Non-Communicable Diseases Take Increasing Toll in South Asia as Region Continues to Grapple with Diseases of Poverty
People are living longer in South Asian countries than ever before, and the region has made tremendous progress in reducing premature death and disability from communicable and nutritional diseases such as pneumonia, diarrheal diseases, and...
Scientists fish for new epilepsy model and reel in potential drug
Wild-type and larval zebrafish carrying a mutation in the Scn1a gene (mimicking a severe form of pediatric epilepsy) were used for...
Clearing More Arteries Works in Angioplasty Trial
Whole Fruits Tied to Lower Diabetes Risk
Single gene change increases mouse lifespan by 20 percent
By lowering the expression of a single gene, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have extended the average lifespan of a group of mice by about 20 percent — the equivalent of raising the average human lifespan by 16 years, from 79 to 95....
Increased risk of neurological, cognitive deficits in youth with HIV
More than 65 percent of HIV-infected youth had mild to moderate impairments in fine-motor skills, memory, and other cognitive skills, although not enough to affect day-to-day functioning for most, according to a National Institutes of Health network...
Drinking Before First Pregnancy Raises Risk of Breast Cancer: Study
World Powers Discuss Syria at UN
Military forces around Syria
Investigational oral regimen for hepatitis C shows promise in NIH trial
In a study of an all-oral drug regimen, a majority of volunteers with liver damage due to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection were cured following a six-month course of therapy that combined an experimental drug, sofosbuvir, with the licensed antiviral...
New Defibrillator Works Without Wires Touching Heart
