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A Michigan State University urologist has discovered that riding a roller coaster helps patients pass kidney stones with nearly a...

A new biomarker has identified known and unknown exposure to second-hand smoke and confirmed a strong association to increased mortality...

Scientists are making the case that a vaccine against rhinoviruses, the predominant cause of the common cold, is achievable. The...

People who are too frightened of flying to board an airplane, or too scared of spiders to venture into the...

Knowing when to hold them, and when to fold them, is a critical skill in professional gambling. But it’s also...

Iron nanoparticles can activate the immune system to attack cancer cells, according to a study led by researchers at the...

Researchers have built a three-dimensional map of the anthrax toxin that may explain how it efficiently transfers its lethal components...

Increasing the concentration of specific fats in the brain could suppress epileptic seizures. This is evident from ground-breaking research carried...

Too much dietary zinc increases susceptibility to infection by Clostridium difficile — “C. diff” — the most common cause of...

Sight, touch and hearing are our windows to the world: these sensory channels send a constant flow of information to...

Mice placed on a low-calorie diet are less likely to develop abdominal aortic aneurysms, according to a new study in...

Increasing stomach fat — especially the “hidden fat” in your abdomen — is associated with newly identified and worsening heart...

If you survive cancer at young age, then you have a higher risk of becoming unemployed and economically dependent than...

Survival rates for elderly patients who received stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...