Hospital-acquired infections are infections patients didn't have when they were admitted to hospital. The most common include ...

Older adults with declining financial and health literacy are at risk of making mistakes that could significantly impact ...

RIKEN researchers have discovered how a single mutation in one gene can simultaneously result in two symptoms—a severely ...

Changes in brain connectivity before and after puberty may explain why some children with a rare genetic disorder have a ...

Three people in Mammoth Lakes died recently after contracting hantavirus, the same infection that killed Gene Hackman's wife ...

New research undertaken with football teams in the Bundesliga has shown a trend between ankle injury recurrences and the ...

Discussions about maternal health and rights in Mexico tend to focus on health outcomes and access to health care. Academics ...

Police officers are more than twice as likely to have traumatic brain injuries compared to the general population. Officers who incur these injuries while on duty face more than double the risk of ...

Fluoride in drinking water has become a highly charged topic in recent weeks. In March, Utah became the first state to ...

Love for sports can take a toll on aging bodies, with deteriorating joints leading to painful osteoarthritis, especially in the hip. For hardcore athletes and weekend warriors, a total hip replacement ...

Humans and other animal species can experience many types of pain throughout the course of their lives, varying in intensity, unpleasantness and origin. Several past neuroscience studies have explored ...

A day after Tierra Jackson gave birth to her third child last November, she began to repeatedly complain about chest pains to ...