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PHILADELPHIA-- Hospitals that receive bundled payments for joint replacements either voluntarily or through Medicare's mandatory programs, vary by size and volume, but not in spending...

More than one-third of women who go to a Catholic hospital for reproductive care aren't aware they're seeking obstetrical and gynecological care at a facility...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A group of researchers from Mayo Clinic and Exact Sciences Corporation have completed a phase II study comparing a set of DNA...

Credit: University of Delaware/ Illustration by Joy Smoker Whether you're wrapping a gift or bandaging a wound, you rely on an adhesive to get the...

Credit: Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have synthesized the first artificial human prion, a dramatic development...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Dogs gravitate toward high-fat food, but cats pounce on carbohydrates with even greater enthusiasm, according to research into the dietary habits of...

Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (June 5, 2018) - Cedars-Sinai investigators have for the first time identified a gas produced in gut that could improve the...

ANN ARBOR--"You throw like a girl" is a sexist taunt that can instantly sour a kid on athletics and other healthy activities. But many children--mainly...

The balance between omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids in the tissues of female mammals, which previous research has suggested can impact the incidence of obesity...

BOSTON - (June 5, 2018) - People who live with type 1 diabetes for very long duration show signs of mild decreases in cognitive abilities,...

A UCLA-led study has found how colon cancer alters its genes during development in order to avoid detection by the immune system, creating a specific...

Scientists have uncovered a completely new way to make cancers sensitive to treatment - by targeting antenna-like structures on cells. Their study found that drug-resistant...

WASHINGTON, DC--Penn Medicine researchers are calling for greater precision in Medicare performance reporting for patients with gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding following an evaluation of patients with...

Credit: Genetesis (Mason, OH) Genetesis , a medical device company focused on using biomagnetic imaging to enable rapid, noninvasive and accurate chest pain triage, has...

Credit: University of Tennessee, Knoxville Jeremy Smith, Governor's Chair for Molecular Biophysics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and director of the Center for Molecular...