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An electronic consultation system designed to reduce excessive wait times for appointments with specialists experienced exponential growth during a recent...

ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University scientists are beginning to unravel the complicated connections between viruses, the environment and wasting diseases...

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Nutrient-rich ash from an enormous flare-up of volcanic eruptions toward the end of the dinosaurs' reign...

Small populations of pathogenic bacteria may be harder to kill off than larger populations because they respond differently to antibiotics,...

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Although health care organizations differ in their recommendations for use of prostate-specific antigen testing for prostate cancer screening, they agree...

Credit: (Photo credit, Martin J. Citardi, M.D., UTHealth/Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center) Sinus surgeons with The University of Texas Health Science...

When light falls on the eye of a fly, ripples of messages flow through its cells. These messages are carried...

Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System Physicians, trainees and even laypeople can now experience what it's like inside the...

Credit: Shutterstock SAN FRANCISCO - March 13, 2017 - The ability of artificial intelligence (AI) to help screen patients for...

A new study finds that use of oseltamivir, an antiviral drug used to treat influenza A and B, does not...

African Americans with a common genetic variation are at increased risk for developing Alzheimer's disease, while European Americans with the...

A team of researchers in the United Arab Emirates have revealed the presence of a significantly lower level of background...

PHILADELPHIA -- High drug prices as well as the excessive use of imaging and surgical procedures, and excessive administrative burdens...

March 13, 2018 - "Has this patient been drinking?" It's a critical question for neurosurgical nurses and other professionals when...

Patients with multimorbidity--two or more long-term medical conditions--have complex health care needs, often requiring higher levels of care than other...

Irvine, Calif., March 13, 2018 -- From a massive open online course countering science skepticism to intimate culinary workshops fostering...

RIVERSIDE, CA. - Here's a blind test taste like Pepsi never imagined. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, recently...

Credit: Shunsuke Utsumi Generally, spatial and temporal factors affect how communities of organisms are shaped in an ecosystem. Understanding the...

Key takeaways: In 2016, the U.S. spent nearly twice as much as other high-income countries on healthcare, yet had poorer...