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A growing body of research links divorce to a wide range of poor health outcomes, including greater risk for early death. However, the reason for...

Credit: PHOTO CREDIT Rob Cahill, UTHealth When scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) applied a chemical found in soybeans...

New research from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas shows that certain cognitive training exercises can help reduce depression and...

WHAT: New this year, Transcatheter Valve Therapies (TVT) 2018, featuring practical clinical workshops, innovation sessions, and live case demonstrations, is the first part of a...

Credit: Ross Neitz A whole new category of heart attack, not caused by obstructed arteries, is more common and higher risk--especially in women--than previously thought,...

Credit: Image courtesy of Ken Probst/Starr lab Deep brain stimulation has been used to treat Parkinson's disease symptoms for 25 years, but limitations have led...

May 29, 2018 - With available testing for breast cancer risk genes, some women are learning at young ages that they are at high lifetime...

Credit: Kessler Foundation Kessler Foundation, a major nonprofit organization in the field of disability, has partnered with Motek, a leader in virtual reality (VR) rehabilitation...

Credit: I. Pittalwala. UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Drugs available to treat multiple sclerosis, a leading cause of neurological disability affecting roughly 2.3 million people...

Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (May 29, 2018) -- Physician satisfaction scores on online third-party review sites tend to be skewed and can easily mislead patients,...

PHILADELPHIA (May 29, 2018) - About 70 percent of all variations in health care outcomes are explained by individuals' social conditions including housing, neighborhood conditions,...

DETROIT - In Detroit and across the nation, the need for nurses who practice on community-based primary care and public health teams is growing. As...

The concept of survival of the fittest most often applies to the competition that occurs within and between animal species, but evolutionary pressures can be...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL--May 29, 2018--As scientists gain insights into which genes drive diseases, they are pursuing the next logical question: Can...

May 29, 2018 - Computer-designed, 3D-printed models are emerging as a useful new tool for planning and carrying out cosmetic plastic surgery of the nose,...