Three new studies by a University at Buffalo psychologist offer the first known evidence that some people anxiously expect that they will be rejected by others because of their physical appearance, and that this sensitivity, if not mitigated, has serious implications for their mental and physical health.
Lisa Chasan-Taber, associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is launching a study of the effects of exercise programs on pregnant women with a history of gestational diabetes ? a condition triggered by pregnancy that puts them at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.
A team led by biochemists at the University of California, San Diego has found what could be a long-elusive mechanism through which inflammation can promote cancer.
Engineering Conferences International is sponsoring a second conference on Light-Activated Tissue Regeneration and Therapy to be held in Portugal this coming June.
Substances extracted from a marine seaweed may protect against skin cancer caused by too much sun, new research suggests.
Did you know that people living in the Western region of the United States are more likely to become victims of a serial killer than people living in the Northeast?
A study in the Journal of Pediatrics reports that infants and toddlers are less likely to contract flu, pneumonia or influenza like illnesses, if given two doses of the influenza vaccine.
High fiber diet could halve the risk of developing breast cancer for pre-menopausal women, revealed by researchers at England’s University of Leeds.
Medical providers facing a crisis in HIV care are forming a coalition that will stand up for the needs of community health centers, university and hospital clinics, city and county health departments, private clinics, and others providing medical care for low-income people with HIV with nowhere else to turn.
Frost & Sullivan has awarded the COMPAS software technology platform its 2006 North America Technology Innovation of the Year Award in the field of Cardiac Safety Analytics.