Global Life Expectancy Continues to Climb
Screening Test Finds Drugs That Show Promise Against Ebola
Despite Risks, Benzodiazepine Use Highest in Older People
Prescription use of benzodiazepines — a widely used class of sedative and anti-anxiety medications — increases steadily with age, despite the known risks for older people, according to a comprehensive analysis of benzodiazepine prescribing in the...
Study finds genetic clue to menopause-like condition in young women
Six young women with a disorder that mimics menopause have gene alterations that hamper the repair of damaged DNA, report researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health. The mutations, occurring in women with primary ovarian insufficiency...
Chronic high blood sugar may be detrimental to the developing brain of young children
Young children who have long-term high blood sugar levels are more likely to have slower brain growth, according to researchers at centers including the National Institutes of Health.
Guinea Pigs Can Be Source of Serious Strep Infection
Ebola Survivors Face Critical Problems
Teen prescription opioid abuse, cigarette, and alcohol use trends down
Use of cigarettes, alcohol, and abuse of prescription pain relievers among teens has declined since 2013 while marijuana use rates were stable, according to the 2014 Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey, released Tuesday by the National Institute on...
Ebola: UN says health workers in Sierra Leone to receive hazard pay using mobile money
Ambulance depot near an emergency response centre, in Freetown, Sierra Leone....
Better Ebola Tests Expected Within Months
New diagnostic tests to more rapidly and simply detect Ebola could be available for use in the West Africa epidemic in the next few months, the World Health Organization and partner agencies say.
