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Led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society, the research suggests a BMI...

HOUSTON - (Oct. 31, 2018) - In its first year, an innovative virtual program has substantially increased mistreated elderly Texans' access to elder mistreatment and...

Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 2018, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the next...

Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES -- Oct. 31, 2018 -- A team led by a Cedars-Sinai physician-scientist has discovered a biomarker--a protein found in the blood--for...

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in North America and its incidence has risen sharply in the last decade. Since its progression depends...

Societal acceptance of domestic violence against women is widespread in developing countries, with 36 per cent of people believing it is justified in certain situations....

Credit: Children's National Health System What would happen if you suddenly stopped growing at age 12 or 13? Solving genetic growth mysteries and scheduling regular...

CHICAGO --- Inflammation, which is the root cause of autoimmune disorders including arthritis, Type 1 diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome and Crohn's disease, has unexpected effects...

Credit: Children's National The National Institutes of Health awards Andrew Dauber, M.D., MMSc, the chief of endocrinology at Children's National Health System, a five-year grant...

Credit: Peter Goldberg/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In 2016, the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) became the first state correctional system in the U.S....

Montréal, October 30, 2018 - Becoming more sensitive to pain, or pain sensitization, is an important risk factor for developing persistent knee pain in osteoarthritis...

Men who have undergone bariatric surgery as a long-term way of losing weight might also benefit from increased testosterone levels post-surgery. However, there is no...

Credit: Provided by Teri Willey BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University Philanthropic Venture Fund, which provides capital to faculty, students, alumni and staff at all...

Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. - Researchers at the University of Georgia have found that a high-fat diet enriched with cottonseed oil drastically improved cholesterol profiles...

Credit: UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A scientist at the University of California, Riverside, who researches the malaria-causing parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is the principal investigator,...