Parents’ perceptions play key role in teens’ driving preparedness, study finds

Overall, parents believe their teens are safer than other drivers. A new article offers insight into…

Which drugs effectively treat diabetic nerve pain?

Certain antidepressants and anti-seizure drugs are among medications that effectively treat diabetic nerve pain, a federal…

Immunotherapy drug becomes first therapy approved by FDA for rare skin cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to the checkpoint inhibitor Bavencio (avelumab)…

Sniffing out a new strategy against Alzheimer’s disease

Neurologists are conducting an 18-month clinical trial testing a type of insulin delivered in a nasal…

Discovery showcases membranes that can fix themselves

Scientists have developed a self-healing membrane for hydrogen fuel cells; typical membranes, a crucial component of…

Children prenatally exposed to alcohol more likely to have academic difficulties

Despite greater awareness of the dangers of prenatal exposure to alcohol, the rates of Fetal Alcohol…

An increasing proportion of women who are 60 years of age and older are drinking

Most older Americans drink alcohol. Given that this segment of the population is projected to almost…

‘Bench to bedside to bench’

It's time to update the old 'bench-to-bedside' shorthand, researchers across the US declare.

New gene discovered associated with Tau, a common form of brain pathology

Investigators have reported the discovery of a new gene that is associated with susceptibility to a…

Biodiversity loss shifts flowering phenology at same magnitude as global warming

Researchers have revealed that declining plant diversity -- from habitat loss, human use, and other environmental…