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Credit: Photo: Jonas Bilberg What happens to those who behave unselfishly and make sacrifices for the sake of others? According to an interdisciplinary study by...

Credit: Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a new device that can be used to visualize how sound-induced vibrations...

A recent study completed at the University of Helsinki investigated the amount and quality of bacteria resistant to antibiotics in breast milk and the gut...

Conventional wisdom holds that people set themselves up for even greater heartache when they jump into bed with their ex-partner after a breakup. However, according...

Credit: Texas Biomedical Research Institute San Antonio, Texas (October 17, 2018) -- Ebola virus is a continuing threat in Central and West Africa, with an...

Bethesda, MD (Oct. 17, 2018)?-- Traditional laxatives are recommended as first-line agents to treat patients with a confirmed diagnosis of opioid-induced constipation (OIC), according to...

New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Copenhagen finds that more bacterioplankton utilize vitamin B1 or B1 precursors from their environment...

During pregnancy, the numerous physiological changes a woman's body undergoes can alter the way medications are metabolized, the rate at which they are cleared, and...

Researchers showed that by delivering a combination of antibiotic drugs and probiotics, they could eradicate two strains of drug-resistant bacteria that often infect wounds. To...

Credit: American Cancer Society ATLANTA - October 17, 2018 - The American Cancer Society will bestow its highest honor - the Medal of Honor -...

Credit: (Photo: Markus Breig, KIT) Investigation, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases give rise to big data volumes. Their systematic analysis may produce new findings for...

Credit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati When treatment is working for a patient who is fighting cancer, the light at the end of the tunnel is...

Credit: Cleveland Clinic October 17, 2018, Cleveland: Charis Eng, M.D., Ph.D., chair of Cleveland Clinic's Genomic Medicine Institute, is receiving the American Cancer Society's Medal...

There just aren't enough kidney transplants available for the millions of people with renal failure. Aside from a transplant, the only alternative for patients is...

Credit: Osaka University Dr Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering the immune T-cell protein PD-1. This discovery led...