Luck? Genetics? Italian island spared from COVID outbreak
GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy — Stranded on a tiny Italian island, a cancer researcher grew increasingly alarmed to hear that one,…
Black kids die more often after surgery, new research shows
A new U.S. study shows Black children die more often after common surgeries than whites By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical…
Lives Lost: Family of doctors loses 2 shining lights
NEW YORK — Priya Khanna may have been destined to practice medicine all along, and not necessarily because she grew…
Dolly Parton To Donate $1 Million Toward Coronavirus Research At Tennessee Hospital
Ever the kindhearted superstar, Dolly Parton is finding gracious ways to spend her time and money during the coronavirus pandemic.…
Med student charged with research smuggling freed on bond
A medical student from China who U.S. authorities say tried to smuggle cancer research material out of the country has…
New genetic links to same-sex sexual behavior found
The largest study of its kind found new evidence that genes contribute to same-sex sexual behavior, but it echoes research…
Marijuana use doubles in US pregnant women to 1 in 14
Pot use in pregnancy has doubled among U.S. women and is most common during the first trimester, government research shows.…
UN warns of complacency in fight against AIDS [The Morning Call]
Remarkable progress has been recorded in HIV/AIDS treatment but its not hurray! yet. A “dangerous complacency” as funding dwindles, the…
Mayo Clinic Study Finds African-American Women Willing to Participate in Medical Research
Mayo Clinic epidemiologist Joyce Balls-Berry, Ph.D., talks about her recent research findings that African-American women are willing to participate in…
The Nobel Prize for Medicine 2016
Japanese Biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi has won the first Nobel Prize of the season for Medicine. His research into Autophagy in…
Baby separated from parasitic twin introduced at news conference
A baby girl from the Ivory Coast born with four legs and two spines has been successfully separated from a…
Avatars help schizophrenia patients silence tormenting voices – futuris
People with schizophrenia are volunteering for a European research project to help the control and perhaps even silence the tormenting…