Health & Medicine

Mar 25, 2013 03:34 PM EDT

Using Songbirds, Researchers Demonstrate That Sleeping Consolidates Learning (VIDEO)

Sleeping will aid the brain's ability to consolidate learning when two competing tasks are learned the in the same day, according to new research from the University of Chicago.

Mar 25, 2013 01:12 PM EDT

Revolutionary New Wound Dressing Will Save Burn Victims' Lives

Researchers have developed a revolutionary wound dressing technology that can detect infection and alert physicians of the infected wound by a simple color change.

Mar 25, 2013 12:36 PM EDT

Massachusetts Pharmacy Company Recalling Sterile Products

Initial reports coming in from state and federal investigations are leading Pallimed Pharmacy to recall supposedly sterile products.

Mar 25, 2013 10:56 AM EDT

Deadly Virus Sample Goes Missing From Texas Lab

A vial containing a virus which can cause deadly hemorrhagic fever has gone missing from a research facility in Galveston, Texas.

Mar 25, 2013 12:21 PM EDT

Vial Containing Virus that Causes Hemorrhagic Fever Missing from Texas Lab

A vial containing a rare virus known to cause hemorrhagic fever has been reported missing from the University of Texas Medical Branch, according to a statement from the University.

Mar 25, 2013 06:40 AM EDT

40 Percent of Mothers Feed Babies with Solid Food too Early: Study

About 40 percent of mothers in the U.S. start giving their babies solid food before 4-6 months of age, according to a new study.

Mar 25, 2013 03:37 AM EDT

Self-Proclaimed Healer from Switzerland Gets 13 Years in Prison for Infecting 16 People with HIV

A man, an amateur acupuncturist and self-proclaimed healer, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for infecting 16 people with HIV-tainted blood by a Swiss Court, according to media reports.

Mar 24, 2013 11:45 PM EDT

FDA Placing Heart Defibrillators Industry Under Tighter Laws

FDA announced Friday that it will be putting the heart defibrillators industry under the microscope, after tens of thousands of malfunctions have been reported which have resulted in hundreds of deaths in recent years.

Mar 24, 2013 05:48 PM EDT

Parkinsons' Drug Helps Older People to Make Decisions

A drug widely used to treat Parkinson's Disease can help to reverse age-related impairments in decision making in some older people, a study from researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging has shown.

Mar 23, 2013 10:22 PM EDT

Bill Gates Foundation Offering $100K Grant for Next-Generation Condom

"Why would you reinvent the wheel?" goes the old saying, so why would you then reinvent the condom? Well, Bill Gates is hoping to do just that through his foundation and Grand Challenges in Global Health Program by offering a $100,000 grant to anyone who can create the world's next-generation condom.

Mar 23, 2013 07:43 AM EDT

Cigarette Smoking Delays Fracture Healing: Study

Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for many types of cancers. And, according to a new study smoking can delay healing of a fractured bone and raise the risk of postoperative complications. The study was conducted by researchers from University of Pennsylvania.