Simple steps help prevent dehydration and heat illness during summer months

Completed in 2003, the Human Genome Project gave us the first sequence of the human genome, albeit based on DNA from a small handful of people. Building upon its success, the 1000 Genomes Project was conceived in 2007. The project began with the ambitious aim of sequencing 1,000 human genomes and exceeded it, publishing results gleaned from over 2,500 individuals of varying ancestries in 2015.

While current treatments for schizophrenia—a mental illness affecting 1% of the world's population—can reduce certain symptoms, they have little effect on the cognitive deficits affecting the daily life of patients.

A new study has revealed that autoantibodies—immune proteins traditionally associated with autoimmune disease—may profoundly influence how cancer patients respond to immunotherapy.

Researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have discovered a key difference between the two main types of rhabdomyosarcoma—paving the way for more targeted treatments.

As plans for missions to Mars accelerate, so do questions about how the human body might cope. A return trip to the red planet would give more than enough time for someone to become pregnant and even give birth. But could a pregnancy be conceived and carried safely in space? And what would happen to a baby born far from Earth?

Whether it's your first or fourth cold of the season, many Australians are waking up at the moment with a sniffle, a sore throat or feeling more tired than usual.

When an outing calls for upfront payment, such as admission to the cinema, a play or a theme park, the question of who covers it can shape the tone before the fun even begins.

Concussion injuries in martial arts disciplines requiring emergency care are increasing, rising sharply since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and most often occur in practice or a class rather than formal competition, a new University of Florida Health study shows.

Americans who drink heavily are more than twice as likely to develop significant liver disease compared to 20 years ago, according to a new Keck Medicine of USC study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Imagine if when a soon-to-be mother arrived at a hospital in labor, her health care team could predetermine what challenges she might encounter with breastfeeding and develop a game plan to address any lactation complications, before she even gave birth.

It was during the COVID-19 pandemic—when burnout was hitting the health-care system the hardest—that Sarah Forgie started thinking about joy at work.

Women who kill are not characterized by psychopathy. Instead, they act primarily because they feel provoked and threatened. At the same time, there is a certain degree of planning among the group of women with a severe mental disorder who commit lethal violence, according to a study from researchers at the University of Gothenburg.

Although lithium is highly effective in treating bipolar disorder, the chemical has a narrow therapeutic window—too high a dose can be toxic to patients, causing kidney damage, thyroid damage, or even death, while too low a dose renders the treatment ineffective.

Researchers at the University of Southern California have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how the human brain forms, stores and recalls visual memories. A new study, published in Advanced Science, harnesses human patient brain recordings and a powerful machine learning model to shed new light on the brain's internal code that sorts memories of objects into categories—think of it as the brain's filing cabinet of imagery.

If something online promises to cure everything, it's probably too good to be true. One of the most dangerous examples? Chlorine dioxide is often marketed under names like "Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS)" or "aerobic oxygen," buzzwords that hint at health and vitality.

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a potentially life-threatening condition that may complicate patients' recovery after surgery.

Air pollution is a global health concern, with over 90% of the world's population breathing air that exceeds World Health Organization safety standards. Fine and coarse particulate matter are especially dangerous, as they can penetrate deep into the lungs and bloodstream. While the link between air pollution and respiratory diseases is well established, how these pollutants disrupt immune responses in the lungs has remained unclear.

A new data analysis, published in Vaccine has found that women and menstruating people who had one or more mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccinations were more likely to experience changes to their menstrual cycle in the six weeks following their vaccine.