Oestrogen may be a new postnatal therapy to improve lung function and other outcomes in preterm infants, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in an animal study. "Ironically, a ...

A decade after the conclusion of a schistosomiasis control program in Mali, prevalence of the disease had regressed to pre-intervention levels, according to a study published May 5 in the open-access ...

Current arthritis medications can ease the pain, but stopping the progression of the disease requires more aggressive treatments: use of very limited available drugs or surgical intervention.

Two things happen following a heart attack-necrosis (normal cell death) and apoptosis (programmed cell death)-and both are bad. Now researchers in Japan have found that a single intravenous dose of ...

(Editor's Note: Scientist Live is launching a new, interactive feature, The Scientist Audio Mailbag.Here's how it works: Each week, we select a current news item and then arrange an interview with the ...

We know about good and bad fats. Now suspicion is growing that not all sugars are created equal either. Overweight adults who consume large amounts of fructose have been found to experience alarming ...