Chronic pain in adults may increase their risk of high blood pressure, and the location and extent of pain and if they also ...

Some babies are born with early blindness due to dense bilateral congenital cataracts, requiring surgery to restore their ...

A three-year campaign to bring vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) to low-income countries has prevented 1.4 million ...

Physician responses to patient expectations can affect physician incomes and may help explain lower incomes for many women, ...

In patients of reproductive age who have cancer, fertility preservation for potential children in the future should be a high ...

A Penn-led team has revealed how hydralazine, one of the world's oldest blood pressure drugs and a mainstay treatment for ...

Researchers coaxed stem cells from fat tissue to develop into structures called spheroids, 3D cell clusters that mimic ...

Scientists think snakes and lizards could help them find new ways to prevent painful kidney stones and gout in people. And it ...

While past studies have explored how cancer patients' financial health influenced their risk of mortality, new research digs ...

The government's new mandate to carry out random oral-fluid roadside drug testing marks a milestone in New Zealand's road ...

Staring at the ceiling while the clock blinks 3am doesn't only sap energy for the next day. A large, long-running U.S. study of older adults has now linked chronic insomnia to changes inside the brain ...

When labor begins, the uterus must coordinate rhythmic, well-timed contractions to deliver the baby safely. While hormones such as progesterone and oxytocin are key contributors to that process, ...