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Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a faster method to generate functional brain cells, called astrocytes, from embryonic...

Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Like mammals, parasitic worms have an endocannabinoid system that may help the...

The findings, which come from a Journal of Diabetes analysis of 11,515 men and 13,569 women in China, indicate that...

Credit: University of Central Florida, Karen Norum Doctors may soon have help in the fight against cancer thanks to the...

Rio de Janeiro -- Animal research has failed to benefit human health, wasted limited public research funds, misled clinicians, and...

New research suggests that depression in women may affect their children's stress and physical well-being throughout life. For the Depression...

Credit: CC0 https://www.pexels.com/photo/rear-view-of-a-boy-sitting-on-grassland-256658/ In the scientific article recently published in Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and P..

Credit: Luke Henderson/Rice University Rice University nanoscientists have demonstrated a method for loading iron inside nanoparticles to create MRI contrast...

In an Arthritis & Rheumatology study of 221 patients with knee osteoarthritis and meniscal tears, increases in inflammation of the...

Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - A study led by Christopher Marrero, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic...

Credit: Image collage courtesy of Dong Wang, UC San Diego Damage to DNA is a constant threat to cellular life,...

Pain was the main driver of seeking medical care in an Arthritis Care & Research study of patients with osteoarthritis....

Credit: Courtesy David Corey, Harvard Medical School Scientists at Harvard Medical School say they have ended a 40-year-quest for the...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For individuals with gender dysphoria, the conflict between experienced gender identity and sex observed at birth produces...

In an Andrologia study of 100,000 men in Korea, social disparities--such as low education level and low household income, current...

Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - Genetic testing is a powerful diagnostic tool that...

Credit: Charles Dimitroff, Brigham and Women's Hospital Two new studies have unveiled how a peculiar molecule impacts how antibody-producing cells...

Mobile phones and smartphones apps offer a promising approach to ensure that an individual's medical records when shared between different...

Bottom Line: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2014 moved to limit prescribing of pain medications containing the opioid hydrocodone...

Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Injuries and deaths resulting from medical errors can have profound long-term consequences...