Antibiotics May Not Help After 'Complicated' Appendectomy
This National Diabetes Month, you have a role in diabetes education and support
During National Diabetes Month, including World Diabetes Day on Nov. 14, the National Institutes of Health urges you to think about the important role you play in diabetes education and support. More than 29 million Americans have diabetes, and about...
'Green' Office May Boost Brainpower
Workers in "green" offices may think better, a new study suggests.
Offices with enhanced ventilation and low levels of chemical air pollutants were linked to better employee performance, researchers found.
Singing Better Than Talking for Soothing Cranky Babies, Study Finds
Singing keeps babies calm longer than talking, a new study says.
Researchers found that 30 infants, ages 6 to 9 months, remained calm for an average of nine minutes when listening to singing, even if it wasn't in their own language.
NIH researchers link single gene variation to obesity
NIH takes action to bolster research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
The National Institutes of Health is strengthening its efforts to advance research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), a disease for which an accurate diagnosis and effective treatment have remained elusive. The actions...
Globally, an estimated two-thirds of the population under 50 are infected with herpes simplex virus type 1
More than 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 – or 67% of the population – are infected with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), according to WHO’s first global estimates of HSV-1 infection.
UNICEF and WFP launch mass nutrition screening as hunger threatens lives of children in South Sudan
Two-year-old, Kuot is being treated for severe acute malnutrition, at the UNICEF-supported Al-Shabbah Children’s Hospital,...
Tuberculosis mortality nearly halved since 1990
The fight against tuberculosis is paying off, with this year’s death rate nearly half of what it was in 1990. Nevertheless, 1.5 million people died from TB in 2014. Most of these deaths could have been prevented, according to WHO’s Global tuberculosis...
Scientists identify main component of brain repair after stroke
Sprouting connections in the brain: Adding GDF10 to neurons in a dish results in the formation of new connections between...
