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For adults with severe scabies, higher-dose ivermectin plus permethrin is not superior to standard-dose ivermectin plus permethrin, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

For decades, physicians and scientists thought metformin, the leading type 2 diabetes medication taken by millions worldwide, mainly targets the liver to suppress glucose production. But a new Northwestern University study ...

An outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over weeks on a cruise ship as it sailed across the Atlantic Ocean.

With a simple click, your hastily taken photo sharpens, a garbled voice message turns into polished text and a chatbot drafts an email in perfect prose. Today's digital tools, enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI), seem ...

New research from Durham University shows that the way parents instruct and encourage infants to help plays a key role in how helping behavior develops, and that these approaches vary across cultures.

Feeding children can be challenging. It is sometimes hard to know if you're getting it right. We want the best for our children, and we often think that means making sure they eat the right amounts of the right foods. Research ...

Mothers from households which don't have enough food are going to great lengths to ensure their infants are fed well, often at the expense of their own well-being, a University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study has ...

They've been described as "brain on fire" or "an ice pick through the head." Migraine headaches affect more than one in 10 Americans, and they're so much worse than a regular headache.

Children who experienced abuse or neglect displayed disrupted development and decreased ability to maintain stable function of internal bodily systems, according to a new study led by researchers in the Penn State Department ...

The World Health Organization said Thursday that more hantavirus cases could emerge after the disease killed three passengers from a cruise ship, but it expected the outbreak to be limited if precautions were taken.

Malaysia is resorting to cloud seeding to bring much-needed rain to the country's "rice bowl" north, where a drought has delayed planting of the staple crop and raised supply fears.

Regions with greater socioeconomic inequalities are more affected by cold weather, whereas areas with higher levels of wealth and urbanization are at greater risk during heat waves and lower risk during cold spells. This ...