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Challenges for girls in school settings provide wake-up call for action June 10, 2019 -- A study led by Marni...

Research suggests that viewing viral videos of police shootings and detained immigrants is associated with depressive and PTSD symptoms in...

Scorpions adapt their stinging, stingers and sting contents to minimize the costs of venom use Replenishing venom takes time and...

Plant-derived silencing RNAs inhibit HBsAg expression in mice "Green revolution" in the early 1950s, the extensive cultivation of Dwarf Rice...

Novel findings presented at the American Society of Nutrition and the American Diabetes Association conferences BOSTON and LONDON - June...

Increasing workforce diversity is critical for addressing healthcare disparitiesCredit: Johns Hopkins Medicine It is common for patients to prefer seeking...

Key takeaways: Lowering blood pressure, reducing sodium intake, and eliminating trans fat could prevent 94 million early deaths around the...

People with undetected glucose disorders run a higher risk of both myocardial infarction and periodontitis, according to a study published...

Credit: University of British Columbia Strong family and school connections are helping prevent transgender youth from smoking cigarettes and using...

Kaiser Permanente-led study of more than 6 million children showed routine varicella vaccine considerably lessened likelihood of painful shingles disease...

New Kaiser Permanente study suggests under-vaccination is only one factor contributing to whooping cough outbreaks Oakland, Calif. -- In a...

In the first prospective study of directly measured body fat distribution and prostate cancer risk, investigators found that higher levels...

Despite support for the technology, current gun owners are not likely to purchase these guns themselves if they were available...

Visiting a crowded pediatric emergency department in Canada may increase the likelihood of being hospitalized but is not linked to...

For patients who smoke marijuana and their physicians, "Five things to know about ... marijuana and fertility" provides useful information...

Credit: Hamilton Health Sciences. Hamilton, ON (June 9, 2019) - A clinical trial that followed more than 9,900 people in...

The following papers will be presented at the ADA conference in San Francisco and published simultaneously in either The Lancet...

A simple tweak to the sleeping patterns of 'night owls' - people with extreme late sleeping and waking habits -...

Results also add support that the disease is more aggressive in youthCredit: Christopher Pacheco, VA Puget Sound Health Care System...

NIH-funded study finds immunotherapy slows progression to clinical disease by 2 years or moreCredit: Benaroya Research Institute A treatment affecting...