Many conclusions drawn from a common approach to the study of human genetics could be distorted because of a previously overlooked phenomenon, according to researchers...
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers investigating a key signaling protein in Huntington's disease describe deleterious effects on heart function, going beyond the disea..
Credit: Bill Hopkins Most of us know that our biological sex is decided by the pairing of X and Y chromosomes during conception. However, for...
Credit: UVA Health System A special recovery program for thoracic surgery patients developed and implemented at the University of Virginia Health System is getting patients...
Credit: Renee Meiller/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- For athletes and weekend warriors alike, returning from a tendon injury too soon often ensures a trip right back...
Bottom Line: Taking aspirin plus an anti-clotting medication for one year after heart bypass surgery resulted in less narrowing of the vein used to bypass...
Bottom Line: A home-based exercise program that consisted of a wearable activity monitor and telephone coaching to promote walking by patients with peripheral artery disease...
Credit: Roland S. Zimmermann WASHINGTON, D.C., April 24, 2018 -- Cardiac arrhythmia results when the usual symphony of electric pulses that keep the heart's muscles...
Each of us carries in our genomes about 10 million genetic variations called single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which represent a difference of just one letter...
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Unnecessary emergency department visits and hospitalizations are debilitating for patients with cancer and far too common - and costly -...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - April 24, 2018 - People who are 30 pounds or more overweight may want to slim down a bit even if they...
Credit: Ed Uthman Cell, the most prestigious international journal in the field of biology, is today publishing a set of three papers on renal cancer....
ANN ARBOR -- While some research suggests that midlife is a dissatisfying time for women, other studies show that women report feeling less stressed and...
(IOS Press) Researchers from the Lisbon School of Medicine, University of Lisbon found that, in some mild cognitive impairment patients, real neuropsychological stability over a...
Credit: Paul Tar A machine learning approach for assessing images of the craters and dunes of Mars, which was developed at The University of Manchester,...
