Barrier-breaking drug may lead to spinal cord injury treatments
Scientists developed a drug that allows axons to cross impenetrable barriers leading to the treatment of spinal cord injuries.
Sleep Apnea May Lower Your Aerobic Fitness
Many Kids Exposed to Unneeded X-Rays, Study Finds
FDA Advisors Not Sold on Lifting Ban on Gay Men Giving Blood
On world Day, Ban spotlights how technology can improve life for 1 billion persons with disabilities
A young student at a school for disabled children in the poor neighborhood of Cité Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Fatal ODs From Narcotic Painkillers Have Tripled in U.S.
New WHO guide to prevent and control cervical cancer
New guidance from WHO aims to help countries better prevent and control cervical cancer. The disease is one of the world’s deadliest – but most easily preventable – forms of cancer for women, responsible for more than 270 000 deaths annually, 85% of...
Many Ignore Cancer's Warning Signs, Survey Finds
NIH statement on World AIDS Day 2014
Remarkable progress has been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS since the first annual World AIDS Day was commemorated 26 years ago. Yet, we are still far from achieving our goal of a world without AIDS.
Sophisticated HIV diagnostics adapted for remote areas
Diagnosing HIV and other infectious diseases presents unique challenges in remote locations that lack electric power, refrigeration, and appropriately trained health care staff. To address these issues, researchers funded by the National Institutes of...
