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Credit: Westmead Institute for Medical Research New research into Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) - also known as motor neuron disease - shows that specific immune...

Engineers at wastewater recycling plants can rest easy knowing that their methods for minimizing the formation of a potent carcinogen are targeting the right chemical...

CAMBRDIGE, MASS.--A team of researchers led by an MIT economist has found that medical expenses account for roughly 4 percent of bankruptcy filings among nonelderly...

Boston, MA-- Hypertension, abnormally high blood pressure, is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Many healthcare professionals still believe that incremental...

Credit: Loyola Medicine MAYWOOD, IL - Alcohol use early in the pregnancy by the mother may be a risk factor for a condition in which...

The face of American forests is changing, thanks to climate change-induced shifts in rainfall and temperature that are causing shifts in the abundance of numerous...

(PHILADELPHIA) - Until very recently, Parkinson's had been thought a disease that starts in the brain, destroying motion centers and resulting in the tremors and...

Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (March 21, 2018) - Surgeons of The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles completed a revolutionary gene...

A new generation of brain scanner, that can be worn like a helmet allowing patients to move naturally whilst being scanned, has been developed by...

Credit: Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital A radiologist's ability to make accurate diagnoses from high-quality diagnostic imaging studies dire..

Credit: Provided by Baycrest Health Sciences Patients who survive a brief cardiac arrest and who appear neurologically intact should nonetheless receive a detailed neuropsychological assessment...

Many patients are discharged from the hospital with pending tests. For example, a patient may be awaiting biopsy results for a mass that may turn...

Older adults often complain about forgetting, but Penn State psychologists suggest that another problem may be misremembering. In a study, the researchers found that as...

Credit: Melody Kroll, MU Division of Biological Sciences A team of University of Missouri neuroscientists are inching closer to developing the tools needed to decipher...

In the largest study of its kind, genetic changes causing neurodevelopmental disorders have been discovered by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators...