We all know exercise is good for us, but when times are tough, a fitness membership is often out of the question. Now, new research from the University of South Australia aims to boost community use of outdoor fitness equipment ...
Jul 17, 2023
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My colleagues and I have used a tool from economics to measure the costs and benefits of wearing an exoskeleton, and we found that it offers a modest average benefit of US$3.40 per hour while walking uphill, when considering ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Men with erectile dysfunction will now have the option of using a topical gel to treat the condition.
Jun 13, 2023
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Chatbots had mixed success in improving COVID-19 vaccine confidence and acceptance among the most hesitant individuals in Asia, according to a new randomized control trial.
Jun 8, 2023
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Intervention without human rights goes by many names—involuntary institutionalization, compulsory drug treatment, "coerced care," forced abstinence or a combination of all of those terms.
May 26, 2023
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Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. went up slightly last year after two big leaps during the pandemic.
May 17, 2023
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Drugs approved in the US require "substantial evidence" that they are effective. But an investigation by The BMJ into the recent approval of the antibiotic Recarbrio from Merck suggests that these standards are being bypassed.
May 15, 2023
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Forty years after the discovery of HIV, AFP looks at how far we have come in fighting a deadly virus that was once shrouded in fear and shame but is now treated as a manageable chronic condition.
May 10, 2023
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For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by so-called safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be revived ...
May 8, 2023
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Scientists studying the stubborn and dangerous rare yeast pathogen behind two outbreaks in a neonatal intensive care unit in Delhi, India, have found that while infected patients can be treated with antifungal medications, ...
Apr 27, 2023
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