Inexpensive ($1) Blood Test Using Gold Nanoparticles Outperforms PSA Screening for...

A test that costs less than a $1 and yields results in minutes has been shown in newly published studies to be more sensitive...

Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products Detected in Crops Grown in Recycled Water

Irrigating crops with recycled water can result in vegetables laced with small amounts of drugs and personal care chemicals, but researchers disagree on whether...

Biologists Delay Aging, Increase Lifespan 30% in Animal Model, Suggest Role...

Biologists have identified a gene that can slow the aging process when activated remotely in key organ systems. The life scientists, working with fruit...

Mold Toxin in Cereals, Coffee and Wine Inhibits Cell Regeneration in...

Researchers in Europe report that a common mycotoxin found in many types of foods, especially cereals and their derivatives, can inhibit the brain's ability...

SSRI Antidepressant Alters Brain Structure After Just One Dose

A single dose of antidepressant is enough to produce dramatic changes in the functional architecture of the human brain. Brain scans taken of people...

Treating Mild Hypertension With Drugs Causing More Harm Than Good

In 2013, Dr. Iona Heath, a retired general practitioner published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, in which she spoke...

Nursing Student Dies After Tweeting ‘I Think I’m Dying’: How To...

A tweet sent by a Georgetown University nursing student eerily foreshadowed her death on Tuesday. “This is what dying must feel like,” Andrea Jaime...

Berry Extract Boost Effectiveness of Pancreatic Cancer Therapy

A wild berry native to North America may strengthen the effectiveness of a chemotherapy drug commonly used to treat pancreatic cancer, according to new...

Treating Macular Degeneration (AMD) With Stem Cells to Save Failing Vision

A woman in Japan has received the first medical treatment based on induced pluripotent stem cells, eight years after they were first discovered. The...

Migraines in Middle Age Linked to Increased Risk of Parkinson’s Disease

A new study suggests that people who experience migraine in middle age may be more likely to develop Parkinson's disease, or other movement disorders...