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Credit: Children's National Health System Each year, thousands of infants in the United States end up in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) with acute kidney...

A team of scientists from WCS, University of York, and Uganda Wildlife Authority have developed a new method of detecting illegal activities in protected areas...

Credit: Drexel's Laboratory for Innovations in Health-Related Behavior Change Can a computer game train your brain to resist sweets? That's the question Drexel University researchers...

Credit: Universitat de Barcelona. A neutral genetic mutation–a fluke in the evolutionary process that had no apparent biological purpose–that appeared over 700 million years ago...

People with blood type O often get more severely ill from cholera than people of other blood types. New research from Washington University School of...

Credit: University of Alberta If you need a reason to become a dog lover, how about their ability to help protect kids from allergies and...

A small pilot study has indicated that neurofeedback – where patients concentrate on modifying their own brainwave patterns – has potential to treat many of...

Credit: Image by Yuri Nakamura, Hiroshima University. How do cells avoid growing topsy-turvy? Growing so your top, front, bottom and back all wind up on...

University of Pennsylvania engineers have developed a rapid, low-cost genetic test for the Zika virus. The $2 testing device, about the size of a soda...

Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS – Researchers from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute are developing and testing the nation's first...

Sophia Antipolis April 26,2017. The impact of overtraining on the heart is set to be discussed at Europe's leading cardiovascular magnetic resonance meeting, to be...

Credit: EDM International Despite efforts to retrofit power poles and to build new poles to avian-friendly standards, electrocution remains a substantial cause of death for...

Credit: Source: Mikhail Panteleev Platelets are small anucleated blood cells responsible for stopping bleeding. They detect blood vessel damage and agglutinate, creating aggregates and stopping...

Credit: The John Innes Centre Dr Diane Saunders an early career scientist at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in partnership with the Earlham Institute has...

Credit: CHEST GLENVIEW, IL, June 26, 2017 – Sepsis presents a major challenge for health care providers, especially in low-income countries where the mortality rate...