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DURHAM, N.C. -- For decades, Americans have been inundated with a confusing barrage of messages about how best to counteract...

Boston, MA-- Accidental injuries are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. The Centers for...

Credit: John Soares BOSTON - (March 22, 2018) - While it's not news that weight loss and medication control type...

DALLAS, March 22, 2018 -- An intervention that uses hip hop music with stroke education lyrics increased stroke awareness for...

Bottom Line: Difficulty hearing was associated with increased risk of accidental injury and individuals reporting "a lot of trouble" hearing...

A study conducted at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil shows that triclosan, an antimicrobial compound used in soap,...

The population of bacteria in the pancreas increases more than a thousand fold in patients with pancreatic cancer, and becomes...

As genome sequencing enters the clinic, fears have arisen about its potential to motivate follow-up testing and ongoing screening that...

Credit: Jonas Bemetz / TUM In an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, finding the exact source as quickly as possible is...

Credit: eLife Sciences Publication Researchers at The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a test for urine, gathered during...

Vaccine experts at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have begun multiple clinical trials of vaccines designed to...

When it comes to fighting substance abuse, research suggests the company you keep can make the difference between recovery and...

Credit: Johns Hopkins University Cervical fluid samples gathered during routine Papanicolaou (Pap) tests are the basis of a new screening...

Credit: Lancaster University Patients who discharge themselves from hospital should be viewed more positively say researchers, who discovered sympathy for...

March 22, 2018 - As more patients undergo total hip arthroplasty (THA) before age 65, the rate of repeat hip...

Credit: Houston Methodist Researchers at Houston Methodist used computer modeling to find an existing investigational drug compound for leukemia patients...

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - March 21, 2018 - Less nutritious dietary choices made by South Asians living...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The first birth cohort study of its kind has found more than 90 percent of a group of...

Alexandria, VA, USA - At the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction...

WHAT: Novel vaccine technologies are critical to improving the public health response to infectious disease threats that continually emerge and...