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Chen Zhongwei, the retired Director of Oral Health at Guangdong General Hospital in China, was attacked this spring and killed by a patient whom he...

Credit: Houston Methodist A new study shows that a 70-year-old malaria drug can block immune cells in the liver so nanoparticles can arrive at their...

Credit: Credit: A. Smitthimedhin, et al, Clinical Imaging. Infants born preterm have significantly lower nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal volumes, compared with newborn peers carried to full...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 15, 2017- Novel therapeutic approaches and advances in the treatment of uveitis, a sight-threatening inflammation...

Credit: University of Warwick School bullies and their victims are more obsessed with weight-loss than anyone else, says new research by the University of Warwick....

Credit: IOF Today, on the occasion of World Osteoporosis Day, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has issued the first edition of a comprehensive and scientifically...

Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University An innovative "Smart Scar-Care" pad which serves the dual functions of reinforcing pressure and occlusion has been designed by...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two studies – one in mice and the other in human subjects – offer the first...

Credit: UNC Lineberger CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina–The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has awarded UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center's Ronald C. Chen, MD, MPH, a...

Credit: Nova Southeastern University FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), sometimes referred to as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), a mysterious, debilitating and misunderstoo..

Credit: David Orenstein ROVIDENCE, R.I. — Researchers intent on understanding how too little sleep can undermine health have long suspected a relationship between short sleep...

Credit: Image courtesy Ian Wood, Indiana University It's often wryly observed that birth rates peak in September, with many studies citing seasonal changes in human...

Credit: Photo by Nsa Dada One of the most common insecticides used in the battle against the Aedes aegypti mosquito has no measurable impact when...

Credit: University of Utah Mindfulness training and hypnotic suggestion significantly reduced acute pain experienced by hospital patients, according to a new study published in the...

Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. – Since 1990, the divorce rate among adults 50 years and older has doubled. This trend, along with longer...