Health

World's Senior Population Forecast to Boom by 2050

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Cancer Patients Who Choose to Die at Home Live Longer: Study

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NIH statement on World Tuberculosis Day 2016

On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2016, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, reaffirms its commitment to researching ways to better understand, prevent, diagnose and treat TB. March...

Distractible Mice Offer Clues to Attention Deficit

Tracing the effects of a specific gene deletion in mice revealed how it disrupts a brain circuit that filters out superfluous sensory input, such as background noise, so that the brain can focus on important information. The findings suggest that...

Pets Help Homeless Youth, Study Finds

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Caffeine Intake -- Even Dad's -- Linked to Miscarriage, Study Says

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Women May Not Be Aware of Heart Disease Risks

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Exercise May Keep Your Brain 10 Years Younger, Study Suggests

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Study finds mindfulness meditation offers relief for low-back pain

Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) may prove more effective than usual treatment in alleviating chronic low-back pain, according to a new study funded by the National Center for Complementary and...

MEPs reiterate call for mandatory country of origin labelling of meat and milk

Food safety MEPs reiterated their support for introducing mandatory country of origin labelling of meat and milk, in a non-binding resolution voted on Tuesday. Mandatory labelling would help maintain consumer confidence in food products by making the...