The costs for caring for a patient with dementia in the last five years of life are far higher than the costs for caring for patients with either heart disease or cancer in that time. Dementia care costs so much more because caregivers need to help them with …
Tuberculosis is now almost equal to HIV/AIDS as the leading cause of death by infectious diseases. In 2014, 1.1 million people died of tuberculosis worldwide, while HIV/AIDS killed 1.2 million people worldwide.
A new study finds another explanation why alcohol drinking is highly co-abused with smoking, that is because nicotine cancels out the sleepiness sensation brought by alcohol.
A new study has discovered two genes important for the growth of hair cells in the inner ear. This breakthrough opens the possibility that loss of hearing and balance due to damaged ear hair cells may soon be reversed.
A new study has found that areas of the brain that are linked to social behaviors are both underdeveloped and not networked enough in young people with high functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Eight patients and possibly more who underwent open-heart surgery at a hospital in York, PA, developed an infection from a heating and cooling device used during the surgery.
A 34-year-old man from Washington failed a paternity test because DNA from his unborn twin was passed onto his child rather than his own. This meant biologically that his child’s father was technically his unborn brother.
A new study says that oxytocin may also enhance the pleasure of social interactions by stimulating production of marijuana-like neurotransmitters in the brain. The "love hormone" can induce the production of anandamide, the molecule that activates cannabinoid …
Teens who identify themselves as Goths and who identify with Goth culture may be prone to depression and to harming themselves, according to a British study.
