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GALVESTON, Texas - Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have developed less expensive way to produce vaccines that cuts the costs...

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 5, 2018) - Rice University scientists have developed something akin to the Venus' flytrap of particles for water...

Credit: Loyola Medicine MAYWOOD, IL - Loyola Medicine neurologist Michael Schneck, MD, is a 2018 recipient of a Presidential Citation from the Neurocritical Care Society...

Many top hospitals in the United States are making it unduly confusing or expensive for patients to gain access to their own medical records, say...

Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES - For approximately 8 million Americans, visiting a doctor regularly is the key to managing their psoriasis, a chronic...

SAN FRANCISCO - Therapy dogs help ease stress in young patients with cancer, but can spread methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), putting vulnerable kids at risk...

Public and private health insurance policies in the U.S. are missing important opportunities to encourage the use of physical therapy, psychological counseling and other non-drug...

New Haven, Conn. -- Yale researchers have identified factors that may contribute to widening cancer death disparities among counties across the United States. These factors,...

Credit: Levchenko Lab/Yale University New Haven, Conn. - By severely curtailing the effects of antibiotics, the formation of organized communities of bacterial cells known as...

Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - October 5, 2018. The key economic indicators for Americans with disabilities resumed their upward trend, according to today's...

Nearly one-third of Washington Heights residents surveyed report problems with lack of heat in the winter and/or paying their electric bills. The study by researchers...

The complement proteins that circulate in our blood are an important part of our immune system. They help identify bacteria, viruses and other harmful organisms,...

Credit: © Jean-Tori Pantel The offspring of radar soldiers exposed to high doses of radiation during their service experience more genetic alterations than families without...

NEW YORK (October 5, 2018) -- During a nationwide outbreak of healthcare-associated infections of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria, an Israeli hospital traced repeated infections of patients...

Credit: Vincenzo Cerullo Researchers at the Faculty of Pharmacy have developed PeptiENV, a cancer vaccine platform, which can be used to improve the therapeutic efficacy...