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WASHINGTON -- A first look at the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s Medicaid expansion finds that despite expectations, there was no increased use of complex surgical...

(University of Helsinki) Dysfunction in insulin-producing pancreatic cells is the ultimate cause of diabetes. A new doctoral study introduces a novel model to study the...

Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, PA, September 13, 2018 - Many eye diseases, including diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration, exhibit increased permeability of...

Rockville, Md. (September 13, 2018)--New research suggests that obesity changes how airway muscles function, increasing the risk of developing asthma. The study is published ahead...

Credit: MU News Bureau In a first study of its kind study, researchers have found that a common chemical consumers are exposed to several times...

Credit: "Cherry Blossom " (pseudonym), 2012 "Cherry Blossom," a 39-year-old woman worked as a hotel breakfast bar hostess around the start of the "Great Recession."...

A multi-disciplinary team at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) has developed a test to enable faster diagnosis of rare diseases to help critically ill...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Young people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are at increased risk of using substances such as alcohol, nicotine and marijuana,...

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered a key mechanism by which skin begins to develop in embryos, shedding light on the genetic roots of...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - After a pathogen infects the body, the immune system responds with a remarkable -- and remarkably complicated -- cascade of...

(Morris Animal Foundation) Oysters likely suffered toxic effects from the oil dispersant Corexit® 9500 when it was used to clean up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon...

ITHACA, N.Y. - Bye-bye artichoke dip. Heavyweight appetizers and fatty entrees may not get much love when restaurants list calories on their menus. In a...

Most HIV patients need to take daily anti-retroviral therapy - if they suspend treatment, HIV will rebound within 3-4 weeks. But clinical trials have revealed...

Patients want to see their medical information. Researchers want to share their data. Now, scientists at Scripps Research have released a new technology designed to...

Lad culture in English universities is often perceived by university staff as involving 'extreme' behaviour and as being carried out by only a handful of...