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WASHINGTON - Recent gains against the burden of illness, injury, and disability and commitment to universal health coverage (UHC) are insufficient to close the enormous...

Credit: Ishani Mehta, CEPT university, Ahemedabad, India Networks that illegally traffic in everything from people and opioids to human organs and nuclear material pose threats...

MAYWOOD, IL - For the first time, researchers have devised a model to predict burn patients who are most likely to develop life-threatening acute respiratory...

Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. August 28, 2018. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to improving the lives of individuals with spinal cord injury,...

Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center A clinical trial of more than 1,000 patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) found that the drug ranolazine (commonly...

Credit: Emory University A new mathematical model for malaria shows how competition between parasite strains within a human host reduces the odds of drug resistance...

A self-powered sensor developed at the University of Waterloo could allow doctors to remotely monitor the recovery of surgical patients. The small, tube-like device is...

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the nation's leading infectious diseases professional society, recognizes the distinguished physicians and scientists from the United States and..

Credit: Shocket et al., 2018 Scientists have built a model that predicts how temperature affects the spread of Ross River virus, a common mosquito-borne virus...

Collaborative music lessons in schools improve the attitudes of pupils towards their peers with autism, a new study in the journal Autism reports. Led by...

(University of Helsinki) According to a recent study, many extensive national registries are primarily based on data collected for administrative purposes, and often feature selective...

Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Obesity is associated with a host of health problems, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes and high blood...

Credit: Kapila Gunasekera, University of Zurich Cells use different signals to react to stress and to inform other body cells. Triggers are, for example, cancer...

Alexandria, Va., USA - The American Association for Dental Research, with funding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will host the AADR Oral...

In one-fifth of people with active tuberculosis (TB), the site of disease is outside the lungs (extrapulmonary TB). Some forms of extrapulmonary TB, such as...