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Credit: Lauren Mulligan/Wits University Hollywood celebrities spend large amounts of dollars on it. The hunky stud at the local pub...

Following decades of clinical research largely excluding females, scientists are finding that there are large differences in men and women...

Credit: Sami Nabhan/FSU Jena Life took hold on land at least as early as 3.2 billion years ago, suggests a...

A new comprehensive study of Australian natural hazards paints a picture of increasing heatwaves and extreme bushfires as this century...

Credit: Glen D'Souza, Christian Kost / Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology It has been known for quite some time...

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Certain proteins in the blood of children can predict incipient...

As mammals evolve, so do mammalian viruses. In doing so, they develop creative and effective ways to counter and evade...

Researchers from the University of Adelaide have successfully tested a drug that is showing some early promise in efforts to...

Credit: Courtesy: Kelvinsong On Nov. 25, 1901, a 51-year-old woman is admitted to a hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, displaying a...

Substantial weight gain over many years increases the risk of obesity-related cancers in men by 50 per cent and in...

RECOGNISING the reasons people worry about a potential cancer diagnosis could help ease concern and encourage people with possible cancer...

Researchers have found a group of circulating tumour cells in prostate cancer patient blood samples which are linked to the...

Workplace incivility, characterised by subtle forms of mistreatment (such as a dismissive gesture, raised voices or harsh words) can lead...

Characteristics like seizures, location of the tumour, and pressure in the brain, give insight into length of survival and treatment...

Patients with malignant melanoma -- whose disease has spread -- are more likely to respond to immunotherapy treatment if they...

Credit: UC San Diego Health To better understand why some people adapt well to life at high altitude while others...

Axolotl salamanders are extremely resilient, but very little research has been done on their incredible ability to regenerate internal organs...

Planned births occur where a considered decision is made to deliver an infant, and in recent years there have been...

Credit: Dr Mukhamed Karmokov From a geographical point of view, the Caucasus is far from an island or even a...

Date: 7 November 2016 7 to 10 December 2016 in Leipzig, Germany EuroEcho-Imaging 2016 brings advanced techniques to the bedside...