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Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Many city drinking water systems add softening agents to keep plumbing...

TORONTO, ON, July 25, 2018-- Researchers at York University's Faculty of Health found that just 30 minutes of visually-guided movements...

More Americans are being diagnosed with thyroid cancer than ever before--over the past 25 years its incidence has tripled. This...

'Traffic jams' can also occur in the brain and they can be damaging. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have been...

Research could help explain why women with many children show evidence of accelerated aging in some populations Paradoxically, women who...

Credit: Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine For patients diagnosed with a Staphylococcus aureus infection, often referred...

Fewer people sought hospital treatment for the toxic effects of so-called legal highs following temporary restrictions, a study based at...

Credit: Courtesy Kipnis lab Aging vessels connecting the brain and the immune system play critical roles in both Alzheimer's disease...

Credit: Courtesy of NIH/NINDS. NIH-funded researchers delayed signs of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in rodents by injecting them with a...

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (July 25, 2018)--The Government of the Republic of Namibia, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief...

Credit: Case Western Reserve School of Medicine A cutting-edge laboratory technique that turns human stem cells into brain-like tissue now...

Cannabidiol (CBD), one of the major phytochemicals in marijuana, has become a popular ingredient in dietary supplements, beauty products and...

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 25, 2018) - Rice University scientists have released the first results of extensive...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The use of ciprofloxacin and other antibiotics of the class of fluoroquinolones may be associated...

Credit: Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Research published today in the journal Nature provides new understanding about how drugs...

MONTREAL, JULY 25, 2018 - Trying to determine how best to treat a patient, doctors often look to randomized clinical...

Nature has evolved thousands of enzymes to facilitate the many chemical reactions that take place inside organisms to sustain life....

Diseases such as cancer, heart disease and stroke are deadlier in the developing world than in rich nations. This is...

Chicago, Illinois, July 24, 2018 - The Journal of Nutrition recently published a comprehensive review of the latest stevia science...

Credit: Letty Avila, USC Dornsife College An international group of scientists has identified nearly 1,300 genetic variants associated with how...