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Credit: Michigan Medicine In a new systematic review in JAMA Neurology, Michigan Medicine researchers found reason to further explore the surprising effects of zolpidem that...

Credit: Michael Bernkopf/Vetmeduni Vienna Bornaviruses cause a lethal form of encephalitis, called Borna disease, among horses and sheep. To date there have been only a...

SAN FRANCISCO – May 25, 2016 – Researchers studying babies with a Zika virus-related birth defect say they have found previously unreported eye problems possibly...

Credit: UVM Larner College of Medicine The FDA is right – when it comes to disease culprits, cigarette smoking tops the list. While recognized as...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 14, 2017–Researchers have shown that use of the dietary supplement yerba mate over an extended...

Credit: Children's HeartLink Minneapolis, MN, USA – Over one million children are born with congenital heart disease (CHD) each year. When children with CHD receive...

Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The parasite that causes malaria has not one, but two, specialized proteins that protect its messenger RNAs —...

Canadian entomologists have reported the first appearance of Aedes japonicus — an invasive, disease-carrying mosquito — in western Canada. Members of the species were found...

Credit: University of Bristol Acoustic tractor beams use the power of sound to hold particles in mid-air, and unlike magnetic levitation, they can grab most...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois expert in health care economics provides the...

Credit: Brock University Rates of diabetes and obesity, which are important risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, also decrease if there is a particular amount of...

Credit: G. Baranov Dr Brigitte Schoenemann (University of Cologne) and her colleagues Helje Pärnaste (Tallinn, Estonia), and Euan Clarkson (Edinburgh, Scotland) have succeeded in unraveling...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – October 13, 2017 – A new study from scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research...

Credit: Alisa Weigandt for Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. — The loss of motor function and mental acuity associated with Huntington's disease might be treatable by...

The British have a pithy way of describing people who dither over spending 20 cents more for premium ice cream but happily drop an extra...