The maternal depressive mood during the prenatal and postnatal periods is related to child sleep disturbances, according to recent pilot data from a longitudinal cohort study in kindergarten children
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have discovered that a gene associated with the human intellectual ability is necessary for normal memory formation in mice
A bite from a lancehead snake can be fatal. Species in the family, found throughout Central and South America, have venom that can disrupt blood clotting and cause hemorrhage, strokes and kidney failure
African-American men with advanced prostate cancer might be more responsive than white men to an anti-androgen drug and steroids, according to a study led by Duke Cancer Institute researchers
In the present study arriving early or late can have big consequences for early-stage cells that gather to form a new kidney, a team of USC researchers discovered
Stroke patients experience sustained problems with insomnia potentially reducing their ability to relearn key skills and putting them at increased risk of depression, a new study in the journal Scientific Reports finds
A novel positron emission tomography (PET) imaging method shows promise for noninvasively pinpointing sites of inflammation in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease
New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Copenhagen, Denmark, shows that giving women different types of virtual reality (VR) sessions prior to sedation for IVF treatment reduces their anxiety and could improve successful pregnancy rates
The addition of multisensory pain-reducing interventions to topical anesthetic (TA) reduces pain in eye examinations of preterm infants, according to research published online June 1 in Pediatrics
Knee arthroscopy is one of the most common surgical procedures worldwide and the number of arthroscopies has substantially increased in the last 30 years. Thus the study provided updated estimates on the risk of complications and compare it with the background risk in the general population
According to the study, for centuries, Inuit children in Greenland, Canada, and Alaska have been observed as small. But recently, growth has increased, researchers found
According to the research, scientists explained that how the cancer-fighting mechanism of aspirin can help to stave off bowel cancer. Experts found that the painkiller blocks a key process linked to tumor formation