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Psoriasis is linked with increased risks of hypertension and cardiovascular disease, but its effect on the course of cardiovascular disease...

New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Copenhagen finds that more bacterioplankton utilize vitamin B1 or...

Biochemists, microbiologists, drug discovery experts and infectious disease doctors have teamed up in a new study that shows antibiotics are...

Participation in organized sport during childhood and adolescence is associated with bone mass at 20 years of age, according to...

Bethesda, MD (Oct. 17, 2018)?-- Traditional laxatives are recommended as first-line agents to treat patients with a confirmed diagnosis of...

ANN ARBOR--With a few finger strokes or swipes on a computer or cell phone, seniors with pain reduce the risk...

More than a quarter of otherwise healthy six-year-old children may have metabolic risk factors that put them at increased risk...

Credit: Texas Biomedical Research Institute San Antonio, Texas (October 17, 2018) -- Ebola virus is a continuing threat in Central...

Credit: Photo: Bob Demers/UANews After proving surprisingly beneficial in human clinical trials at the University of Arizona for the treatment...

For obese and overweight patients, it is common for various surgical procedures to be deferred until they have lost weight...

Conventional wisdom holds that people set themselves up for even greater heartache when they jump into bed with their ex-partner...

Credit: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Physicians are encountering a growing number of younger patients who are testing positive...

In a survey-based study of 9,449 university students at a large, public Midwestern university, misusers of prescription opioid medications were...

Credit: CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Professor Adrian Krainer today received the 2019 Breakthrough...

A recent study completed at the University of Helsinki investigated the amount and quality of bacteria resistant to antibiotics in...

Columbus, Ohio - A drug first identified 150 years ago and used as a smooth-muscle relaxant might make tumors more...

In a study of 15 patients affected by major depressive disorder and complaining of insomnia, initiating treatment with vortioxetine for...

A group of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators is proposing that targeting immune checkpoints - molecules that regulate the activity...

Credit: Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a new device that can be used...

The 2.7 billion people who live in China and India -- more than a third of the world's population --...