While the world's attention has been focussed on Ebola, another outbreak has been spreading in a number of countries across the world. Now, Oxford University infectious disease specialists are applying the lessons from the ...
Jan 13, 2016
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Researchers at the University of Sheffield have launched an ambitious project to simulate a complete model of the adult fruit fly brain for the first time.
Dec 7, 2015
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Low-income adults and children who are able to see a dentist at the same location as their primary care doctor are more likely to get dental care, yet almost three out of five community health clinics in California either ...
Sep 30, 2015
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Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, today launched the web-based portal for its MSSNG database, making the resource available to researchers worldwide. The MSSNG portal enables qualified ...
Sep 1, 2015
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About half a million people receive hip replacements worldwide every year. Of these, a small percentage will develop health complications due to their implant. Complications like inflammation and infection, even damage to ...
Mar 23, 2015
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On the heels of a nationwide measles outbreak comes a report that campaigns aimed at scaring people about the consequences of non-vaccination might not be as effective as many think. An upcoming article in the journal Communication ...
Mar 3, 2015
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Recent research in a remote Indigenous community in the Northern Territory has found high carriage rates of the intestinal parasite Giardia among children. Giardia duodenalis is an enteric parasite that causes gastrointestinal ...
Nov 24, 2014
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It's often said that humans are wired to connect: The neural wiring that helps us read the emotions and actions of other people may be a foundation for human empathy.
Aug 19, 2014
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The recent renaming of the Telethon Kids Institute has brought more change than just the name—it's bringing a new approach to health research.
Apr 10, 2014
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From 1997 to 2010, despite promises made by the international scientific community, pharmacogenomic research produced few studies focusing on rare, orphan and tropical diseases prevalent in developing countries. Catherine ...
Apr 2, 2014
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