Time spent sitting, sleeping and moving appears to be determined, in part, by our genes, researchers have shown.
Regular flu shots may save heart failure patients’ lives
Compared with skipping a flu shot, getting a flu shot was associated with an 18 percent reduced risk of premature…
Statins have low risk of side effects
Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are associated with a low risk of side effects. The benefits of statin therapy for most people…
Why Is Children’s Masturbation Such a Secret?
Parents and children have questions, but there is surprisingly little guidance available in the pediatric literature.
How to Foster Empathy in Children
Research shows that we are each born with a given number of neurons that participate in an empathetic response. But…
Hospital-Acquired Infections Are Declining
There were reductions in urinary and surgical infections, but not in pneumonia or C. diff infections.
Hospital-Acquired Infections Are Declining
There were reductions in urinary and surgical infections, but not in pneumonia or C. diff infections.
Hospital-Acquired Infections Are Declining
There were reductions in urinary and surgical infections, but not in pneumonia or C. diff infections.
Hospital-Acquired Infections Are Declining
There were reductions in urinary and surgical infections, but not in pneumonia or C. diff infections.
A cluster randomised controlled trial of two rounds of mass drug administration in Zanzibar, a malaria pre-elimination setting—high coverage and safety, but no significant impact on transmission
Mass drug administration (MDA) has the potential to interrupt malaria transmission and has been suggested as a tool for malaria…