A study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers of girls and women who were sex-trafficked from Nepal to India and then repatriated has found that 38 percent were HIV positive.
When it comes to searching out cancer cells, gold may turn out to be a precious metal. Purdue University researchers have created gold nanoparticles capable of identifying marker proteins making the tiny particles a potential tool to better diagnose and treat breast cancer.
In a study that could lead to new ways to prevent infection by human immunodeficiency virus and similar organisms, Purdue University researchers have been able to genetically modify a plant to halt reproduction of a related virus.
Synova Healthcare Group, Inc. announced that the Today(r) Sponge, the first and only female contraceptive to combine a spermicide with a barrier contraceptive, is unveiling its exciting new look this summer.
To better understand schizophrenia, a University of Missouri-Columbia psychology researcher simulated one of its more common symptoms – the inability to speak clearly or respond to questions in a precise manner – in people who don’t have the illness.
Blacks convicted of killing whites are not only more likely than other killers to receive a death sentence ? they are also more likely to actually be executed, a new study suggests.
At a time when national rates of cesarean delivery have climbed above 30%, a four-year study of patients receiving an alternative method of obstetric care experienced a significantly lower rate of cesarean births, according to a study published in the current issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.
Johns Hopkins researchers have genetically engineered the first mouse that models both the anatomical and behavioral defects of schizophrenia, a complex and debilitating brain disorder that affects over 2 million Americans.
The cause of low birth weights among African-American women has more to do with racism than with race, according to a report by an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Today, researchers from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, along with colleagues from Stanford University, report the results of a large-scale, genome-wide study to investigate gene copy number differences among ten primate species, including humans.