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Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 15, 2017) – Older people receiving electroconvulsive therapy for their depression likely will need...

Credit: Courtesy of Lehigh University Srinivas Rangarajan, assistant professor in the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Lehigh University,...

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Credit: Michigan Medicine In a new systematic review in JAMA Neurology, Michigan Medicine researchers found reason to further explore the...

Credit: Michael Bernkopf/Vetmeduni Vienna Bornaviruses cause a lethal form of encephalitis, called Borna disease, among horses and sheep. To date...

SAN FRANCISCO – May 25, 2016 – Researchers studying babies with a Zika virus-related birth defect say they have found...

Credit: UVM Larner College of Medicine The FDA is right – when it comes to disease culprits, cigarette smoking tops...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 14, 2017–Researchers have shown that use of the dietary supplement...

Credit: Children's HeartLink Minneapolis, MN, USA – Over one million children are born with congenital heart disease (CHD) each year....

Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The parasite that causes malaria has not one, but two, specialized proteins that...

Canadian entomologists have reported the first appearance of Aedes japonicus — an invasive, disease-carrying mosquito — in western Canada. Members...

Credit: University of Bristol Acoustic tractor beams use the power of sound to hold particles in mid-air, and unlike magnetic...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois expert in...

Credit: Brock University Rates of diabetes and obesity, which are important risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, also decrease if there...

Credit: G. Baranov Dr Brigitte Schoenemann (University of Cologne) and her colleagues Helje Pärnaste (Tallinn, Estonia), and Euan Clarkson (Edinburgh,...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – October 13, 2017 – A new study from scientists on the Florida...

Credit: Alisa Weigandt for Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. — The loss of motor function and mental acuity associated with Huntington's...

The British have a pithy way of describing people who dither over spending 20 cents more for premium ice cream...

The Zika virus, commonly transmitted through a bite from an infected mosquito, is also capable of leaping from person to...

Credit: Björn Engwall New research shows that the light environment in intensive care affects how patients feel – even a...