Women with bacterial vaginosis are much more likely to transmit HIV to males than other females, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, reported in PLoS Medicine. The risk is three times greater, the authors added…
read moreA picture can say a thousand words, but according to a study presented at The Endocrine Society’s 94th Annual Meeting in Houston, a picture can also be worth a thousand calories. Researchers have discovered that looking at images of high-calorie foods…
read moreIn mammals, most lipids (such as fatty acids and cholesterol) are absorbed into the body via the small intestine. The complexity of the cells and fluids that inhabit this organ make it very difficult to study in a laboratory setting…
read moreThe weight loss and obesity issue is rapidly over taking tobacco as the number one health concern for the coming decades. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one-third of adults in the United States are classified as obe…
read moreIn a new report, published by BMJ (British Medical Journal), a team of researchers examine the evidence behind healthy eating advice…
read moreA study in the June 27 edition of JAMA reports that patients treated with warfarin (with an INR 1.7 or less) who had an acute ischemic stroke were not linked to a higher risk of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage when using intravenous tissue plasmin…
read moreA condition that temporarily causes heart failure in people who experience severe stress might actually protect the heart from very high levels of adrenaline, according to a new study published in the journal Circulation…
read moreA groundbreaking study of nearly 250,000 U.S. women reveals live birth rates approaching natural fertility can be achieved using assisted reproductive technology, where eggs are removed from a woman’s ovaries, combined with sperm and then returned to t…
read moreIn the first two years following the death of a child, there is a 133% increase in the risk of the mother dying, a new study from the University of Notre Dame shows. Titled “Maternal bereavement: the heightened mortality of mothers after the death of a…
read moreThe racial and ethnic composition of a community is associated with the obesity risk of individuals living within the community, according to a study led by researchers at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Johns Hopkins Bloo…
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