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Bottom Line: This study analyzed 17 clinical trials including 3,161 patients to evaluate medicinal cannabinoids -- the chemical compounds in cannabis -- for the treatment...

Bottom Line: Potentially harmful and undeclared pharmaceuticals were identified in more than 700 over-the-counter dietary supplements in an analysis of U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

Credit: (c) Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 11, 2018--In a new study researchers have developed a two-pronged approach for targeting Ebola...

Credit: (c) Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 11, 2018--In follow-up to the I HART CGM study, which showed the benefit of...

Most people who need open heart surgery to repair damaged heart valves are aged 65 or older. The American Heart Association (AHA) estimates that nearly...

Credit: Virginia Tech Although eastern hellbender salamanders are known by many unflattering nicknames -- mud puppy, snot otter, grampus, and Allegheny alligator -- about 70...

Credit: Thomas Grøndahl For four years, UCPH FOOD and the NFL's Board of Directors have jointly operated the Nordic Food Lab, whose task has been...

Contrary to the tobacco industry's assertions, there was no surge in illicit cigarettes after a 2015 ban on menthol cigarette sales in the Canadian province...

Credit: Jeff Grabmeier COLUMBUS, Ohio - Chemists at The Ohio State University have developed a new and improved way to generate molecules that can enable...

Credit: Corominas et al., 2018, supplementary materials A team from I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University together with foreign colleagues analyzed the genomes of...

The brain creates a map of our environment, which enables reliable spatial navigation. The Nobel Prize was awarded in 2014 for research into how this...

States' religious freedom laws may be linked to poorer self-reported health among people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or are unsure of their sexual...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 12, 2018) -- We've all experienced a "gut feeling" -- when we know deep down inside that something is true. That phenomenon...

Credit: MedUni Wien/Anastasiya Hladik (Rehovot/Vienna) Lungs are vital organs required for the uptake of oxygen in exchange for carbon dioxide. However, the enormous complexity of...

Credit: Department of Neuropathology, TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, involving memory loss and a reduction in...