Anticonvulsant drugs ineffective for low back pain and can cause harm, despite increased prescribing

Anticonvulsant drugs are increasingly being used to treat low back pain, but a new study finds…

A commonly offered add-on treatment for IVF fails to provide any benefit in a large randomized trial

An add-on treatment commonly offered to female IVF patients to improve their chance of success has…

More than 8 million babies born from IVF since the world’s first in 1978

Forty years after the birth of Louise Brown, the world's first 'test-tube baby,' an international committee…

Sound waves could provide ‘liquid biopsies’

Using sound waves, researchers have developed a gentle, contact-free method for separating circulating tumor cells from…

Treating Alzheimer’s with aspirin

A low-dose aspirin regimen may represent a new avenue for reducing Alzheimer's disease pathology, according to…

‘Cataclysmic’ collision shaped Uranus’ evolution

Uranus was hit by a massive object roughly twice the size of Earth that caused the…

Having hypertension during pregnancy may affect cardiovascular health for life

Women with a history of preeclampsia or gestational hypertension in pregnancy developed chronic hypertension at a…

Putting a quantum gas through its phases

Physicists have developed an experimental platform for studying the complex phases of a quantum gas characterized…

Scientists visualize the connections between eye and brain

Researchers have developed a means of tracking the activity of the far-reaching ends of retinal neurons…

Athletic ‘pull’ increases campus diversity

The next time you see your favorite collegiate athlete on the field or court, think again…