Chromosome disorders in sex cells cause infertility, miscarriage and irregular numbers of chromosomes (aneuploidy) in neonates. A new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the scientific journal Nature Genetics shows how chromosome disorders can arise when sex cells are formed.
The United Nations Children’s Fund has welcomed Egypt’s decision to stamp out the traditional but gruesome practice of female genital mutilation after a 12-year-old girl died following the procedure.
For prostate cancer patients whose tumors have continued to grow despite medical or surgical castration, a new drug candidate that inhibits production of male hormones anywhere in the body is showing promise in early trials.
Antioxidants in organic tomatoes are healthier for heart & blood pressure, revealed in a 10-year US research study comparing organic tomatoes with those grown conventionally.
Daily bite of dark chocolate may reduce high blood pressure in hypertensive patients. Eating about 30 calories a day of dark chocolate was associated with a lowering of blood pressure revealed in a study.
New research challenges the notion frequently communicated in major publications, broadcast media and popular entertainment that women talk significantly more than men.
A virus that has been specifically designed by scientists to be safe to normal tissue but deadly to cancer is showing early promise in a preliminary study, researchers said at the ESMO Conference Lugano (ECLU), Switzerland.
Recent clinical studies have proven that the photo-stabilized Helioplex technology found in Neutrogena(R) Ultra Sheer Sunblock SPF 70, is the best sun protection available in the United States today.
As a joint effort of the department of pharmaceutical and healthcare business and the department of health policy and public health of University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, 12 graduate students will be visiting Japan from July 1?11.
When spending your holiday weekend outdoors, you should think about protecting yourself from the sun’s harmful rays.