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Credit: Ellen Hutti/Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS - Despite improved survival rates among cancer patients, the risk of death by suicide remains high, especially among...

The influenza virus can evolve resistance to an anti-flu drug currently in development for use in pandemics but only if there are multiple genetic mutations,...

Credit: Isabel Richter How does labelling products and putting up signs in stores affect consumer choices, especially if you are trying to encourage consumers to...

A trial for a new gene therapy, known as AXO-Lenti-PD, aimed at improving the supply of dopamine in the brains of people with Parkinson's disease...

Credit: WPI-IIIS, University of Tsukuba Insomnia is one of the major sleep problems with an estimated prevalence of 10% to 15% in the general population...

Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. - Washington State University will lead the establishment of a new center...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In the first three years of Medicaid expansion due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the number of patients with end-stage kidney...

Credit: Gregory Urquiaga, UC Davis Throughout Africa, chickens are vital to family nourishment, income and food security. But African poultry production is threatened by an...

Credit: UT Arlington Four disability-focused programs at The University of Texas at Arlington have been awarded the Martha Arbuckle Award, a statewide award recognizing the...

Credit: UT Arlington Two UTA social work professors are using an NIH grant to find ways to reduce stress of families caring for loved ones...

Endometriosis -- a condition caused by uterine tissue growing outside of the organ -- affects 10% of reproductive-aged women, whom it causes chronic pain that...

As we age, we may develop certain disabilities that make it difficult to walk, climb, balance, or maintain our fine motor skills. In turn, these...

Credit: Caltech One of the biggest challenges facing synthetic chemists is how to make molecules of only a particular "handedness." Molecules can come in two...

If everyone on the planet wanted to eat a healthy diet, there wouldn't be enough fruit and vegetables to go around, according to a new...

The canine labor market is diverse and expansive. Assistance dogs may be trained to work with the visually or hearing impaired, or with people in...