The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the first generic version of Nexium--esomeprazole magnesium delayed-release capsules.
Previous studies have suggested that weight gain may help protect women from fractures. Yet recent findings published in the BMJ show that both weight gain and loss among older women can increase the risk of broken bones.
Mobile apps have proven essentially successful tools in the world of medical science. However, many laboratory instructors are limited to using their mobile devices alone for a virtual laboratory experience or simulated experiment.
Millions of genetically modified insects could be released in the Florida Keys if the UK biotech firm Oxitec's proposal is approved. The firm has proposed the release of genetically modified mosquitoes to help with current mosquito control efforts.
Dr. Ghofran Ageely, a radiology resident at King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah discovered that a 16-month-old boy had swallowed a SpongeBob SquarePants toy that was hiding inside his esophogaus.
Water-filled micropores in hot rock may have been the nurseries in which life on Earth began. Scientists have found that the temperature gradients in these pore systems actually promote the cyclical replication and emergence of nucleic acids.
The famed Iceman Oetzi is one of the most telling mummies ever found. Now, scientists have used a non-invasive photographic technique that revealed new tattoos on the man who was found preserved in a glacier.
It turns out that winters in Siberia are getting a bit warmer. Scientists have decoded climate data from old permafrost ground ice and have reconstructed the development of winter temperatures in Russia's Lena River Delta and have found that over the past 7,000 years, winter temperatures have gradua...
The modern world isn't the only one that's impacted by climate change. Scientists have reconstructed the past climate for a region around Cantona, a large fortified city in highland Mexico, and have found that a major population decline in the past is partially linked to climate change.
About four years ago, a citizen scientist that was looking for the tell-tale bubble patterns of star formation in the Milky Way Project found something else: bright yellow, fuzzy objects. Now, scientists have discovered exactly what these "yellowballs" actually are.
Scientists have taken a closer look at psychopathic violent offenders and have found something that could have huge implications for how these offenders are treated. It turns out that these offenders have abnormalities in the parts of the brain related to learning from punishment.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned the sharpest images to date of the dwarf planet Ceres. Taken just 147,000 miles from the tiny planet on Jan. 25, the images represent a new milestone for the spacecraft as it continues its journey toward Ceres.
