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DALLAS, April 2, 2018 - Elevated blood pressure before becoming pregnant and early in pregnancy may increase the risk of pregnancy loss, even if the...

DALLAS, April 2, 2018 -- Women who give birth to infants with congenital heart defects may have an increased risk of cardiovascular hospitalizations later in...

Elevated blood pressure before conception may increase the chances for pregnancy loss, according to an analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The...

A new study suggests that a diet free from red meat significantly reduces the risk of a type of colon cancer in women living in...

Weather extremes caused by climate change could raise the risk of food shortages in many countries, new research suggests. The study, led by the University...

BALTIMORE, M.D., (April 1, 2018) -- Children with both autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at increased risk for being diagnosed with...

Credit: Laurent Hebert-Dufresne Tropical forests have been called the lungs of the planet. They soak up vast quantities of carbon dioxide, hold the world's greatest...

March 30, 2018 -- Genome Research recently published a paper (Bhattacharya et al. 2018) describing the whole-genome sequencing of the Atacama skeleton. The manuscript underwent...

Credit: Northrop Grumman Corp. MADISON, Wis. -- In the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists have turned over all sorts of rocks. Mars, for example, has...

Credit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington researcher is working to determine how blood flow and cardiac muscle contraction affects gene development that...

It seems simple enough: Taking a hard hit to the head can give you a concussion. But, Stanford researchers report March 30 in Physical Review...

Credit: Monash University Every year, more than 100 million people worldwide develop the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea, with health consequences such as infertility, transmission of...

Credit: VCU The gut microbiome -- a collection of bacteria and other microbes in the gut -- could be a highly accurate predictor of hospitalizations...

Credit: Professor Marc McKee, McGill University How is it that fertilized chicken eggs manage to resist fracture from the outside, while at the same time,...

Credit: University of Texas at Dallas By learning how water is collected by living organisms, including rice leaves and pitcher plants, scientists at The University...