A study of American football players’ brains has found that 99% of professional NFL athletes tested had a disease associated with head injuries. The report published...
An experimental therapy has held back one man’s HIV infection for 10 months, doctors have reported. He was one of 18 people in a small trial...
A curious toddler opens a bottle of melatonin found on the kitchen counter, and accidentally overdoses on a supplement typically used by adults to help with...
Humans could become extinct if sperm counts in men continue to fall at current rates, a doctor has warned. Researchers assessing the results of nearly 200...
Your risk of a second stroke or ministroke remains considerable for at least five years after the first one, a new Canadian study finds. “We showed...
A Japanese woman died last year of a tick-borne disease after being bitten by a stray cat, Japan’s health ministry says, in what could be the...
Obese patients don’t need to lose weight before undergoing knee or hip replacement surgery, a new study contends. “Severely obese patients can benefit a lot from...
A nine-year-old infected with HIV at birth has spent most of their life without needing any treatment, say doctors in South Africa. The child, whose identity...
Babies’ diapers may hold clues to their brain development, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed fecal samples from dozens of 1-year-olds and assessed their thinking (cognitive)...
Researchers have found a way to elicit powerful, HIV-blocking antibodies in cows in weeks instead of years, which may lead to an effective AIDS vaccine. The...
One in three cases of dementia could be prevented if more people looked after their brain health throughout life, according to an international study in the...