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Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT – A research team led by Deborah Ellis, Ph.D., professor of family medicine and public health sciences in...

Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (Aug. 17, 2017) — Cedars-Sinai neuroscience investigators have found that Alzheimer's disease affects the retina — the back of the eye...

Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Some scientists call it the "final frontier" of our DNA — even though it lies at the...

Credit: Wolfgang Goymann Every year, billions of migratory birds make their way back to Europe from their wintering quarters. Since their energy reserves are not...

Credit: Dr Mark Shepherd, University of Kent Research co-led by bioscientists at the University of Kent provides a molecular explanation for how the bacterium behind...

DURHAM, N.C. — Fungal infections can be devastating to human health, killing approximately 150 people every hour, resulting in over a million deaths every year,...

Credit: ATS Oct. 18, 2017–E-cigarettes appear to trigger unique immune responses as well as the same ones that cigarettes trigger that can lead to lung...

IMAGE: Injured mouse spinal cord. Credit: UAB Spinal cord injuries cause severe functional disabilities in those who sustain them, including paraplegia or tetraplegia, depending on...

Credit: Flora Rissler Nagging by parents — and the ingenuity of the child. Research at the Sahlgrenska Academy shows that there are success factors when...

Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, Aug. 22, 2017–The rate at which people are being prescribed opioids to treat pain in Ontario has stabilized...

Credit: ATS Oct. 31, 2017–Blood biomarkers appear to be an early-warning signal for the accelerated loss of lung function and airway obstruction in firefighters who...

Credit: Courtesy of UNC's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. A program that focuses on strengthening parenting skills also improves symptoms of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Diso..

Credit: Photo by James McEntee JUPITER, FL – May 31, 2017 – Assistant Professor Seth Tomchik of the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute...

Credit: University of Pennsylvania Named for Friedrich Best, who characterized the disease in 1905, Best disease, also known as vitelliform macular dystrophy, affects children and...

Credit: University of British Columbia Access to gender-affirming surgery has improved in British Columbia over the past couple of years, but transgender people needing to...