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Cleveland Clinic survey finds most Americans don't know their BMI, or that excess weight tips the scales for common heart...

Credit: Jonathan Wilker/Purdue It seems like the cakes designed on competitive cooking shows get larger and more intricate every year....

Physical activity promotes increased expression of 'feel-good' chemicals through muscle changes Rockville, Md. (January 31, 2019)--New research suggests that exercise-induced...

Tanzania's Serengeti National Park is rich enough in wildlife to support large carnivores; so why did wild dogs disappear?Credit: Per...

Credit: University of East Anglia Leukaemia promotes premature ageing in healthy bone marrow cells - according to new research from...

Clinicians treating patients with HD are often not trained to recognize or treat neuropsychiatric symptoms of the disease, according to...

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Jan. 30, 2019 - Exercise is often cited as the best preventive medicine, but how...

Credit: Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth To help Harris County target its preventive strategies for sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), researchers...

Vaccinating laboratory mice with Streptococcus mitis bacteria prevents their virulent sibling, Streptococcus pneumoniae from infecting the mice. The research suggests...

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA-Females find same-sex social interactions to be more rewarding than males, and females are more sensitive...

January 30, 2019 - Implants are usually the first choice for breast reconstruction after mastectomy. But when implant-based reconstruction fails,...

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute computer science professor has received $1 million from the National Science Foundation to use computer science...

Rutgers research also found more studies needed on cost-effectiveness of intervention outcomes A Rutgers study has found a need for...

Changes in RNA editing play an important role in the disorder, scientists findCredit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA A team of UCLA-led scientists...

New finding could potentially guide development of therapies that prevent this aggressive form of cancer from spreading beyond the breastsCredit:...

Strong performance in the program predictive of successful admission to dental school (Boston)--Boston University's Oral Health Sciences (OHS) master's program...

UAB researchers work toward finding the biomarkers of autism for earlier diagnosis and treatmentCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Researchers at...

Research on gut metagenome of patients with Crohn's disease elucidates how it influences the taxonomic and functional composition of intestinal...

Credit: Martin Qvarnström Coprolites, or fossil droppings, of the dinosaur-like archosaur Smok wawelski contain lots of chewed-up bone fragments. This...

Credit: Toews et al Both the study's idea and its outcomes were straightforward: Organize a short houseplant-potting workshop for incarcerated...