Health News

Scientists grow first ever contracting human muscle in a lab dish

Date: Jan-14-2015
For the first time, scientists have grown human muscle that responds to electrical impulses and drugs, offering an in vitro model in which to test new treatments and study disease.

How can healthy living choices prevent birth defects?

Date: Jan-14-2015
January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month. We investigate precisely what can be done to help prevent these common disorders from occurring.

Medical research investment rate declines in US, yet increases globally

Date: Jan-14-2015
New research published in JAMA finds the rate of investment in medical research in the US has declined. However, globally there has been a significant increase.

Ebola in Liberia could end by June, says new epidemic model

Date: Jan-14-2015
A new epidemic modeling tool predicts if current efforts to control the disease continue, the Ebola epidemic in Liberia could be ended by June 2015.

1 in 10 patients inappropriately prescribed aspirin to prevent first heart attack, stroke

Date: Jan-14-2015
A new study finds that over 1 in 10 of American patients taking aspirin under prescription for preventing a first heart attack or stroke should not have been prescribed it.

Working at least 49 hours a week linked to hazardous alcohol use

Date: Jan-14-2015
People who work at least 49 hours a week may be up to 13% more likely to engage in risky alcohol use, putting their health and career at risk, according to a new study.

Most physicians in Asia 'withhold life-sustaining treatment for terminally ill patients'

Date: Jan-14-2015
A survey of almost 1,500 physicians in Asia found most of them hold back life-sustaining treatment from patients who have 'no real chance of recovering a meaningful life.'

Lung cancer rates 'decrease with elevation,' study finds

Date: Jan-14-2015
Can inhaled oxygen cause cancer? A new study published in the open access journal PeerJ finds lung cancer rates fall dramatically with increasing elevation in the Western US.

Sun risk for children of melanoma survivors

Date: Jan-13-2015
New research has found that the children of melanoma survivors are not receiving optimum sun protection, despite their increased risk of developing melanoma themselves.

30-minute naps may boost infants' learning and memory development

Date: Jan-13-2015
A bedtime story may help a child's development more than you may think. A new study finds a 30-minute nap straight after exposure to new information may boost infants' memory.