A team of researchers is examining how different perceptions of masculinity can influence HIV prevention messages in Central America, the

New research may explain why breast cancer tends to be more aggressive in women with denser breast tissue.Breast cancer cells grown in dense, rigid surroundings step up their invasive ac

Researchers have uncovered a big clue as to why some of the bacteria that cause stomach ulcers pose a greater risk for serious problems like stomach cancer than others; it turns out these bacteria

A bus stop that grows its own foliage as shade? A children's playground, made entirely from trees? A shelter made from living tree roots that could provide natural protection against earthquakes i

Permanent drug seeking and relapse after renewed drug administration are typical behavioral patterns of addiction. Molecular changes at the connection points in the brain's reward center are direc

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $10 million grant for innovative computer science and engineering research to a group of institutions that includes Rutgers University.

The Academy of Natural Sciences has announced the receipt of two grants from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in connection with the museum's world-renowned specimen collection.A $99,000

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has released a report, co-edited by University of Minnesota professor Barbara Loken, that reaches the government's strongest conclusion to date that tobacco mar

The Tennessean on Thursday published an editorial and an opinion piece that addressed health care reform. Summaries appear below.

Psoriasis is a chronic disease of the immune system that affects the skin. As many as 7.5 million Americans suffer from psoriasis, according to the National Institutes of Health. Unlike other dise

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONXX) announced the companies have begun enrolling patients in the STORM Sorafenib as Adjuvant Treatment in the P

The inability of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to carry out its mandate with respect to simple, low-tech products such as children's jewelry and toy trains bodes poorly for its abi

According to new research from the Monell Center, odors from skin can be used to identify basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer. The findings, presented at the 236th meeting of

University of Queensland researchers have traced the origins of one of the most important steps in animal evolution - the development of nerves.Professor Bernie Degnan, from UQ's School

When Abhinav Bindra took home the gold medal in the 10 metres air rifle event at the Beijing Olympics, he not only earned the first individual medal ever for India, he also demonstrated how biofee

The PTEN tumor suppressor gene controls numerous biological processes including cell proliferation, cell growth and death. But PTEN is frequently lost or mutated; in fact, alteration of the gene i

Human rights groups in Uganda recently called on the government to pass a bill aimed at addressing domestic violence against women that often results from issues related to HIV/AIDS, Uganda's

December 5th-7th sees the 10th Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology Course, set in the dramatic scenery of Plas Y Brenin, the National Mountain Centre in Capel Curig, Gwynedd, North Wale

The University of Texas at San Antonio Minority Basic Research Support for Continuous Research Excellence(MBRS/SCORE) program has been awarded a five-year, $9 million grant from the National Insti

The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) has designated November1-7, 2008, as Medical-Surgical Nurses Week to encourage hospitals, facilities and other employers to honor the nurses who p

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell on Tuesday discussed the effo

Several consumer advocacy and business groups on Tuesday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., plan to announce a multimillion-dollar n

Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office joined Vermont and 45 other states in filing an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that states should have the power to protect consu

For the millions of sufferers of a bladder condition called painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis, hope is on the way, developed by urologic surgeon and researcher Lowell Parsons, M.D. of

The National Science Foundation's Expeditions in Computing program has awarded $10 million to the Molecular Programming Project, a collaborative effort by researchers at the California Institute o

A new study of the ribosome, the cell's protein-building machinery, sheds light on the oldest branches of the evolutionary tree of life and suggests that differences in ribosomal structure between

A critical seasonal event for Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is the time at which adults migrate from the ocean to breed in freshwater. To investigate whether the circadian rh

Futher to an alert it issued in October 2007, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to strengthen the warnings on diabetes drug Byetta (exenatide) after receiving reports of anoth

Tracking down cancer at a very early stage, studying cell growth, developing new medicines: future lab-on-a-chip systems will use nanoscale electrical fields to enable the detection and manipulati

Families with disabled children are struggling to keep food on the table, a roof over their heads, and to pay for needed health and dental care. But according to a new study from the University of