A modeling study of Norway, which has high HPV vaccination coverage and uniform cervical cancer screening, suggests fewer screens could be needed.
Thinking positive increased a specific brain region's activity and might have heightened immune response after a shot.
New research challenges the view that human life span depends mostly on lifestyle. Genes may account for half the factors that determine longevity.
A new artificial lung system might keep people without lungs alive for weeks. Like real lungs, tubes and pumps oxygenate blood and maintain blood flow.
New U.S. dietary guidelines promote eating full-fat foods and meats. But experts say nuts and seed oils are better sources of the two crucial fats we need.
In mice, blocking heart-to-brain signals improved healing after a heart attack, hinting at new targets for cardiac therapy.
Scientists have described a novel, yet benign bone-covered growth's characteristics for doctors, so patients don't receive unnecessary chemotherapy.
A large U.S. health records study suggests that difficulty seeing blood in urine may put color-blind patients at higher risk.
A study on rabbits dosed with viper venom suggests that botulinum toxin may alleviate some effects of snakebite, possibly by dampening inflammation.
The federal move to no longer recommend certain vaccines for all U.S. children is not supported by new evidence and could undermine health gains.
