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Playing football can improve bone development in adolescent boys, new research shows. In a study comparing adolescent footballers to swimmers,...

New research shows that the number of illustrations presented in a storybook can influence preschool children's ability to learn words...

For the first time, a primitive movie has been encoded in - and then played back from - DNA in...

Credit: IBS With an incidence of 31.5 million worldwide and a mortality of around 17%, sepsis remains the most common...

Everyone knows that time is critical when performing life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation to someone in cardiac arrest -- the sooner CPR...

Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (July 12, 2017) -- Many children with autism spectrum disorder experience significant gastrointestinal issues,...

Vitamin D deficiency in expectant mothers during pregnancy has a negative effect on the social development and motor skills of...

However, it is presently unclear how such elders are able to stop the natural cognitive decline associated with old ageing....

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center The treatment of osteosarcoma, the most common tumor of bone, is challenging. A study led...

New University of Liverpool research, presented at an international conference, confirms that a novel approach to the treatment of chronic...

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 12, 2017) - It's a metabolite found in essentially all our cells that, like...

WHAT Commentary :"Threats to Information Security -- Public Health Implications", New England Journal of Medicine WHO William J. Gordon, MD...

Credit: Jannes Landschoff 'Green-eyed hermit crab' is the common name for a new species recently discovered off the West Coast...

Exposure to a common visual illusion may enhance your ability to read fine print, according to new research published in...

Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The use of medication to treat attention deficient hyperactivity disorder is linked to significantly...

Chemicals found in everyday plastics materials are linked to cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes and high blood pressure in men, according...

Proof-of-concept study demonstrates potential therapy for incurable glioblastoma brain tumors Involves injecting nanoparticles into tumors to shut down the cells...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have demonstrated that a unique population of immune cells plays a key role in the development of...

A research team led by scientists at UC San Francisco has developed a computational method to systematically probe massive amounts...

What's on the menu tonight? How about some roast beef with strawberry-, beer- and garlic sauce? Or perhaps something lighter...