Death toll from Tanzania Marburg outbreak rises to nine
An outbreak of the Marburg virus has killed nine people in Tanzania, Africa's health agency said Thursday, up from eight ...
FDA bans Red 3 dye from food and drugs. A scientist explains the artificial color's health risks and long history
Red 3—also called FD&C Red No. 3, erythrosine or E127—has been widely used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals since its FDA approval in 1969. You've likely encountered Red 3 before. It's a common ...
Not just a data highway: Spinal cord is also a processor of sensory stimuli, study shows
In a new study, scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN) and University Hospital Magdeburg demonstrated that the spinal cord is far more than just a transmission pathway that ...
Meet phosphine, a gas commonly used for industrial fumigation that can damage your lungs, heart and liver
In 1980, two children and 29 crew members aboard a grain freighter became ill. They had been exposed to phosphine—a chemical used in fumigation to kill pests in and on grain—for four days. In the end, ...
Immunotherapy that combines hormone and topical treatment offers new hope for melanoma and breast cancer
A research team at the Medical University of Vienna led by Maria Sibilia has investigated a new combination therapy against cancer. This therapy employs systemic administration of the tissue hormone ...
Smoking cannabis in the home can increase odds of detectable levels in children
Researchers at University of California San Diego analyzed cannabis smoking practices in San Diego County to assess whether in-home smoking was associated with cannabis detection in children. The ...
Racial disparities in opioid prescriptions persist despite socioeconomic factors
Non-white communities had significantly less access to opioid medications commonly prescribed for moderate to severe pain than white communities over the decade beginning in 2011, according to a study ...