We all know making physical activity a regular habit is important for health and well-being. But health promotion messages are often aimed at children and young people, with less focus on the importance of physical activity for older people. However, older age is a crucial time for being active every day
The research, led by academics at the University of Nottingham and published in The Lancet, have shown that they have patients fully informed and involved in their care decisions can be more successful in managing gout
How different cells in a multicellular organism acquire their identities remains a fundamental mystery of development. In the eye, for example, the lens contains two cell types-lens epithelial cells and lens fiber cells-the first of which differentiates into the second as an animal matures
New research suggests that rising childhood obesity rates are causing more adolescents to develop a debilitating hip disease requiring urgent surgery
Participation in the organized sport during childhood and adolescence is associated with bone mass at 20 years of age, according to a Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study
Leonardo da Vinci may have had an eye condition that gave him an unusual ability to recreate three-dimensional shapes in his sculptures and paintings, according to new research
Since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deemed that women 18 years and older could purchase levonorgestrel EC — known as the morning-after pill — without a prescription in 2006, visits to the emergency department for contraception have declined significantly, new research shows
Contrary to previous research, γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA A) receptors are not deficient in the brains of adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), although GABA signaling may be functionally impaired, new research suggests
In the present study, Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a neural mechanism for making rapid, fine adjustments in precise motor activity
A combination of the immune checkpoint blocker, avelumab, plus the tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), axitinib, significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) in previously untreated patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in a phase 3 study, according to results presented at ESMO 2018 Congress
The biological differences between women and men go beyond basic anatomy. Researchers must consider sex differences down to the cellular level in order to discover crucial information about the varied development, function, and biology between women and men
Young adults with exposure to THC (the psychoactive component of cannabis) during adolescence have alterations in the structure of neurons and gene expression within these brain cells, which are critical for maintaining synaptic plasticity, in the prefrontal cortex, a brain region that mediates decision-making and other cognitive functions