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In a medical culture that values technical prowess and the ability to make complex clinical decisions, personal reflection can help...

Credit: Peter Zwart, Berkeley Lab Understanding the 3D molecular structure of important nanoobjects like proteins and viruses is crucial in...

Credit: The Ottawa Hospital Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa are tackling the often-overlooked issue of...

Credit: Department of Cell Signaling,Department of Orthodontic Science?TMDU) Recently, frequency of mastication has dramatically decreased along with changes in dietary...

Credit: Swanson School of Engineering/Paul Kovach PITTSBURGH (July 10, 2017) ... As a rule, implants and the immune system don't...

Around-the-clock care from senior physicians helped reduce major complications in cardiac surgery patients as compared to receiving care from resident...

Physicians regularly encounter losses: not only the death of patients but also more ambiguous losses, including changes in professional roles,...

Credit: KAIST Synapses connected by various synaptic adhesion molecules are communication spaces between neurons for transmitting information. Among various synaptic...

Delays for emergency surgery were associated with a higher risk of death for patients in hospital -- and higher costs...

Credit: Toshimich Yamamoto Nagoya, Japan - Most people would agree that painful mosquito bites are an especially annoying part of...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va.-- A Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine research team has published findings that show patients who...

Credit: The Dartmouth Institute Traffic stops, office conversations, and even doctor's visits--more and more people today are choosing to record...

Zebra finches brought up without their fathers don't react to the singing of potential suitors in the same way that...

(Portland, Ore.) July 10, 2017 - NASA has awarded a four-year, $283,000 grant to Portland State University engineering professor Ed...

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have identified inflammatory biomarkers which indicate whether the brain has suffered injury. The team,...

Credit: Journal of Orthoptera Research and Pensoft The Orthopterists' Society's Journal of Orthoptera Research (JOR) joins the growing portfolio of...

Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (July 10, 2017) - A new book will provide a definitive guide to the findings...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered differences in how the brain responds to food...

When patients are admitted to the hospital, their connection to their primary care physician is often disrupted, leading to difficult...

An international team of hematologists including Guy Young, MD, of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, has found that in patients with...