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Munich, Germany - UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 27 Aug 2018: Left atrial fibrosis may explain the increased risk of arrhythmias seen...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- New data from a long-term study of 355 mothers and their children found that fixing peeling paint...

Credit: European Society of Cardiology Munich, Germany - UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 27 Aug 2018: A clock drawing test for detecting...

LOS ANGELES (Aug. 27, 2018) -- Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed a simpler and more accurate method of estimating body fat...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 27, 2018--A study of deployed and non-deployed active duty, female...

A new study published in the Lancet journal EClinicalMedicine suggests that more mosquito nets are likely needed between mass campaigns...

ATLANTA - In an effort to help protect children from intergenerational vulnerabilities associated with parental trauma and stress, researchers at...

Credit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON-- (Aug. 27, 2018) -- A new minimally-invasive surgical technique for dialysis patients may be the most...

Oncologists from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) today celebrated a watershed moment in medicine: approval by the European Commission (EC)...

Credit: Wright State University photo A biochemist's startup company announced Monday that it had secured an exclusive patent license agreement...

(BOSTON) - Immune activation and inflammation persist in the majority of treated HIV-infected individuals and is associated with excess risk...

The University of Illinois at Chicago has been awarded $7 million in funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)...

PHILADELPHIA - Adding another inhibitor to therapies that cut off a tumor's access to blood vessels could be the key...

Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $2.5 million translational...

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 27, 2018) - Problems like obesity and alcoholism appear to...

Happy older people live longer, according to researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. In a study published today in...

Scientists at Scripps Research have developed a urine diagnostic to detect the parasitic worms that cause river blindness, also called...

Credit: UIC Media Library According to new research from the University of Illinois at Chicago, about one in five children...

Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, August 27, 2018 - A drug used to manage diabetes may reduce heart disease and...

Credit: Laboratory of Andrew South, Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) (PHILADELPHIA) - Patients with a rare skin disease,...