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Mesothelioma Victims Center now offers guidance for former power plant workers with mesothelioma The Mesothelioma Victims Center is now making the best possible compensation a reality for former power plant workers who...

3 Quick And Easy Ways To Prevent Running Injuries By Jason Fitzgerald, founder of Strength Running, for Life by DailyBurn We get it. You want to get better at your...

A Test For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

By Nathan Collins Chronic Fatigue Syndrome affects one million Americans, according to recent estimates. Yet thereâ€™s...

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FREETOWN (Reuters) â€“ Sierra Leoneâ€™s Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana said on Saturday that he had...

To coincide with Rare Disease DayÂ® 2015, the Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers (CEGIR) today...

ASL Services selected as finalist in Bright House Networks Regional Business Awards

WuXi applauds TaiMed for receiving FDA breakthrough therapy designation for ibalizumab

ASL Services Inc., announced today that it has been named a finalist in the first annual Bright House Networks Regional Business...

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Culture conditions in which stem cells are grown can affect genetic stability

The Science Behind Anti-Depressants May Be Completely â€˜Backwardsâ€™

The therapeutic promise of human stem cells is indisputably huge, but the process of translating their potential into effective,...

Anti-depressants are the most commonlyprescribed medication in the U.S., with one in 10 Americans currently taking...

Wesleyan Struggles To Deal With Student Drug Use

How To Beat A Bad Mood

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) â€” As drug overdoses left two Wesleyan students fighting for their lives, witnesses...

How Our Social Connections Can Help Relieve Our Worries For 30 days, GPS for the Soul and meQuilibrium are providing you tips on how to live a healthier, happier and stress-free...

By Jancee Dunn Sigh if this has happened to you: Youâ€™re heading out the door, feeling reasonably upbeat...

Improve Sleep to Improve Health Now that we are well into 2015, many people are struggling to keep their New Yearâ€™s resolutions to improve...

Six-day old newborn survives rare heart surgery

Herbalife cuts pay of CEO Johnson 36 percent after missed targets

February 28, 2015, 8:06 AM|Baby Oliver may be the youngest heart transplant recipient ever. He was born seven weeks premature...

BOSTON (Reuters) â€“ Herbalife Ltd cut the pay of Chief Executive Michael Johnson 36 percent for 2014 after...

Physicians urge households to add â€˜clean my medicine cabinetâ€™ to

Study: African Americans who moved from the South during Great Migration

ORNL cell-free protein synthesis is potential lifesaver NASA looks at deadly weather over the US Reptile fossils offer clues about elevation history of Andes Mountains Gene-editing technique heals mice with muscular dystrophy Mysterious Syndrome Can Cause People to Become â€˜Drunkâ€™ Without Drinking Tales From the Emergency Room on New Yearâ€™s Eve Imprisoned Saudi bloggerâ€™s health deteriorating, wife says Family Celebrates What Could Be Child???s Last Holiday as She Battles Rare Brain Tumor Court blocks Utah governor from stopping Planned Parenthood funds Worldâ€™s first soft-robotic surgery on a human body Worldâ€™s first soft-robotic surgery on a human body How To Stick To Your New Years Resolution, Really This Time I Had to Give My Brother Permission to Die 20 Years Ago on New Yearâ€™s Eve 7 Reasons Why You Need to Create a Vision Board in 2016 New Year 2016: How Consumers Will Rock Health Care Achieve Your New Yearâ€™s Resolutions by Asking Yourself This One Question First state raises smoking age to 21 Could helmet-free football practice prevent concussions? Transition metal catalyst prompts â€˜conjunctiveâ€™ cross-coupling reaction New genes born by accident lead to evolutionary innovation The billion dollar game of strategy: The effect of farmersâ€™ decisions on pest control Genetically correcting a muscle disorder New technique offers strong, flawless 3-D printed ceramics A fatherâ€™s diet affects the RNA of his sperm, mouse study shows Vestas Wind books highest order intake since 2010 Anesthesiologists like blues, surgeons prefer top 40 hits Smokers more likely to get antibiotics prescriptions than others How to do a â€˜mental resetâ€™ for 2016 2-year-old husky gets new set of prosthetic paws Creating safer polio vaccine strains for the posteradication era Areas of increased poverty associated with higher rates of Ebola transmission Gene-editing technique successfully stops progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy CRISPR treats genetic disorder in adult mammal Painkillers often gateway to heroin for US teens: survey What Your Favorite Music Artists Say About Your Sex Life Men and Women in Long-Term Relationships Reveal How They Keep Their Sex Lives Hot The 4 Moves You Need in Order to Own the Weight Room in 2016 Exercise Habits of Ultra-Successful People 7 Ways to Set Better Goals Daily Meditation: Set An Intention

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After marijuana and alcohol, the most commonly abused drugs by those over the age of 14 are prescription and over-the-counter...

