A survey study of adolescents in Europe suggests that students who are older relative to their peers are more likely to be popular in their school...
Many people with diabetes endure multiple, painful finger pricks each day to measure their blood glucose. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Sensors have developed...
Breathing in secondhand cigarette smoke may leave you more vulnerable to heart failure, a condition where the heart isn't pumping as well as it should and...
A new study published in Arthritis Care & Research indicates that few individuals with the autoimmune disease lupus who were publicly insured through Medicaid received...
To improve our own health and the health of our planet, dietary habits will need to change. Because the composition of an optimal diet changes depending...
Untreated mental health disorders can be a serious problem for women and their children during pregnancy and after giving birth, during the postpartum period. A...
ChromoUpdate is an MIT-developed ''programmable matter'' technique to quickly change objects' color. The method uses light to alter the saturation of photochromatic...
Scientists have shed light on why some people who have a stroke do not also have abnormal heart rhythms, even though their hearts contain similar scar...
If you come from a family where people routinely live well into old age, you will likely have better cognitive function (the ability to clearly think,...
For the first time, international experts in psychology have built a framework to diagnose Compulsive Buying-Shopping Disorder - promising help for people struggling...