While smoking rates in the United States have substantially declined over the past six decades, smoking remains high among people with low incomes, leading to health disparities. A smartphone app ...

Ticks are hitching a free ride to the US from different parts of the world, raising concerns among scientists. In a recent study, researchers reported the introduction of seven exotic tick species ...

Millions of Americans have altered vision, ranging from blurriness to blindness. But not everyone wants to wear prescription glasses or contact lenses. Accordingly, hundreds of thousands of people ...

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have successfully reduced the severity of late-onset Tay-Sachs (LOTS) disease in human cell cultures and a mouse model by using a novel gene ...

Now, researchers propose that a new molecule has the potential to treat acetaminophen-induced liver injury (AILI) and other inflammatory conditions. They conducted a small-scale mouse trial and ...

Recently, I've repeatedly come across tragic news reports of children killed in electric scooter, or e-scooter, crashes.

Most folks probably think of gene mutations as something people are born with, but genes can also change later in life, sometimes making people sick.

A global mental health crisis is evolving. And at the forefront of the surging rates of mental health disorders globally are women, who are disproportionately affected when compared to men.

Brain's immune response linked to olfactory problems associated with Alzheimer's by Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e.V. (DZNE) ...

One of the world's most dangerous water-borne microorganisms, commonly called a "brain-eating amoeba," has recently been detected in two drinking water supplies in southwest Queensland.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that affects millions worldwide and can have a devastating impact on patients' lives. Yet, about one in three patients respond poorly to existing ...

Patients in a Phase I/II clinical trial conducted by UMass Chan Medical School of a dual vector gene therapy for GM2 gangliosidosis, which includes Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases, exhibited a ...