Millions of African Americans moved from the South in the early 20th century to seek better job opportunities and higher...

ACHA reports that nearly 2 million adults living with CHD in the U.S.

Medicare Part D, adherence can help save patients with high cholesterol

At one time, many children born with congenital heart disease (CHD) suffered from issues that carried fatal prognoses. Thanks...

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Final agenda for upcoming HxRefactored Conference announced

Pharmacyclics completes toxicology studies of BTK inhibitor in RA

Health 2.0 and Mad*Pow announce the final agenda for the upcoming HxRefactored Conference, April 1-2 in Boston, Massachusetts....

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Researchers Examine The Ways Of Southern Coyotes

Why I Thought My Eating Disorder Was The Answer

The number of coyotes in the Deep South is growing, but biologists know relatively little about their habits across the...

As a woman who threw up for more than four decades to control my weight, even as I needed the comfort and â€œcureâ€...

New study findings may help prevent peanut allergies

China says to implement drug distribution reforms

February 28, 2015, 8:30 AM|Keeping young kids away from peanuts might be the wrong thing to do. Dr. Holly Phillips and Dr....

BEIJING (Reuters) â€“ China said on Saturday it would implement drug distribution reforms including centralization...

Singaporeâ€™s Lee Kuan Yew remains in intensive care, health improves slightly

Study could help boost suicide prevention efforts in the U.S.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) â€“ Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporeâ€™s first prime minister, remains in intensive care after...

Bioethics Commission makes recommendations on preparedness for public health emergencies Today the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) reported that the federal government...

A study that could help to bolster suicide prevention efforts has examined the prevalence of suicidal ideation and suicide...

Association for Gerontology in Higher Education announces new awardees The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) â€” the educational branch of The Gerontological Society...

Routledge Journalsâ€™ new special issue focuses on CFS, ME/CFS and ME research

Insurance status linked to patient safety, quality of care for patients with brain tumors

A Special Issue from the Journal of Prevention Intervention in the Community Routledge Journals is pleased to announce a...

Patients that are on Medicaid or uninsured have higher rates of reportable patient safety and quality of care issues during...

CLL patients discontinue ibrutinib drug due to disease progression during clinical trials

Clinical associations between gout and multiple sclerosis, Parkinsonâ€™s disease and motor neuron disease: record-linkage studies

About 10 percent of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) discontinued therapy with the Bruton tyrosine kinase...

SCNVSim: somatic copy number variation and structure variation simulator 1 Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute,...

1 Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and Medical Research Council...

Association between acculturation, obesity and cardiovascular risk factors among male South Asian migrants in the United Arab Emirates â€“ a crosssectional study 1 Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United...

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advancements in treatment, fewer people die of heart disease than in the...

Saitama Medical Center Japan, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1981 Kamoda, Kawagoe...

Governor Tom Wolf announces new initiative to improve care for seniors in Pennsylvania

Today, Governor Tom Wolf unveiled a package of legislative and budgetary actions to provide choice and protections for seniors...

PHA, MBUSA and five Letâ€™s Move! Active Schools partners commit to improve health of youth

Today at its fourth annual Building a Healthier Future Summit, the Partnership for a Healthier America announced that its...

Novel financing technique may unlock funding for developing â€˜orphanâ€™ drugs to treat rare diseases

A paper published today, â€œFinancing translation: Analysis of the NCATS rare-diseases portfolioâ€ in Science Translational...

Honourable Alice Wong highlights governmentâ€™s work to tackle issues facing seniors in Canada

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Rythmia Life Advancement Center opens new addiction rehabilitation facility in Costa Rica

Rythmia Life Advancement Center (RLAC) today announced the launch of its new addiction rehabilitation facility in Costa Rica...

CSL Behring donates protein therapies to World Federation of Hemophilia

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Can You Dig It? More Evidence Suggests Humans From The Ice Age

i Students Patrick Rohrer, Sarah Warthen, Alix Piven and Lauren Urane are led by Mercyhurst University Archeologist...

GraphSAW: A web-based system for graphical analysis of drug interactions and side effects using pharmaceutical and molecular data

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2015, 15:15Â doi:10.1186/s12911-015-0139-5 Tobias Hoppe, Benjamin Kormeier,...

MetCap: a bioinformatics probe design pipeline for large-scale targeted metagenomics

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Multimodality cardiac imaging of a left ventricular thrombus: a case report

1 Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface Research Centre, University...

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Departmetnt of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University of Medicine,...

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Researchers outline personalized surgical approach to ovarian cancer

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Majority of ACS NSQIP hospitals improve surgical outcomes over time The majority of hospitals participating in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Project...

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New pharmacological compounds block nerve cell damage in mouse models of MS A newly characterized group of pharmacological compounds block both the inflammation and nerve cell damage seen in mouse...

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A surgical algorithm developed and implemented by ovarian cancer specialists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer...

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New technology could help researchers advance blood biomarker capabilities for TBI New technology being introduced at NYU Langone Medical Center could help researchers advance blood biomarker capabilities...

Why Some Guys Send Unsolicited D*ck Pics In the decade since I first acquired a camera phone, I have sent exactly two pictures of my penis to other people. The...

Africa, from a CATS point of view From Saharan dust storms to icy clouds to smoke on the opposite side of the continent, the first image from NASAâ€™s...

Covalon reports financial results for first quarter 2014 / no comments Covalon Technologies Ltd.

MUMBAI (Reuters) â€“ A U.S. federal judge has denied Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltdâ€™s...

Steep Hill plans to open laboratory for testing quality of medical cannabis

Two cancer centres partner to advance personalized therapies against cancer

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Researchers successfully convert adult human skin cells into neurons that control appetite

Drosophila Research Conference to highlight recent advances in genetics research

Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate...

Over 1,500 scientists from 30 countries and 46 states will attend next weekâ€™s 56th Annual Drosophila Research Conference...

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New strategy may ensure safety of adult epidermal stem cells before performing treatments / no comments EMBO

Childrenâ€™s active commuting to school: an interplay of self-efficacy, social economic disadvantage, and environmental characteristics 1 Silver School of Social Work, New York University, 20 Cooper Square, Room...

Identification of gene co-expression clusters in liver tissues from multiple porcine populations with high and low backfat androstenone phenotype

Rotigotine transdermal system as addon to oral dopamine agonist in advanced Parkinsonâ€™s disease: an open-label study

1 Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Alle, Bonn 53115,...

1 Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul...

Complementary medical health services: a cross sectional descriptive analysis of a Canadian naturopathic teaching clinic

Distribution and pathological features of pancreatic, ampullary, biliary and duodenal cancers resected with pancreaticoduodenectomy

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015, 15:37Â doi:10.1186/s12906-015-0550-6 Deborah A Kennedy, Bob Bernhardt,...

1 HPB Surgery Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide 5000,...

Doctors should take lead in push to curb climate change: experts

New filter could advance terahertz data transmission

By Kyle Plantz LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Doctors should take the lead in supporting...

IMAGE:Â University of Utah electrical and computer engineering professor Ajay Nahata, left, and U graduate student Andrew...

CWRU researchers bring clean energy a step closer

Finding psychological insights through social media

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Social media has opened up a new digital world for psychology research. Four researchers will be discussing new methods of...

Can money buy happiness?: The relationship between money and wellbeing

Cardiac and respiratory function supported by abdominal muscles in muscular dystrophy

Researchers are investigating new directions in the science of spending. Four presentations during the symposium â€œHappy...

Amsterdam, NL, February, 26. 2015 â€“ The muscular dystrophies are known to target various muscle groups differentially....

The numbers are in: 1.8 millions Australian smokers likely to die from their habit

U.S. border officials seize record 15 tons of pot at California border

The research, published today in the international journal BMC Medicine, is an important reminder about the extreme hazards...

Researchers find chemotherapy after bladder cancer surgery improved survival Patients that received chemotherapy after bladder cancer surgery demonstrated an approximately 30% lower risk of death than...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) â€“ U.S. customs officers at a California border crossing seized more than 15 tons of...

UN says limit use of personal audio players to 1 hour a day (Update) (AP)â€”People who use personal audio players should consider limiting their use to one hour a day and turn down the...

