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Mothers and babies are dying due to birth-associated complications at higher rates now than a decade ago. In a new...

October 3, 2018 - Congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) is a common postural deformity in infants, and one that can be...

By analysing survey data from 1999-2001 and 2010-2012, researchers have estimated the demand for commercial sex among British men. The...

Credit: Queen's University Belfast Researchers from Queen's University Belfast and the University of Leeds, as part of a pan-European partnership...

Credit: Lena Mustonen Many are trained, few employed, fewer still remain in the medical profession in rural areas. This is...

AURORA, Colo. (Oct. 3, 2018) - An international team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Colorado School...

Credit: Purdue University/Rebecca Wilcox The link between mental health disorders and substance abuse is well-documented. Nearly one in 12 adults...

Cardiovascular calcification is a major health concern in patients with kidney failure undergoing haemodialysis. A first-time-in-human clinical trial of an...

Credit: Washington University School of Medicine Drinking a daily glass of wine for health reasons may not be so healthy...

Milk may seem as wholesome a drink as there is, but it was not always so. Consider the U.S. in...

The married professors were spending their Thanksgiving holiday in Egypt when the husband, Thomas L. Patterson, Ph.D., got very sick...

Researchers have discovered a new use for an old drug as a potential treatment for prostate cancer. The findings are...

An international research team from the CRyPTIC Consortium has taken a critical step forward in the fight against tuberculosis: a...

BOSTON - With more than 35 million people worldwide living with the virus and nearly 2 million new cases each...

Credit: David Hillerby CLEMSON, South Carolina - Much of the research concerning the human microbiome focuses on the gut and...

A study published in Family Practice indicates that healthcare providers outside of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Department are uncertain how...

Credit: Geoff Gallice Treating dogs at a community level with systemic insecticide could considerably reduce the transmission of visceral leishmaniasis...

Credit: Bart van Overbeeke Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) and Keio University (Japan) present a practicable and...

Key insights into how sperm and egg cells are formed have been discovered by scientists, shedding light on the earliest...

Following surgery, some patients experience a broken bone around the implants of a total hip replacement--called a periprosthetic femoral fracture....