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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...

Credit: Jonathan Parr Chapel Hill, NC – Hepatitis C virus is a curable infectious disease, but treatment remains unavailable in resource-limited settings like the Democratic...

IMAGE: This is Anat Galor, M.D., M.S.P.H., associate professor of clinical ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, and the lead author of a groundbreaking study,...

Dual discoveries at USC propose a promising method to regrow nonliving hard tissue, lessening or even eliminating pain associated with tooth decay, which the National...