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It's unclear whether all patients with advanced rectal cancer need chemoradiotherapy, or whether some can forego the treatment and therefore be spared its side effects....

Stroke is common and accompanied by complex disabilities--such as lower and upper limb disability, speech impairment, and chronic post-stroke pain. An analysis of published studies...

Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute Doctors know patients with atrial fibrillation are at a higher risk of having a stroke, and now a new...

Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba - Sperm are highly specialized cells adapted to achieve a single goal: fertilize an egg. Along the road to fertilization...

Credit: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles Investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have determined that in children receiving gadolinium as a contrast agent...

Tsukuba, Japan - Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder that occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's tissues. Unlike the wear-and-tear damage...

Thursday, May 10, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Longenesis, a Hong Kong-based leader in applying the latest advances in deep learning and blockchain technologies to healthcare...

Credit: Images by Ge et al. DURHAM, N.C. -- Boy or girl? For those who want to influence their baby's sex, superstition and folk wisdom...

DENVER -Significant disparities in the quality of end-of-life lung cancer care were found among racial-ethnic minorities, with higher odds of experiencing potentially preventable medical encounters...

Young Latina women who have experienced racial or ethnic discrimination are less satisfied overall with their contraceptive care, which could affect their access to more...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A decay of brain function is a hallmark of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies, or DLB. Specifically, cognitive...

Data from a new survey show that as many as 80% of oncologists have discussed medical marijuana use with their patients. According to the authors,...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Religious "nones," people who do not officially associate themselves with a specific religion, are on the rise in the United States. While...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers May 10, 2018, Washington, DC - The Partnership for Artificial Intelligence and Automation in Healthcare (PATH) applauds today's White...

Credit: LANL LOS ALAMOS, N.M., May 10, 2018--Being repulsive can have its advantages. In the case of an experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory's linear...