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Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - According to the U.S. Census, nearly 20 million people of working age live with a disability. While past...

Credit: Ayelet Eran and coauthors The baby looked healthy at first. But within two hours, he was having severe seizures. Hospital staff at the Rambam...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (May 30, 2018)--Hormones affect just about everything that goes on in a woman's body, from reproductive function and sexual libido to weight gain...

Philadelphia, May 30, 2018 Biological Psychiatry has published a new study revising the outdated estimates of the prevalence of eating disorders in the United States...

A team of researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) received a two-year, $387,000 grant, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH),...

Credit: UEF/ Raija Törrönen For middle-aged men, eating higher amounts of protein was associated with a slightly elevated risk for heart failure than those who...

Making opioids from sugar instead of from field grown opium poppies has the potential to solve many of the problems associated with manufacturing strong pain...

Credit: Jian Yang The next generation of biomimetic orthopedic implants that incorporate citrate signaling may be possible thanks to a $1.7 million grant from the...

PHILADELPHIA - Genetic counseling for cancer patients has become standard of care at academic medical centers, but patients cared for at community-based medical practices across...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have synthesized an analog of lipoxazolidinone A, a small molecule that is effective against drug-resistant bacteria such as MRSA....

At a cost of thousands of dollars per pound, truffles are an expensive food. The fungi are prized for their distinctive aroma, and many foods...

Credit: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine WASHINGTON - Vegetarian, especially vegan, diets are associated with better cardiovascular health, according to a new review published in...

Credit: Google images INDIANAPOLIS -- An updated systematic review of recent studies of health information exchanges found evidence the exchanges reduced both the cost of...

An updated American Cancer Society guideline says colorectal cancer screening should begin at age 45 for people at average risk, based in part on data...

Between the age of 50 and 54 years, all statutory health insurance fund members in Germany are entitled to immunological faecal occult blood testing and,...