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Athens, Ga. – First-time expectant mothers who do not plan to follow the recommended childhood immunization schedule differ in a number of ways from mothers...

The itchy, red welts that appear after being bitten by a mosquito may help any viruses the insect is carrying pass on to a new...

Credit: University of Alberta Dr. Lorne Babiuk, a world-renowned virologist, highly acclaimed for his international leadership in vaccine development and research in veterinary infectious disease...

Credit: Paola Nogueras PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 15, 2016) – Does eating good-tasting food make you gain weight? Despite the common perception that good-tasting food is unhealthy...

Credit: UC Regents 2017 The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — formerly known as "food stamps" — that helps low-income individuals and families purchase...

Credit: Karen Hardy Bits of wood recovered from a 1.2-million-year-old tooth found at an excavation site in northern Spain indicate that the ancient relatives of...

Credit: Salk Institute/Waitt Center LA JOLLA–(Sept. 14, 2017) Salk Institute scientists have discovered that an interaction between two key proteins helps regulate and maintain the...

Credit: Tommie Morelos / Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso EL PASO, Texas – A textbook guiding cardiologists on the latest treatments in...

IMAGE: Chlorhexidine-alcohol skin prep is superior to iodine-alcohol for preventing infection after C-section. Women undergo more cesarean sections each year in the United States than...

Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS — Communication between patients and clinicians that is patient-centered, taking into account patient concerns and preferences has important implications fo..

IMAGE: This is an image of fatty liver. Credit: CNIC Two proteins, p38 gamma and p38 delta, control the accumulation of fat in the liver,...

A large new study of twins has found that having a twin sibling diagnosed with cancer poses an excess risk for the other twin to...

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA — Researchers at Penn Medicine have discovered that a patient's awareness of a diagnosis of cognitive impairment may diminish their self-assessment...

Credit: Laboratory of Neural Systems at The Rockefeller University There's nothing quite like the rush of recognition that comes from seeing a familiar face. But...

Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan – Phantom limb pain is the pain experienced following loss of a limb, either from injury or amputation. This sensation...