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Credit: NIAID WHAT: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria are resistant to multiple antibiotics and commonly cause skin infections that can...

Many individuals with the blood disorder thalassaemia also carry the hepatitis C virus (HCV) due to contaminated transfusions before 1990....

Focusing on a rare but devastating complication in patients with single-ventricle heart disease, a research team has revealed the role...

Credit: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine LOS ANGELES - The use of acupuncture to treat pain dates back to the...

Researchers from the University of Liverpool with colleagues from Gynuity Health Care in New York and the Government Medial College,...

Credit: CVIA Beijing, 16 June, 2017: The new journal Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (CVIA) has just published the second issue...

Washington (June 28, 2017) -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) today told a meeting convened by Health and Human...

Credit: Pixabay Dunhuang is a typical desert basin in western China, with the Qilian mountains to the south, Kumtag desert...

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Leicester and other institutions has played a pivotal role in research...

Sarcopenia is an age-related syndrome which is characterised by progressive and generalised loss of muscle mass and strength. How prevalent...

Even in healthy individuals, the skin plays host to a menagerie of bacteria, fungi and viruses. Growing scientific evidence suggests...

Treatment options currently are limited for people suffering from secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. However, an OHSU pilot study suggests over-the-counter...

A new study, conducted by a team of UK based researchers led by the University of Liverpool known as the...

Salt is a hidden enemy in children's diets. So says the conclusion of a study by researchers from the Complutense...

(Washington, June 29, 2017) -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) applauds the House of Representatives for its passage of...

Have you ever hosted a party, but as the day approaches, your closest friends say they won't be able to...

A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands - a phrase commonly used to justify ones chocolate snacking behavior. A...

CHICAGO - Researchers have developed new dosing models that may provide the scientific basis for more accurate administration of remifentanil,...

New multicenter research, which included Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators, could change treatment approaches to simple skin abscesses, infections often...

Credit: Alissa Eckert and Jennifer Oosthuizen, CDC A flexible tail allows swimming bacteria to thin the surrounding liquid and to...