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Identical brain mechanisms are responsible for triggering memory in both sleep and wakefulness, new research at the University of Birmingham has shown. The study sheds...

Bottom Line: The best time to push during the second stage of labor (when the cervix is completely dilated through delivery) is unknown and it's...

Bottom Line: Risk of whooping cough (pertussis) is highest in infants too young to have completed their primary immunization series (6 months old or younger)...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Researchers have developed designer molecules that may one day be able to seek out and trap deadly nerve agents and other toxic...

(San Antonio, October 9, 2018) - It's about the size of a dinner table; yet, one day may influence conversations held around the kitchen table....

Credit: Photo taken by Daisuke Nomi. Females of a socially monogamous passerine, the Japanese great tit (Parus minor), become more promiscuous after hatchings fail in...

Male chimps that are less aggressive and form strong social bonds tend to live longer, research suggests. A study of hundreds of captive chimpanzees showed...

Credit: Molecular Biology and Evolution Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have discovered a gene that appears to play a vital role in...

Credit: UEx The objective of the research, undertaken in the laboratories of the IBPM, is to develop a model for studying Alzheimer's disease (AD) of...

Credit: Florida Atlantic University According to the United States Department of Justice, "sextortion" is labeled as the most important and fastest-growing cyberthreat to children, with...

Credit: TRIUMF October 9, 2018 - Vancouver, B.C. - As we approach 2020, TRIUMF, Canada's particle accelerator centre, is pleased to launch its new Five-Year...

The proportion of breast cancer patients who are eligible for breast conservation therapy, yet opt for mastectomy, is increasing, for reasons that include the desire...

Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Pediatric researchers studying the life-threatening blood disorder Fanconi anemia (FA) have devised a method to block the abnormal biological signals..

DALLAS, Oct. 9, 2018 - A church-based program to encourage a healthy lifestyle lowered systolic blood pressure more than an educational program alone delivered in...

Credit: Gabriel Haller Nobody knows why some children's backs start to curve to one side just as they hit puberty. Most children diagnosed with scoliosis,...