Some Antibiotics Linked to Miscarriage Risk
Taking certain types of antibiotics during pregnancy may boost the risk of miscarriage, a large study suggests.
Macrolides, quinolones, tetracyclines, sulfonamides and metronidazole were associated...
Chronic pain: The “invisible” disability
Sometime back in 2010, a good friend of mine from college who had since become a pediatrician posted a complaint on Facebook about “made...
Is ADHD overdiagnosed and overtreated?
Gretchen LeFever Watson, then a clinical psychologist at Eastern Virginia Medical School, wanted to understand how many children had been diagnosed with attention deficit...
Marijuana Inhaler For Sleep
Insomnia sufferers often swear by a puff of marijuana before bed. Now an Israeli company is helping to medicalize the practice with an inhaler...
Scientists create artificial mouse ’embryo’ from stem cells for first time
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have managed to create a structure resembling a mouse embryo in culture, using two types of stem cells...
Probiotic could help alleviate hay fever symptoms
Researchers found that a probiotic consisting of both Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria helped to alleviate hay fever symptoms and improved quality of life during allergy...
Common bacterium may help control disease-bearing mosquitoes
Genes from a common bacterium can be harnessed to sterilize male insects, a tool that can potentially control populations of both disease-bearing mosquitoes and...
Scientists track ‘guardian immune cells’ to uncover mechanics underlying inflammation and...
Scientists have uncovered the physiological mechanics underlying inflammation and obesity by tracking the actions of 'guardian immune cells' in response to changes in diet....