Month: July 2021

In the United States, nearly every pediatric doctor’s visit begins with three measurements: weight, height and head circumference. Compared to

Most countries have not introduced nationwide prostate-cancer screening, as current methods result in overdiagnoses and excessive and unnecessary biopsies. A

More than 4 million. That’s how many people have been killed by COVID-19 globally as of Thursday. At least, that’s

Authorities in India’s southern Kerala region have issued a statewide alert after 14 cases of the Zika virus were detected,

Dendritic spines, small membranous protrusions emerging from a brain cell’s dendrite, help to transmit electrical signals to neurons. These spines

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that a type of echocardiogram, a common test to evaluate whether a person’s

Pfizer is about to seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, saying Thursday that another shot

Acute kidney injury, or acute renal failure, can occur suddenly from a variety of causes, including the systemic blood infection

Extended exposure to light during nighttime can have negative consequences for human health. But now, researchers from Japan have identified