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Credit: Florida Atlantic University The proverb, "physician heal thyself," is probably more relevant today than it was in biblical times...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 26, 2017--A new study has shown that among women who...

Monitoring changes to the amount of wetlands in regions where permafrost is thawing should be at the forefront of efforts...

Mounting scientific evidence shows that exercise is good not only for our bodies, but for our brains. Yet, exactly why...

Credit: Kris Hanning, UAHS BioCommunications TUCSON, Ariz. - After showing that individuals who take levodopa, or l-dopa, for movement disorders...

Healthcare professionals are in a unique position to identify and rescue victims of human trafficking. Nearly 88 percent of them...

Credit: Yong-Lai Zhang of Jilin University WASHINGTON -- Using an off-the-shelf camera flash, researchers turned an ordinary sheet of graphene...

Current HIV treatment guidelines now recommend initiating antiretroviral treatment (ART) at the time of diagnosis. However, a new study has...

Credit: J. McKinney/G. Fantnter/EPFL Most rod-shaped bacteria divide by splitting into two around the middle after their DNA has replicated...

Credit: Michael Paolini & Sarah Ly. Adpated from Colwell (2007) Nature Neuroscience PHILADELPHIA -- Social isolation has been linked to...

Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital immunologists have discovered how immune cells...

Cancer tumours manipulate a natural cell process to promote their survival suggesting that controlling this mechanism could stop progress of...

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 26, 2017) - Researchers have more evidence that males and females are different, this...

Premature infants still have a greater risk compared to full-term babies of dying of SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths...

Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) have discovered a new, yet simple, way to...

Glycosylated proteins are often overexpressed in tumor cells and thus could serve as tumor markers, especially those with the interesting...

FINDINGS A streamlined and integrated method of tracking medical records called a laboratory health information exchange narrowed the gap in...

"Our discovery could be used to design new medicines", says Pål Stenmark, Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and...

The ongoing deforestation around the fringes of the Amazon may have serious consequences for the untouched deeper parts of the...

Between 15 and 20 percent of black people carry a genetic mutation that puts them at risk for certain chronic...