A more precise CRISPR platform enables large-scale gene screening in live mouse brains

Researchers at University of California San Diego, part of the national HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study Consortium, have announced the first data release from this landmark study, providing scientists around the world with new ways to answer critical questions about human brain development in early childhood. This inaugural data release includes comprehensive biomedical and behavioral data from more than 1,400 pregnant women and their children, collected across three early developmental stages from birth through nine months of age.

The visitor chairs in America's health care clinics are getting put to good use, according to a new poll of older adults.

Using magnetic cameras, researchers at Linköping University have examined blood flow in an artificial heart in real time. The results make it possible to design the heart in a way to reduce the risk of blood clots and red blood cell breakdown, a common problem in today's artificial hearts.

At an explosive news conference on the causes of autism, President Donald Trump espoused decades-old, long-debunked theories linking autism to the childhood vaccine schedule.

California's far northern region is a collection of sparsely populated counties stretching from just north of Sacramento all the way up to Oregon and from the Pacific coast to the Nevada border. The shortage of doctors is so pervasive that support for one of the costliest solutions—a proposed $200 million health care training campus—transcends partisanship.

President Donald Trump's announcement advising Americans against taking acetaminophen during pregnancy to avoid the chance of autism was met with pushback from some lawmakers, including a key GOP health figure.

Biologist Grant Hokit went to a small meadow in the mountains outside Condon, Montana, to look for ticks. A hiking path crossed the expanse of long grasses and berry bushes.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the leading cause of disease burden, causing one in three deaths worldwide as a result of population growth, population aging and exposure to a broad range of risks, including increasing rates of obesity and diabetes, according to the latest Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study special report published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

It may not be age that is making your hair thin or fall out, but rather what you are eating and drinking.

New machine learning models developed by University of South Australia (UniSA) researchers could help clinicians identify when patients can successfully stop long-term antidepressant use.

New machine learning models developed by University of South Australia (UniSA) researchers could help clinicians identify when patients can successfully stop long-term antidepressant use.

Frequent exercise doesn't just strengthen the heart—it also changes the nerves that control it, according to new research which could guide more targeted and effective care for common heart problems.

A major UK study has revealed that the early warning signs of multiple sclerosis (MS)—including pain, mood changes, and neurological symptoms such as numbness and tingling—may appear years before diagnosis and affect all communities in similar ways.

Scientists have mapped underappreciated scaffolding cells in skin, known as fibroblasts. They show for the first time how fibroblasts go 'rogue' in many different diseases affecting multiple organs—from acne and psoriasis, to rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.

Consuming some types of fruits and vegetables can increase the levels of harmful pesticides detected in people's bodies, according to a new study by Environmental Working Group scientists.

How fat is distributed in people's bodies could make a difference to their risk of certain cancers, according to new research led by the University of Bristol. The study is published in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

There's been a significant rise in the use of low- and alcohol-free drinks to curb alcohol intake among "risky drinkers" over the past five years in England, Wales, and Scotland, finds research published in BMJ Public Health.

BMJ Group has retracted research suggesting that small daily quantities of apple cider vinegar might help people who are overweight or obese to lose weight.