"Buy local" sounds like a great environmental slogan, epitomized for city dwellers by urban agriculture. But when it comes to ...

Toronto, CANADA - A new study by the University of Toronto found that the lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts was ...

Gene mutations accumulating in cells are typical of the development of cancer. Finnish researchers found that a similar accumulation of ...

Credit: Paola Nogueras/Monell Center PHILADELPHIA (June 21, 2017) -- Ever burn your tongue so badly that you were unable to ...

Vienna, Austria - 21 June 2017: Breast implants may impede an electrocardiogram (ECG) and could result in a false heart ...

Vienna, Austria - 21 June 2017: Newly diagnosed asymptomatic atrial fibrillation patients have a higher rate of previous stroke than ...

Vienna, Austria - 21 June 2017: The European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) announced today that its scientific congress will become ...

When individuals visit the emergency department after falling, they may receive a diagnosis reflecting the injury sustained -- such as ...

Credit: Thames Water A small rodent called the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) is a European Protected Species and is monitored ...

Credit: Luke Eberhart-Phillips Extinction risk for some species could be drastically underestimated because most demographic models of animal populations only ...

Credit: Thames Water & People's Trust for Endangered Species Britain's population of hazel dormice, famed for their sleepy lifestyle, has ...

Credit: Allen Institute The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced the release of new data and analysis tools for ...

A large scale study of women carrying faults in important cancer genes should enable doctors to provide better advice and ...

Researchers conducted an analysis that included nearly 10,000 women with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic mutations to estimate the age-specific ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (June 20, 2017)--A new position statement on the use of hormone therapy (HT) for menopausal and postmenopausal women ...

A plan to tackle "serious flaws in the creation, dissemination and implementation of medical evidence" is set out by experts ...

RESTON, Va. --The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM)--the flagship publication of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)--has ...

Heart disease is a leading cause of death worldwide and exacerbated by type 2 diabetes, yet diabetes treatment regimens tend ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 20, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today ...

Credit: U.S. Forest Service The Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus) is a rare species found exclusively in California's Sierra Nevada. While ...