A sense of wellbeing can have an important affect on parents’ decisions when it comes to health care.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Medicine
Displaying 141 - 160 of 288 articles
Anthrax is best known as a bioweapon. But researchers have figured out how to tweak the deadly toxin and use it to fight cancer. So far, dogs are the first to benefit from the new therapy.
Joaquin Phoenix has previously been mocked for a facial scar that some have assumed is a cleft lip. Two geneticists and a surgeon explain what causes this common birth defect.
Vitamin D is essential for good health and particularly for fighting infections and keeping the microbes in the human gut healthy. But in winter it can be difficult to get enough.
Bioprinting, an offshoot of 3D printing, is advancing so rapidly that regulators have been caught off guard. Two legal scholars argue patients and manufacturers would benefit from clearer rules.
Norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, is highly infectious among people in confined places – like cruise ships. But not everyone is equally vulnerable. Your blood type may determine if you get sick.
Most women in the US give birth lying flat on their back, anesthetized. An obstetrician investigates why this is and whether this is always the best approach.
For your 2020 New Year’s resolutions, think about keeping the microbes that live inside your gut healthy. Look after them and they’ll look after you.
There are more effective ways to give the tuberculosis vaccine.
Prenatal and postnatal antibiotic exposure combined with oxygen treatment led to lung inflammation and altered immunity in a study in mice.
A handful of manuscripts remain which give researchers valuable insights into medieval science.
You probably know about the collection of microorganisms that live in, on and around us. But did you know that not everyone in society has equal access to them? That needs to change.
More places around the world are experiencing days with record high temperatures. These prolonged hot spells may have unanticipated impacts on pregnant women, triggering early deliveries.
Many migraine headaches are triggered by certain foods. Recently, a lot of attention has focused on gluten. An expert explains how a piece of bread can cause pain in your head.
During bushfire season, managing medication as well as respiratory conditions should be part of any emergency plan.
One in six US adults binge drinks, consuming about seven drinks per binge. A new study can predict which mice are hardwired to binge drink. Is it possible to do the same for humans?
Mention fungi and most people think of eating mushrooms or yeasts in bread or beer. But fungi are now on the CDC’s list of public health threats as the number of deadly infections they cause rise.
Destruction of rainforests through wildfires or deforestation may harm human health. As these forests disappear, we may be losing precious medicinal plants that hold treatments for various diseases.
Talk of bioterrorism might provoke fears of smallpox and anthrax, but mundane threats like salmonella may pose greater danger. And experts say that the U.S. is not prepared for an attack.
For most medicines, it doesn’t matter when you take them. But others work best at particular times.
Top contributors
-
Professor and Director Academic Excellence, Macquarie University
-
Emeritus Robert Reford Professor and Professor of Medicine, McGill University
-
Lecturer Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney
-
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University
-
Assistant Professor of Neonatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
-
Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
-
SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney
-
Assistant Professor of History, University at Buffalo
-
Professor of Health Law and Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
-
Chief, Epithelial Therapeutics Unit, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
-
Professor of Law, Villanova University
-
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard University
-
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
-
Professor of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences and Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh
-
Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington
