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SAN ANTONIO--Adults in their 40s and 50s with higher levels of cortisol--a hormone linked to stress--performed worse on memory and other cognitive tasks than peers...

Despite the conventional belief that for women giving birth "once a cesarean always a cesarean," vaginal delivery after cesarean -- also known as "trial of...

Credit: Dymecki lab/Harvard Medical School Scientists trying to identify the roots of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), the leading cause of death in U.S. infants...

Credit: None We know that antibiotics treat bacterial infections. We also know why they work. Tetracycline antibiotics, for example, stop bacteria from making protein. Like...

Credit: Virginia Institute of Marine Science. An annual model-based report on "dead-zone" conditions in the Chesapeake Bay during 2018 indicates that the total volume of...

The mechanism leading to development of type 1 diabetes remains a mystery, hampering the ability to find new ways to prevent, treat or even cure...

Credit: Paul Logothetis/MUHC In the wake of cannabis legalization, a team of scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and...

Credit: Travis Lab ITHACA, N.Y. - At a time when more than half of male infertility cannot be explained by current methods, a new test...

Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- More than 60 million people in the U.S. suffer from disorders in the gastrointestinal tract that could...

Credit: Courtesy of Zoo Atlanta Understanding how elephants use their trunks to pick up small objects could lead to robots designed with flexible hands or...

ITHACA, N.Y. - Got glyphosate? Your pet's breakfast might. A new Cornell study published this month in Environmental Pollution finds that glyphosate, the active herbicidal...

SALT LAKE CITY- Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) and the University of Utah (U of U) will receive up to $28 million over the next 10...

Credit: Utah State University LOGAN, UTAH -- Researchers at Utah State University have developed new devices to mechanically stress human cells in the lab. In...

CHICAGO - Oct 23, 2018 - Thousands of eye physicians and surgeons this week will convene in Chicago to attend AAO 2018, the American Academy...

Scientists from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and colleagues identified promising new genetic pathways associated...