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August 23, 2018 - Do you wish you could decrease your waistline? Reducing abdominal obesity can lower health risks -...

Agendia, Inc., a world leader in precision oncology, announced today that US Oncology Research, one of the nation's largest research...

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (August 23, 2018) - Cynthia Connolly's, PhD, RN, FAAN, book, Children and Drug Safety: Balancing Risk...

Credit: Graphic by Shireen Dooling Most neurons in the human brain live out their lives, enduring the processes of aging...

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...

PHILADELPHIA--A universal flu vaccine that protects people against most influenza strains is one step closer to reality, with a study...

Use of e-cigarettes every day can nearly double the odds of a heart attack, according to a new analysis of...

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

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In a new study by sleep researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, neuroscientists...

Credit: photo/©: Peter Pulkowski, Mainz University Medical Center Air pollution, and fine dust in particular, is responsible for more than...

Turning up the thermostat may help manage hypertension, finds a new UCL study into the link between indoor temperatures and...

Credit: UCLA Health More than 80 percent of the 250,000 Americans living with a spinal cord injury lose the ability...

Falls are the leading cause of illness and death among Americans aged 65 and older. In 2014, some 2.8 million...

Credit: Loma Linda University Health Researchers at Loma Linda University Health found that kidney transplantation can be safely performed using...

DALLAS, Aug. 22, 2018 -- Breastfeeding is not only good for babies, there is growing evidence it may also reduce...