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Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, which involves analyzing fetal DNA in a maternal blood sample, is a non-invasiveness and highly accurate...

New research indicates that for treating insomnia, stimulus control therapy (which reassociates the bed with sleepiness instead of arousal) and...

Increasing sleep duration may help reduce cardiometabolic risk--or the risk of heart disease and metabolic disorders-- in individuals who do...

Credit: Senior Author Roos Rodenburg, Ph.D. A new study has uncovered an increased risk of behavioral problems in children of...

There is concern about the misuse of the sedative anti-anxiety medication alprazolam (Xanax®) because of the "high" it can create....

Credit: Thomas Greenfield New research suggests that state alcohol policies may be effective in reducing aggression-related and driving-related harms due...

Individuals who are obese often experience heartburn and other symptoms of acid reflux. Previous research indicates that gastric bypass surgery...

Previous research indicates that gallstones are linked with an increased risk of stroke. A new Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology...

Patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis--collectively termed psoriatic disease--face increased heart risks. A new study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology...

Credit: Ying Shang In a Journal of Internal Medicine study that followed older adults with prediabetes for 12 years, most...

Clinical trial results reveal that a medication used to treat Alzheimer's disease may also be an effective therapy for individuals...

Women who suffered eemotional or physical abuse or neglect as children likely to have more frequent physiologically assessed hot flashes...

Credit: DRI Over the last several decades, extreme heat events around the world--particularly in the American Southwest--have gotten hotter, occurred...

A new Dartmouth-led study, published this week in the June issue of Health Affairs, offers new details about how one...

Study has implications for cosmetic surgery, which black individuals seek twice as often as whites Facial bones in black adults...

Credit: WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Chemicals found in nonstick cookware, cleaning products and paint may help lead to new treatments for heart...

Feeding 10 billion people and keeping Earth from overheating this century require not only major changes to agriculture, but transformation...

(New York, NY - June 4, 2019) -- A theory that proposes the existence of a dynamic interface between the...

Researchers received six grants totaling nearly $2.0 million to investigate novel ways to improve quality of life for individuals with...

Certain lifestyle changes and low-cost interventions may improve how patients manage their medication regimenCredit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES --...