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Credit: Bryce Richter/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- In our guts, and in the guts of all animals, resides a robust ecosystem of microbes known as the...

Beneficiaries of Medicare who develop cancer and don't have supplemental health insurance incur out-of-pocket expenditures for their treatments averaging one-quarter of their income with some...

Credit: Jürgen Haacks, CAU Around five years ago, a team led by a physicist from Kiel University, Professor Robert Wimmer-Schweingruber, won the coveted tender for...

Most filters -- whether for water or a furnace -- eventually need to be removed or replaced to avoid complications. Blood clot filters, which are...

In a cross-domain study directed by professor Peter Carmeliet (VIB - KU Leuven), researchers discovered unexpected cells in the protective membranes that enclose the brain,...

Credit: Vionnie Yu Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have used a colorful, cell-labeling technique to track the development of the blood system and trace...

Credit: Courtesy Image Three UC Santa Barbara faculty members have been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for 2016. Biologist...

Credit: Shawn Rocco/ Duke Health Although both group and individual therapy can ease post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in active-duty military service members, individual therapy...

Which Medicare beneficiaries shoulder the highest out-of-pocket costs after a cancer diagnosis? The answer is those beneficiaries without supplemental insurance, according to a new article...

Individual sessions of cognitive processing therapy (CPT) - a trauma-focused treatment that teaches patients more balanced thinking about traumatic events - were better at reducing...

A decision aid that consisted of a video that describes the risks and benefits of total knee replacement surgery significantly increased the rate of this...

Depression commonly occurs in patients with mild cognitive impairment and a new review of the medical literature suggests an overall pooled prevalence of 32 percent,...

In a study published online by JAMA Ophthalmology, Malvina Eydelman, M.D., of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Md., and colleagues examined the...

(WASHINGTON, November 23, 2016) - The American Society of Hematology (ASH) today announced the recipients of its 2017 Scholar Awards. One of ASH's most prestigious...

Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Home-based telemental health for depression is well received by patients and delivers as good a quality of life as...