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Preliminary results from the world's largest sleep study have shown that people who sleep on average between 7 to 8 hours per night performed better...

FAIRFAX, VA (Oct. 9, 2018)--Online registration is open for the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting. The meeting takes place March 23-28,...

Credit: Hart Lab/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University researchers have uncovered new clues about the progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a surpris..

Credit: University of Southampton The study, involving doctors and cancer scientists in Southampton, America and Germany, will boost the body's immune system to kill off...

While exercise buffs have long used protein supplements to gain muscle, new research from McMaster University suggests one protein source in particular, whey protein, is...

Credit: University of Houston Researchers in Houston and elsewhere have shown that robotic systems controlled by the user's own brain activity can help patients recovering...

Researchers have discovered a micropeptide molecule that can restore normal heart function in mice, according to a study in eLife. The micropeptide works by preventing...

Credit: UIC/Sanchez, et. al. New research from the University of Illinois at Chicago shows that cancer cells in the fallopian tube affect normal chemical signaling...

Credit: Lukas Schwingshackl et al. Journal of Lipid Research 2018 If you want to lower your low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, called LDL or, colloquially, "bad cholesterol,"...

A growing number of people in Australia no longer see themselves as fitting into the traditional boxes of 'man' or 'woman', with more than 30...

Credit: Matt Miller/Washington University More than 3 million women in the United States give birth each year. But obstetricians have differing opinions about when women...

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...