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Why is it that, despite consuming the same number of calories, sodium and sugar, some people face little risk of...

Improving staff training in care homes and reducing reliance on harmful medications saves thousands of pounds per year, as well...

Credit: Natalia Deryugina Bifurcation lesions are a challenge even for an experienced cardiac surgeon. Currently, there are two surgical techniques...

WASHINGTON, DC (November 20, 2018) -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved $54 million to...

Credit: Karin Calvinho/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Rutgers scientists have developed catalysts that can convert carbon dioxide - the main cause of...

Credit: Virginia Tech When separated, they've been known to travel thousands of miles to reunite with their human families. Their...

Total U.S. investment in medical and health research and development (R&D) in the U.S. grew by 27% over the five-year...

One day, MRI brain scans may help predict whether older people will develop dementia, new research suggests. In a small...

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and colleagues have isolated a human monoclonal antibody that can "neutralize" the West Nile...

Credit: Imperial College London A bacterial toxin that allows an infectious strain of bacteria to defeat its competitors has been...

Credit: Boston Children's Hospital A team of scientists at Boston Children's Hospital has developed the first modeling system for testing...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - People who vape and smoke cigarettes are no more likely to drop the nicotine habit than those...

November 20, 2018 - Pharmacogenetic tests are marketed as an aid to psychiatrists in selecting the antidepressant or antipsychotic medication...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A significant proportion of suicidal teens treated in a psychiatric emergency department said that watching the...

Credit: Henri Huttunen Alzheimer's disease is associated with two neuropathologies: amyloid plaques and tau aggregates, or tau protein accumulated in...

Credit: Clemson College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina - A team of Clemson University researchers wants to protect humans and...

Credit: Rima Rozen's laboratory, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre A team of scientists at the Research Institute...

PHILADELPHIA, Nov 20 -- Heart failure patients fall into two general categories: those with weaker hearts, and those with stronger,...

Credit: UC San Diego Health Although pancreatic cancer comprises just 3 percent of cancer cases in the United States, it...

Credit: NTU Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have developed a 'contact lens' patch with microneedles that could...