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Washington, DC (March 7, 2018) -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) today sent letters urging Congress to take immediate...

Centralization of cancer surgery services aims to reduce variations in quality of care and improve health outcomes for patients, but...

Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences For decades, the world's leading scientists have observed the phenomena known as El Nino and...

A new study of dysfunctional use of smart technology finds that the most addictive smartphone functions all share a common...

Credit: Hartgerink Research Group/Rice University An immunotherapy drug embedded in a slow-release hydrogel invented at Rice University in collaboration with...

March 7, 2018 - Cognitive therapies should be considered when addressing the harmful psychological consequences of trauma in victims of...

In a large representative British population of individuals in their late 60s, the prevalence of urinary incontinence was 15% in...

A new study shows that when participants are taught an effective strategy for a working memory training task, they quickly...

An international research team has found strong evidence that passerine birds near the equator live longer than their higher latitude...

Credit: Dr Huiqin Ma Scientists described two species of previously unknown stone centipedes from China. Now housed at the Hengshui...

Credit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON - (March 7, 2018) - In a rare move, a Houston Methodist researcher is sharing his...

A new British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study indicates that methylphenidate, a central nervous system stimulant approved to treat attention...

In a step toward better diagnosis and treatment of digestive conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease, scientists report in ACS...

Credit: University of British Columbia Precancerous lesions in the mouths of non-smokers are more likely to progress to cancer than...

Much of the global wildlife trade originates in nations with rich biodiversity and high levels of poverty as the act...

Peter Ruben and his team of researchers have spent years studying why seemingly healthy patients with inherited cardiac arrhythmias can...

DALLAS, March 7, 2018 - When heart failure patients receive a heart pumping device known as a left ventricular assist...

Every day across the United States, Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers triage and safely transport myocardial infarction (MI) patients to...

PHILADELPHIA -- Medicare's experimental mandatory bundled payment model for knee and hip replacements is more likely to yield cost savings...

Credit: Alvarez-Buylla lab / UCSF One of the liveliest debates in neuroscience over the past half century surrounds whether the...