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Americans take obesity as seriously as cancer, and say it's an even bigger health threat than heart disease, the nation's...

WHO: The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) WHAT: The 40th Annual SCAI Scientific Sessions will take place May...

BOSTON (November 1, 2016)--Beta-cryptoxanthin (BCX), a carotenoid pigment compound found primarily in plants, reduces the number and invasiveness of tumors...

Credit: Elephants Without Borders AMHERST, Mass. - As lead researchers in Africa's recent Great Elephant Census, wildlife ecologists Curtice Griffin...

ITHACA, N.Y. - If you want people to care about endangered species, focus on how many animals are left, not...

By the time you reach the end of this sentence, RNA folding will have taken place in your body more...

A new study suggests that an ability to delay immediate gratification is associated with less frequent consumption of fast food....

Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery The prognosis for patients diagnosed with scleroderma - an autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis of...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed a new, less invasive way to perform transcatheter aortic valve...

Credit: Graphic by Noah Greene and Joe Olmsted Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are advancing tissue engineering through new...

Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Kathleen Phillips) COLLEGE STATION -- A turfgrass disease that looked like an ink spill...

Scientists face many constraints when embarking on new projects. Often the biggest constraint is a small budget. This is why...

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA-The brain regulates social behavior differently in males and females, according to a new study published...

From HIV to Malaria to Ebola, health and medical research with human participants in Africa -- and the ethical evaluation...

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Standard-of-care treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer includes radiation, chemotherapy and brachytherapy (in which...

PITTSBURGH--For as long as scientists have been listening in on the activity of the brain, they have been trying to...

Credit: Matthew West. October 31, 2016 Putting the squeeze on mitochondria: The final cut A new University of Colorado Boulder...

Credit: Lehigh University Once the preferred weapon of B-movie madmen and space-fiction heroes alike, the laser -- a device that...

"Cognitive rehabilitation should be a core part of cancer survivorship care, as cognitive symptoms are very common and have a...

Portland, Oregon, Oct. 31, 2016 - When it comes to prostate cancer biopsies, risk and reality don't always match up,...