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Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 28, 2017) – The health effects of where people live, work, and interact are well...

FORT COLLINS, COLO. – In tropical climes, animals and plants aren't adapted to surviving freezing temperatures – and why would...

Credit: © Rothamsted Research Feelings often run high where insects are concerned, with many people even squeamish to look on...

Oral contraceptives taken just before or during pregnancy do not increase the risk of birth defects, according to a new...

Credit: University of Houston HOUSTON, Feb. 1, 2018 – A University of Houston biomedical engineer is reporting a dramatic decrease...

Anxiety sensitivity, in simple terms, is a fear of fear. But when people with anxiety sensitivity also have asthma, their...

Credit: Jose Cano Researchers at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) have shown for the first time that...

Credit: UCLA Health By reducing out-of-pocket costs for preventive treatment, the Affordable Care Act appears to have encouraged more people...

Credit: NUHS Researchers discover molecular nets inside heart muscles which hold promise for new heart failure treatment Singapore – Local...

Credit: Thierry Sollberger Vaccinations are known to protect against pathogens such as bacteria or viruses. They direct the body to...

Credit: Pavel Stoev Five years of irrigated rice cultivation research reached its pinnacle at the Final LEGATO Conference, which took...

Credit: F Quaid-i-Azam University Residents and workers in a major Pakistan city are exposed to harmful levels of pesticides, new...

Periodontitis, a gum disease present in nearly half of all adults in the United States, involves inflammation, bleeding and bone...

Credit: Courtesy of Paula Niedenthal MADISON, Wis. — The smile may be the most common and flexible expression, used to...

University of Oklahoma Professor Joseph M. Suflita will receive a national award, the 2016 DuPont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied...

Credit: © 2016 Sargent et al. Malnourished children living in the same household who are given the same food to...

How do the cells in a human embryo know where they are located in the body and how they should...

IMAGE: Members of the UT Southwestern team whose research successfully halted progression of a form of muscular dystrophy in mice...

Credit: Photo-illustration by Felice Frankel CAMBRIDGE, MA — Medical devices implanted in the body for drug delivery, sensing, or tissue...

Credit: (c) Noé de la Sancha, The Field Museum. Imagine your hometown or city's entire population had to live on...