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Illnesses and injuries associated with working in Illinois mines are substantially underreported to the federal agency tasked with tracking these...

Researchers have identified specific genes that may trigger the development of sleep problems, and have also demonstrated a genetic link...

Credit: The lab of Amita Sehgal, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - The blood brain barrier...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- New Mayo Clinic research suggests up to 97 percent of patients are comfortable with their health care...

Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - March 9, 2018. The major economic indicators held more good news for Americans...

WHAT: A more intensive biomedical research approach is necessary to control and ultimately eliminate tuberculosis (TB), according to a perspective...

Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - March 9, 2018 - Amanda Botticello, PhD, MPH, has been awarded a $400,000...

A large part of the cells in the human body carry a small antenna on their surface, a so-called cilium,...

Credit: UC San Diego Health Fueled by a multimillion dollar grant from the state's stem cell agency, researchers at University...

To prevent cardiac death, people with certain cardiac disorders are implanted with electronic devices designed to automatically stimulate the heartbeat...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Human blood from donors can be stored for use up to 42 days, and it...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a method that enables them to use donated brain tissue from people...

A five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences will help researchers at the University of...

Credit: MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Cuff devices for blood pressure measurement are inconvenient, and mobile device apps for blood...

March 9, 2018 - High-altitude areas--particularly the US intermountain states--have increased rates of suicide and depression, suggests a review of...

Credit: IEEE ACCESS A study led by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) has uncovered new ways of...

Credit: Photo: Keith Kirkwood BUFFALO, N.Y. - The absence of a protein critical to the control of inflammation may lead...

Credit: Björn Gylling People who use moist snuff 'snus' have significantly higher levels of the protein cornulin in their blood...

Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers report they have found previously known skin itch receptors in the airways that appear...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 9, 2018)-At the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), four scientists...