World’s First Zika Vaccine Developed by Indian Scientists

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a potential solution. In a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers have found that by inhibiting a problematic protein, the immune system can better fight off melanoma, decreasing tumor growth and bolstering the body’s immune cells.

The same lifestyle choices that reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer also can reduce your risk of cognitive decline. Bryan Woodruff, M.D., a cognitive neurologist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, explains the brain-body connection, lifestyle changes to foster brain health and why work to make earlier detection of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias is important.

Although sudden cardiac arrest in children is uncommon, it remains a life-threatening emergency that requires immediate, specialized care.

You’ve probably seen the headlines about a parasite spreading across the United States and making people sick, but what exactly is causing it?