Vitamin D supplements can reduce COPD lung disease flare-ups by over 40% in patients with a vitamin D deficiency - according to new research from Queen Mary University of London. COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) ...
Dec 1, 2014
Greater efforts are needed in the fight against AIDS to reach at-risk teenagers and children who are failing to get as much help as other communities, US officials warned Monday.
Dec 1, 2014
Kidneys donated by people born with a small variation in the code of a key gene may be more likely, once in the transplant recipient, to accumulate scar tissue that contributes to kidney failure, according to a study led ...
Dec 1, 2014
While policymakers and health care professionals have identified health information exchanges—organizations that facilitate the sharing of patient medical information electronically between different organizations—as ...
Dec 1, 2014
Premature ovarian failure (POF) is estimated to affect 1-4% of the female population. Women with POF can present with a variety of symptoms and many genes have been linked to this condition.
Dec 1, 2014
A United Nations report says global efforts to provide antiretroviral therapy to children with HIV lags sharply compared to adults.
Dec 1, 2014
Key targets to reduce the spread of Ebola by isolating patients and burying bodies safely have been reached in Liberia and Guinea but have been missed in Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization said Monday.
Dec 1, 2014
Researchers have found a possible underlying genetic susceptibility to being dependent on UV tanning.
Dec 1, 2014
