Fortifying grain-based foods with folic acid – instituted in the U.S. in the 1990s to prevent neural tube defects in infants – may also reduce the incidence of severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia that initially appear in young adulthood.

The balance between omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids in the tissues of female mammals, which previous research has suggested can impact the incidence of obesity in their offspring, appears to do so through its effect on the microbial population of the infant’s gastrointestinal tract.

The late spring and early summer are great times to get outside and hike, play sports or barbecue with family and friends.

Virtual follow-up visits for patients with hypertension appeared to be just as effective as in-person office visits in helping maintain blood pressure control.

Risk factors for heart disease and stroke appear to hasten the risk of cognitive decline in normal older individuals with evidence of very early Alzheimer’s-disease-associated changes in the brain.

An automated system for identifying patients at risk for complications associated with the use of mechanical ventilators provided significantly more accurate results than did traditional surveillance methods, which rely on manual recording and interpretation of individual patient data.

Have you ever heard an idea so good and obvious that you can’t believe it hadn’t been thought of before?

Cystic fibrosis sufferers, their families and physicians are fighting back against proposals that they claim could curb access to treatments.

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Duke University and the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh, have used machine learning algorithms to spot otherwise undetectable patterns within communities of bacteria living in the human gut.

An HIV treatment regimen already widely used in North America and Europe would likely increase the life expectancy of people living with HIV in India by nearly three years and reduce the number of new HIV infections by 23 percent with minimal impact on the country’s HIV/AIDS budget.

Mismatch between two MRI methods could signify early stroke status, allowing use of "clot busting" drug

More than a quarter of young people seeking treatment had history of at least one overdose

Persistent stress in adolescence appears to raise vulnerability through elevated ghrelin levels in rat model and in humans

A multi-institutional research team has identified what may be a novel mechanism underlying acquired resistance to CDK 4/6 inhibitor treatment for breast cancer.

Do Democrat and Republican doctors treat patients differently at the end of life?

Johnson & Johnson Innovation recently launched over a dozen new collaborations to impact health care, marking more than 350 partnerships since the company's establishment in 2012.

Presenting a potentially pioneering approach to Rett syndrome, a severe chromosomal disorder that affects females, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently published study results suggesting that genetic reactivation might serve as a key to a remedy.

With a childhood history of “a gazillion sunburns” and following multiple surgeries for melanoma, Massachusetts-based writer Martha Pfeiffer qualified for a pioneering Dana-Farber Cancer Institute study isolating patients’ tumor cell DNA for personalized vaccination potential.

Orthopedic injuries, hypothermia, and other adverse health events may result from severe weather conditions such as the “bomb cyclone” lately sweeping the nation, according to emergency room physicians describing a recent uptick in winter-related ER cases.

Johnson & Johnson said it is seeking nominations for its Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research, which includes a $200,000 cash prize to researchers and scientists whose work has made significant contributions to improving human health.