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Wearable devices have been heralded as one of the next great technological frontiers. They can provide all users, including older...

But how often do ophthalmologists and optometrists in Sweden recommend the use of nutritional supplements, changes in diet, or smoking...

Selfless heroism isn't the best strategy in life-and-death disaster situations involving groups of people, a new study from the University...

DURHAM, NC -- It's a classic conundrum: while rushing to get to an important meeting or appointment on time, you...

A subgroup of patients with osteosarcoma - a form of bone cancer - could be helped by an existing drug,...

Most of the federally qualified health centers that participated in a program to help them adopt a "medical home" model...

Credit: Children's National Health System For many Americans, the warmer weather of summer means more time spent outside: More gardening...

BOSTON - In the last decade, mounting evidence has linked seizure-like activity in the brain to some of the cognitive...

WASHINGTON (June 23, 2017) -- Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) found that certain symptoms are more and less...

MAYWOOD, IL - A Loyola University Chicago study published this month has found an increase in the percentage of breast...

Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) opposes the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA)....

Washington, DC - June 23, 2017 - Toxins produced by three different species of fungus growing indoors on wallpaper may...

June 23, 2017 - Going for a walk outside, reading, listening to music -- these and other enjoyable activities can...

Discovered more than two decades ago, the hormone leptin has been widely hailed as the key regulator of leanness. Yet,...

FRANKFURT. The European Union is funding three new projects - Innovative Training Networks (ITN) within the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Programme -...

Credit: Maricruz Kwon, UTHealth HOUSTON - (June 23, 2017) ¬- Just as he has changed the lives of people suffering...

Future Medicinal Chemistry, a leading MEDLINE indexed journal for medicinal chemists, has published two Special Focus issues on Medicinal Chemistry...

Credit: Penn State University University Park, PA -- A new analysis shows that individuals with high levels of genetic variation...

Credit: University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON, Wis. - People at risk for Alzheimer's disease who do more moderate-intensity physical activity, but...

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 22, 2017 - The leading cause of acute gastroenteritis linked to eating raw seafood...