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Abbott releases firmware patch to fix cybersecurity flaws in 350,000 medical devices
Abbott released its second and final round of planned cybersecurity updates to its pacemakers, programmers and remote monitoring systems to
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Is autism a disorder, an identity or both?
Definitions of autism often evoke the language of disease or abnormality. This medicalized approach fails to represent the full diversity
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Exercising several times a week can stave off erectile dysfunction
Exercise is good for the heart, blood pressure, joints, muscles, and improves your mood. If this small selection of benefits
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Our genes dictate who develops an allergy
Whether or not you develop an allergy is largely dependent upon genetic factors. This is the main finding of a
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Can estimates from forensic handwriting experts be trusted in court? New study indicates that experts are not 100 per cent adept at assessing how often specific handwriting features occur in the general population
Forensic handwriting specialists are often called on to testify in court about the origins of a few lines of writing,
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Painkillers in pregnancy may affect baby’s future fertility
Taking painkillers during pregnancy could affect the fertility of the unborn child in later life, research suggests. The study identifies
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Could statins ease deadly heart condition in rare neuromuscular disease? Study shows that cholesterol drug may help Friedreich’s ataxia patients
In preclinical studies using cell models that mimicked liver cells of patients with the rare disease Friedreich’s ataxia (FA), a
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How the lowly mushroom is becoming a nutritional star
Mushrooms are often considered only for their culinary use because they are packed with flavor-enhancers and have gourmet appeal. That
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Why don’t kids use their asthma medicines?
In a new analysis of interviews conducted with children who have asthma, their caregivers and their clinicians, Johns Hopkins researchers
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Going deep to study exercise’s molecular nitty-gritty
About 120 scientists from around the U.S. are in Louisiana as part of a six-year, $170 million National Institutes of
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