Gun-related deaths and injuries occur around the world everyday. In the United States alone, there are more than 100 ...

For decades, lung disease has been the most visible and life-threatening part of cystic fibrosis. People might picture ...

A sharp drop in blood sugar is an immediate health hazard that requires rapid identification and proper treatment by those ...

One of the possible keys to controlling excessive glucose production by the liver in type 2 diabetes is a stress molecule called GDF15. Mice lacking this molecule show increased hepatic ...

The parasite fly’s larvae, which feeds within the wounds of warm-blooded animals, was first detected in a calf in Texas last ...

I didn’t want to give the impression that I was promoting alcohol by featuring photos of family gatherings with bottles of wine and cocktails. Historically, alcohol has been woven into many cultures.

Insulin resistance prevents cells from taking up glucose properly, but it also causes the liver to continue producing it ...

Nuclear weapons testing gave her cancer. She has spent the past 30 year making sure the U.S. government couldn't look away.

Background Fibrosis and tumour innervation are two features of the tumour microenvironment (TME) that contribute directly to the lethality of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), but their ...

Scientists have identified genetic variants that may make some people less responsive to GLP-1 drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes. Roughly 10% of the population carries these variants, which appear ...

In October last year, as clinical worker John McNeur delivered a health workshop in the remote Northern Territory, alarm bells began to ring. The 68-year-old Darwin local was working with the ...

Five years after her husband ended their 38-year marriage, a widow receives a letter at his funeral that reveals a ...