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It's estimated that nearly 30 percent of the 38.2 million people aged 65 or older in this country receive some form of caregiving, either for...

Two new studies of progressive, neurodegenerative diseases linked to defects in cells' mitochondria offer hope for developing a new biomarker for research and diagnostics, and...

Delirium is a medical term for "sudden confusion." It is an abrupt, rapid change in mental function and can cause a wide variety of shifts...

Credit: Image courtesy of Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that cancer cells appear to communicate to other cancer cells,...

Chicago...A study published in Molecular Cancer Research reveals that a tumor suppressor gene p16 is turned off by a histone mutation (H3.3K27M), which is found...

An old pharmaceutical product may be a new treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, according to new research presented today by University of Illinois at Chicago...

Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Children under age 3 who have or are at risk of a developmental disability are eligible for services...

When faced with a tempting choice, it can be hard to stop and think through the potential consequences, but new research suggests that framing the...

Your primary care provider (PCP) is usually your first medical contact when you're ill. Beyond taking care of you when you're sick, PCPs help coordinate...

Advance directives (ADs) are legal documents you can use to state in advance what medical treatments you do or do not wish to have under...

Credit: Steve Schar COLUMBIA, Mo. - As the summer months approach, most people turn to thoughts of sunshine, outdoor barbecues and destination trips. Yet travelers...

Credit: Paula Burch-Celentano/Tulane University Over the last decade, many drugs that have been pulled from the market due to toxicity were withdrawn because they affected...

How do we make decisions? Or rather, how do our neurons make decisions for us? Do individual neurons have a strong say or is the...

At least 100,000 military veterans who served in the 1990-1991 Gulf War were exposed to chemical weapons, released into the air after the United States...

Credit: Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Neuropsychology, Neuroscience and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) research at Kessler Foundation, and director of the Northern New Jersey Traumatic...