Five years ago, Sharon Schafer Bennett suffered from migraines so severe that the headaches disrupted her life, kept her from seeking a job and interfered with participation in her children?s daily activities.
Children suffering from holes in their eardrums could have better success rates following surgery, thanks to findings from doctors at West Virginia University.
An independent United Nations rights expert denounced a campaign by Filipino milk companies to promote breast-milk substitutes for manipulating UN data to protect their huge profits regardless of the interest of a country where 16,000 children under 5 died in 2003 from improper feeding practices including infant formula.
Television advertising in the United Kingdom for foods high in fat, salt, or sugar will be reduced by up to 50 percent on programs viewed by children under 16 under tough new regulations promulgated by Ofcom, that country?s quasi-governmental telecommunications regulator.
New research conducted in the Department of Psychology at the University of Haifa that examined the behavior patterns of laboratory rats revealed that exposure to stress at a young age increases the likelihood of developing mood and anxiety disorders in adulthood.
A team of scientists, led by psychiatric geneticists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has gathered the most extensive evidence to date that a gene that activates signaling pathways in the brain influences one kind of intelligence. They have confirmed a link between the gene, CHRM2, and performance IQ.
Music under the microscope: the relation between biology and genetics and human music, its peculiarities and reasons. These are the main themes of the International Workshop on the Biology and Genetics of Music, to be held in Bologna, May 20 to 22, with leading scientists currently involved in researching the mysteries of music, invited to explain their recent findings to the audience.
Adcock Ingram, South Africa?s largest pharmaceutical company, is set to start manufacturing antiretrovirals (ARVs) with immediate effect, following approval by the Medicines Control Council (MCC).
According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), only 4 countries (Nigeria, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan) remain polio-endemic, an all-time low.
The occurrence of birth defects poses many challenges to individuals, families and communities.