PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Tackling maternal health "crisis"
Lisa Micheals, 27, is pictured with two of her five children she started having at age 16. She decided to have a...
KENYA: Poor state of mental healthcare
Many people affected by the post-election violence in 2007-2008 have not been treated for trauma
Mouse study explains bacterium's unique role in periodontitis
Scientists say they have solved in mice the mystery of how an unusual bacterium can trigger the common dental condition periodontitis while residing in low numbers in the space between tooth and gum.
Neurons grown from skin cells may hold clues to autism
Representative iPSC-derived neurons from Timothy Syndrome patient (bottom) shows...
Got Arthritis? Exercise Can Help
Swimming is one form of exercise that can help prevent arthritis from getting worse...
Fighting Childhood Obesity: It's A Family Affair
In the Packard Pediatric Weight Control Program, kids learn that some foods, like...
COPD awareness continues to rise, new NIH survey finds
Awareness of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), the nation’s third leading killer, continues to rise in the United States, according to the results of a Web-based survey released today by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI...
Organ Transplants and Cancer Risk
Organ transplant recipients have a high risk of developing 32 different types of cancer, according to a new study.
Why Nicotine is a Gateway Drug
A new study in mice shows how tobacco products could act as gateway drugs, opening the door to use of illicit drugs.
Shortage Of ADHD Drugs Has Parents, Doctors Scrambling
The scarcity of ADHD medications is a problem faced by an untold number of children and adults with...
