patients—finish building a crucial component of their...

A new study has unearthed a potential problem involving implanted heart valves that hundreds of thousands of individuals have received: they do not open...

Using data collected by the National Health Interview Survey from 2004 to 2018, researchers found that the proportion of people who reported sleeping fewer...

People with epilepsy who sleep on their stomachs may be at greater risk of sudden unexpected death, according to new research. Epilepsy is a brain...

Phthalates are commonly used to make products—including artificial leather, footwear, plastic food packaging, and personal care products—more flexible or stable. In particular, di-isononyl phthalate...