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Credit: UBC Okanagan Is it any wonder that most happiness idioms are associated with nature? Happy as a pig in muck, happy as a clam,...

Credit: IST Austria Antibiotics harm bacteria and stress them. Trimethoprim (TMP), an antibiotic, inhibits the growth of the bacterium Escherichia coli and induces a stress...

Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In experiments with mice that have a rodent form of Marfan syndrome, Johns Hopkins researchers report that even modestly increasing stress...

Credit: Made by CIMA researchers An international multicenter study has identified a molecule that will open the door to personalized treatment for heart failure. The...

Credit: Florida Atlantic University More than 20 million Americans have gained health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and do not have to...

Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute Combining risk scores helps clinicians better identify atrial fibrillation patients who face increased risks of developing dementia, researchers h..

Credit: Prasad Abnave A new study carried out by the University of Oxford has used flat worms to look at the role of migrating stem...

The Griffith University study investigated parasite interactions in wild birds and found they are a crucial indicator of malaria infection risk. The study Co-infections and...

Chicago, Jan. 12, 2016 – Patients between the ages of 40 and 70 who undergo aortic valve replacement (AVR) may fare better with tissue-based valves...

Credit: Imaging CoE Monash University (Australia) and Cardiff University (UK) researchers have come a step further in understanding how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) evades...

Credit: University of Warwick Children sleep more poorly if their mothers suffer from insomnia symptoms – potentially affecting their mental wellbeing and development – according...

Credit: KTU Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) laboratories often serve as birthplaces of unique products, such as antimicrobial silicone invented by a KTU PhD student...

Credit: Image credit: Tannis Thorlakson When grocery stores tout sustainable products, consumers may take their claims at face value. Yet few studies have analyzed whether...

AMHERST, Mass. – A new analysis of maternal mortality worldwide conducted by the United Nations inter-agency group on maternal mortality estimation, with lead statistician Leontine...

IMAGE: In a small clinical trial, the drug topiramate reduced the amount marijuana users smoked (solid line) compared to placebo (dotted line). Both groups received...