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Human genomes vary quite a bit from individual to individual. These differences include single nucleotide changes, or "spelling mistakes" in...

FINDINGS UCLA researchers found that eliminating routine but unnecessary procedures before people undergo cataract surgery has the potential to save...

An original design for an oral appliance developed in Hiroshima University Hospital can help sufferers of sleep apnea sleep more...

Credit: Brand, Gao, Hamann, Martineck, Stangl/Charité Before undergoing surgery, patients must be fully informed about what the procedure entails. The...

Child welfare study examines challenges among therapists in contracted private agenciesCredit: Florida Atlantic University More than 1.2 million children in...

Efforts to discover novel compounds against Chagas disease see early successes -- part of Atomwise's Artificial Intelligence Molecular Screen (AIMS)...

Study reinforces importance of old growth forests In a paper recently published in the journal Biological Conservation, an international team...

Thousands of pediatric researchers and health care providers will convene in Baltimore on April 27-30. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the pediatrician...

Despite push for competency-based evaluations, many still focus on personality traits In the largest analysis to date of narrative medical...

People often say they can get by on five or fewer hours of sleep, that snoring is harmless, and that...

Washington, D.C. April 16, 2019 -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) published a paper today in the Annals of...

Indicators of despair--depression, suicidal ideation, drug use and alcohol abuse--are rising among Americans in their late 30s and early 40s...

A new study from BC Children's Hospital, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and an international team of researchers published...

Siddhartha Mukherjee has delighted, informed, and touched a wide audience through his books and essays, for which he will be...

Rutgers-led course found a two-hour intro class on mindfulness is as relaxing as an eight-week immersive course For time-crunched medical...

Rutgers-led study may lead to improved breeding of corn and other cropsCredit: Hugo Dooner/Waksman Institute of Microbiology Pollen genes mutate...

Credit: WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--If heroin is coffee, fentanyl is espresso. Just as a miniscule cup of espresso can hype you...

CHOP researchers: Preclinical work offers first target levels for bypass agent prophylaxis in future human trialsCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia...

A new landmark clinical trial shows that a drug lowers the risk of kidney failure by a third in people...