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In the United States, suicide is twice as common as homicide -- and more often involves firearms -- but public...

Children are more likely to be fatally struck by a vehicle on Halloween than on other nights of the year,...

Credit: University of Bern, Image: courtesy of the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Eliane J. Mu?ller. As a Swiss network, the...

Credit: MDA NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2018 - A new report funded by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and released...

PHILADELPHIA - As many as 16.5 million adults in America suffer from a skin disease known as atopic dermatitis, an...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN- October 30, 2018- A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School, the Max Planck Florida...

Becoming more sensitive to pain, or pain sensitization, is an important risk factor for developing persistent knee pain in osteoarthritis,...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Scientists at Indiana University found high levels of a previously unsuspected pollutant in homes, in an electronic...

What treatments are available for patients with the rare inflammatory disease known as urticarial vasculitis? How effective are these treatments?...

Last year, researchers Tobias Cronberg and Niklas Mattsson at Lund University in Sweden published a study showing serum tau levels...

Society must take collective responsibility to reduce the harm caused by alcohol use disorders, a University of Otago academic says....

Innovative research aimed to possibly rejuvenate brain cells will be explored by six international researchers with the goal of discovering...

Credit: Neural Computational Unit, OIST. According to the World Health Organization, nearly 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression and...

Scientists have made a major advance in untangling the brain circuits that lead to the powerful addictive effects of heroin,...

Credit: Patapoutian lab The baroreceptor reflex is a fascinating medical phenomenon. The reflex is controlled by specialized neurons that react...

Three Harvard Medical School scientists have received the prestigious Allen Distinguished Investigator awards for their work in the fields of...

Credit: University of Barcelona According to the guidelines of human anatomy, the ligaments in the ankle are grouped structured by...

Credit: Dr. Michelle Kutzler In 1973, the pet overpopulation problem in the United States reached a critical point with 13...

Credit: Jim Stanis LOS ANGELES - The ultra-high-field 7T Terra magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner at the USC Mark and...

LSD changes the communication patterns between regions of the brain, a new study by researchers of the University of Zurich...