The BCG vaccine has shown promise in reversing some of the symptoms of diabetes and other autoimmune diseases
VirScan has potential to detect more than 1,000 different viral strains, offers possibility of heading off more serious diseases
The Ebola virus, which ravaged West Africa and terrorized the world this past year, is largely under control, but if history is any guide, an outbreak is almost certain to happen again
Having people put their own money at risk if they don’t stop smoking works even better than giving them cash if they do quit
Objective is to give robots working in unpredictable or hostile disaster-response environments the ability to adjust to changing conditions
Researchers in US and Germany turn Salmonella into a weapon against cancerous tumors
Goal is to reduce health effects of open defecation, still common in many impoverished areas
Attachment could bring rapid diagnosis to remote geographic areas for less than $2 a test
Finding reveals that TB affected many in the European upper classes during 18th century, painting a different picture of disease than is seen today
Chlorcyclizine HCL, common antihistamine, can treat disease by blocking virus so it cannot infect liver cells
Dextromethorphan is found to lower blood sugar levels by protecting insulin-producing beta cells
Daily allowance for healthy adults is 2,300 milligrams or a teaspoon of salt
One in five babies worldwide develops a severe bacterial infection, such as pneumonia or sepsis
Traditional prenatal test for Down syndrome has been around for decades but comes with risks to fetus
Researchers found that people who don’t go to bed until after midnight develop more health problems than people who go to bed and wake up early
Wildlife Conservation Society wants to find which animals harbor virus so efforts can be made to halt encroachments into human populations
Researchers say the Ebola vaccine has been shown to work well in mice; next to undergo the study are rhesus macaque monkeys
New study finds that parasite that causes disease produces an odor which attracts mosquitoes
Researchers coin term to describe foggy feeling which affects many people and their job performance
Researchers hopeful that generic pill now used to treat seizures can halt, even reverse, progression of neurodegenerative disease
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