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Credit: Children's National Health System Like all of the individual elements of fetal development, palate growth is a marvel of...

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 19, 2017 -- Researchers have recently gained advanced understanding of a variety of processes through the information-theoretic...

Credit: UBC Okanagan Researchers at UBC's Okanagan campus have designed a tiny device --built using a 3D printer--that can monitor...

Annapolis, MD; July 19, 2017--Soon, the public health community will be better equipped to respond to outbreaks of diseases spread...

Credit: Children's National Health System The number of available anti-seizure medications has exploded in the past two decades, going from...

An international research team led by Université de Montréal medical professor Christopher Rudd, director of research in immunology and cell...

A new technology may help to non-invasively analyse lung sounds in children and infants at risk of an asthma attack....

A new research collaboration could significantly increase the quality and economic productivity of one of the UK's largest crop outputs,...

A review of published studies suggests that infants who have siblings with autism spectrum disorder may have less advanced linguistic...

Credit: Kent State University The center of a public health debate is whether parents should have their children vaccinated. Tara...

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA -- A boosting skin vaccination with a biodegradable microneedle patch and protein constructed from sequences...

Canada's current wetland protection efforts have overlooked how the environment naturally protects fresh-water resources from agricultural fertilizer contaminants, researchers from...

A new study has found links between certain antibiotics during pregnancy and major congenital malformations in newborns. The study included...

An evaluation of efforts designed to reduce how many sugary drinks we consume shows some success in changing younger people's...

They say that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In the case of hepatitis C--a disease...

Harvard scientists have gained new insights into how the brain networks important for thought and remembering are organized in individual...

Credit: Discher Lab. One reason cancer is so difficult to treat is that it avoids detection by the body. Agents...

The work of zoologists worldwide is often an important asset for biodiversity protection, but a new article notes that scientists...

A review of the published literature indicates that erectile dysfunction is common in males with diabetes, affecting more than half...

Researchers focusing on the common debilitating skin disease Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), which causes deep, painful lesions and leads to a...