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Bottom Line: Pain relief for pregnant women in labor is commonly given in the form of epidural, spinal or combined...

Patients should check with doctors, but daily glass of wine doesn't appear harmful A new study suggests that people over...

Credit: Alcohol Change UK New research from the University of Sussex shows that taking part in Dry January - abstaining...

Instead of blood pressure, temperature, and heart rate, the vital signs for a forest are captured in key traits such...

Formation mechanism of the causative substances of Alzheimer's disease revealed by molecular dynamics simulations and NMR experimentsCredit: ExCELLS/IMS Many proteins...

Older adults make the same financial decisions for themselves and others, while young adults take more risks when making financial...

Danes' cholesterol levels high after Christmas Large quantities of rich Christmas food appear to boost Danes' cholesterol levels. Right after...

This article by Dr. Emine Sekerdag et al. is published in Current Neuropharmacology, Volume 16, Issue 9, 2018Credit: Bentham Science...

This article by Dr. Louise Penzenstadler et al. is published in Current Neuropharmacology, 2018 Clinical food addiction diagnoses are nowadays...

Credit: Shoji Komai Our eyes, ears and skin are responsible for different senses. Moreover, our brain assigns these senses to...

Credit: Rebholz Highlight In a study of African-American men and women with normal kidney function, a pattern of higher collective...

Study confirms one hour ruleCredit: Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Naloxone has saved thousands of lives. But can...

Medical University of South Carolina researchers tie higher levels of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) to estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast...

Until now, studies on the APOL1 gene have primarily focused on African and African American populationsCredit: New York, NY (December...

Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - If quitting smoking is one of your New Year's resolutions, you might want...

Credit: S. Rupp, 2018 (CC BY 4.0) Animal diseases that infect humans are a major threat to human health, and...

Credit: Lucia Romani, 2018, CC BY 4.0 For years, the diagnosis of scabies has relied on time-consuming and intrusive full-body...

Parasitic protozoa called trypanosomes synthesize sugars using an unexpected metabolic pathway called gluconeogenesis, according to a study published December 27...

Credit: G Quinn, Swansea University Researchers analysing soil from Ireland long thought to have medicinal properties have discovered that it...

Credit: Amy Porter, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International The critically endangered Grauer's gorilla has recently lost genetic diversity and has...