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Excess body weight has been linked to poor academic performance in children in several previous studies. A new Finnish study...

Geneva, Switzerland, 20 March 2018 - Around 2,300 participants from across the world will meet in Geneva at the eighth...

Credit: University of Huddersfield Research by a team of academics at the University of Huddersfield alerted the Independent Inquiry into...

A sense of meaning and direction in life is associated with living longer and experiencing less disease, disability, and cognitive...

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--A pair of autonomous robots developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute will soon be driving...

Credit: Amens Clinic March 20, 2018, Costa Mesa, California: New research from the Amen Clinics shows that brain SPECT (single...

Researchers have identified a 'genetic fingerprint' associated with the most deadly strains of malaria parasites, making these unique DNA regions...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Each day brings with it a host of decisions to be made, and each person approaches those...

Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers have identified two genes that are responsible for governing the...

Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, March 20, 2018 - World meat consumption has increased during the last decades, and evidence...

ANN ARBOR--On any given day, 20 percent of Americans account for nearly half of U.S. diet-related greenhouse gas emissions, and...

Antibiotics can successfully help rid a patient of chronic urinary tract infection symptoms. This is the finding of a new...

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- March 20, 2018 -- Exercise in the future could be customized for individuals based on genomics, according...

Simple statements of praise may have a big effect on the amount of exercise young adults with autism complete, according...

Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (BOSTON) - The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and the...

Credit: Peter (Zijian) Zhu/Michigan Tech Most of us are used to turning on a tap and water coming out. We...

Credit: Massachusetts Eye and Ear (BOSTON) - Massachusetts Eye and Ear made medical history on Tuesday by performing the first...

WASHINGTON-(March. 20, 2018)- A medicine that slows balding and stimulates hair growth also may make stiff vessels more stretchy and...

A trial led by the University of Birmingham has found that two types of blood thinning drugs are safe to...

Credit: Richard Zeltner of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light WASHINGTON -- For the first time, researchers...