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Credit: NIEHS NIH rat study suggests amitriptyline temporarily inhibits the blood-brain barrier, allowing drugs to enter the brain. New research...

Credit: University of Utah A Utah law has led to increased early identification of infants with hearing loss due to...

Credit: C. Maillo, IRB Barcelona This condition generally leads to chronic inflammation (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis), which can trigger fibrosis, cirrhosis and...

Preschoolers who score lower on a working memory task are likely to score higher on a dropout risk scale at...

Credit: UIC Patients diagnosed at high-volume centers are up to 40 percent more likely to receive treatment for glioblastoma, according...

Credit: Paul Joseph/UBC Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found a better way to identify unwanted animal products...

Credit: Dr. Adam Levine PROVIDENCE, R.I. –To properly treat young children with severe diarrhea, caregivers in clinics long on patients...

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 6, 2015 – University of Utah chemists devised a new way to detect chemical damage to...

Credit: Osaka University Malaria*1 is one of three major infectious diseases*2 affecting approximately 300 million people every year, accounting for...

Credit: Mackenzie Gerringer/University of Washington The ocean's deepest fish doesn't look like it could survive in harsh conditions thousands of...

Credit: NASA While it's true that space radiation is one of the biggest challenges for a human journey to Mars,...

Credit: Hafner Lab/Rice University HOUSTON – (Feb. 15, 2017) – Five years of hard work and a little "cosmic luck"...

People with blood type O often get more severely ill from cholera than people of other blood types. New research...

ROSEMONT, Ill. (Feb. 17, 2016)–Each year, hundreds of orthopaedic surgeons travel to developing countries to treat and care for patients....

Credit: Ismail Sergin Researchers have long sought ways to harness the body's immune system to treat disease, especially cancer. Now,...

The global rise in antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health, damaging our ability to fight deadly infections...

Credit: Virginia Tech The comfort food we know and love today as the potato was domesticated between 8,000 and 10,000...

Every year, millions of people are treated for cystitis, but despite its prevalence, the disease is still a scientific mystery....

Credit: AltaMed FINDINGS New research finds that brief interventions in a primary care clinic can reduce patients' risky substance use...

Credit: Credit George Rosenwasser, M.D. Results from a large, national clinical trial show that corneal donor tissue can be safely...