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Credit: Thor Balkhed A simple retinal prosthesis is being developed in collaboration between Tel Aviv University in Israel and Linköping University in Sweden. Fabricated using...

Credit: Springer The tumor vasculature is a major target of anticancer therapies. Rieger, Fredrich and Welter at Saarland University, Germany have been pursuing a quantitative...

Credit: UBC Okanagan Physical activity is an effective way to help improve the many mental and physical side effects of breast cancer treatment. Yet, studies...

Credit: QUT How does the 'brain' of a living cell work, allowing an organism to function and thrive in changing and unfavourable environments? Queensland University...

A family history of obesity, high blood pressure, high blood lipid levels, type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease should all be considered high risk...

Research led by the University of Birmingham has identified a novel unconventional type of immune cell capable of fighting viral infections. The study, published today...

PITTSBURGH, May 2, 2018 - Due to the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C virus (HCV) is increasing among pregnant women, resulting in a greater risk of...

From 2002 to 2013, New York City implemented a series of policies prioritizing the public's health in areas beyond traditional healthcare policies and illustrated the...

Credit: Osaka University The human body consists of about 35 trillion cells, so it could be said that overall body growth is the growth of...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(MAY 1, 2018) If 95 percent of your neighbors are chatty and outgoing, you probably know more about them than the...

Tanning addiction plagues teenage minorities in Los Angeles, and that dependency is associated with marijuana abuse, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other mental health issues, a Keck...

Orange County teens are facing varied and more frequent types of dating violence than any generation before them. Chapman University researchers have partnered with Orange...

Credit: BIDMC Media Services BOSTON - Twenty-five million Americans suffer from asthma, a chronic lung disease that has been on the rise since the 1980s....

Credit: US Army photo by David McNally ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- The battlefield of the future will be complex, with mountains of data moving...

For high school baseball pitchers, limiting throws during a game helps to prevent fatigue and injuries. But nearly half the number of pitches -- ones...