How to Look Sexy Without Showing Any Cleavage

Cheesy, Delicious Eggplant Parmesan for Just 350 Calories

Cleavage: Itâ€™s one of those things that is so often associated with femininity and sex appeal. But what if youâ€™re...

Each month, your favorite dishes get a healthy and delectable do-over with tips from Keri Glassman, R.D. This version...

10 Strange Things You Get Addicted to After Starting a Healthy Lifestyle

DNase I hypersensitivity analysis of the mouse brain and retina identifies region-specific regulatory elements

File this one under obvious: A new study published in the journal PLOS One found that highlyprocessed foods including...

Epigenetics Chromatin 2015, 8:8Â doi:10.1186/1756-8935-8-8 Published: 28 February 2015

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Effectiveness of intensive healthcare waste management training model among health professionals at teaching hospitals of Pakistan: a quasiexperimental study 1 Fellow at College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University Thailand,...

PBK/TOPK mediates geranylgeranylation signaling for breast cancer cell proliferation 1 School of Medical Sciences and Laboratory Medicine, Jiangsu University, 301...

7 Ways to Permanently Banish Belly Fat Sixty-nine percent of Americans adults are overweight, and over 35 percent are obese. Obesity increases your risk...

Breakthrough in understanding how cancer cells metastasize This news release is available in French. A protein commonly found in human cells could be an important switch that...

Calling the shots: The brainâ€™s decision-making structure IMAGE:Â Neurons in the dorsolateral, dorsomedial and ventral striatum were activated during different phases of the...

Activation of ?-opioid receptor by U50,488H improves vascular dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats BMC Endocrine Disorders 2015, 15:7Â doi:10.1186/s12902-015-0004-7 Xuan Zhou and Dongjuan Wang contributed equally to this...

5 Ways for Moms to Practice Forgiveness One of the themes Iâ€™ve been noticing coming up for my clients and friends this week is this idea of forgiveness...

If We Are What We Eat, Then We Are Becoming Coffee Cups KFC After youâ€™ve swilled down that last gulp of coffee, make sure youâ€™ve saved room to start munching...

A study relates the level of pollutants accumulated in the body with obesity levels IMAGE:Â This is the research team at the University of Granada. view more Credit: UGRdivulga A team of...

Disneyâ€™s computer-assisted authoring tools help to create complex interactive narratives Visitors to interactive virtual worlds want the ability to significantly affect the outcome of a story, but authoring these...

Untangling DNA with a droplet of water, a pipet and a polymer

Feast-and-famine diet could extend life, study shows

Researchers have long sought an efficient way to untangle DNA in order to study its structure â€“ neatly unraveled and...

Think of it as interval training for the dinner table. University of Florida Health researchers have found that putting people...

Reaction to death of â€˜Star Trekâ€™ actor Leonard Nimoy

Champions For Change: Meet The Champions â€” Part 2

(Reuters) â€“ Leonard Nimoy, best known for his portrayal of logic-bound Mr. Spock in the â€œStar Trekâ€...

Champions for Change (C4C) is pleased to continue our â€˜Meet the Championsâ€™ Series. This bi-monthly...

Personality and place: New insights on person-environment links

Native American tribes converge to discuss pot legalization

Psychological traits, such as personality and wellbeing, are spatially and regionally clustered within cities, states,...

(AP)â€”Tribal representatives from around the country are converging in Washington state to discuss the risks and rewards...

Personality and place: New insights on person-environment links

Enhancing studies on a possible blood biomarker for traumatic brain injury

Psychological traits, such as personality and wellbeing, are spatially and regionally clustered within cities, states,...

New technology being introduced at NYU Langone Medical Center could help researchers advance blood biomarker capabilities...

Enhancing studies on a possible blood biomarker for traumatic brain injury

Intimate partners with low self-esteem stay in unhappy relationships

New technology being introduced at NYU Langone Medical Center could help researchers advance blood biomarker capabilities...

People with low self-esteem are more likely stay in unhappy relationships, suggests new research from the University of...

Intimate partners with low self-esteem stay in unhappy relationships

Commuter with measles also dined at Bay Area restaurant

People with low self-esteem are more likely stay in unhappy relationships, suggests new research

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Commuter with measles also dined at Bay Area restaurant

Perceived cost affects placebo response in Parkinsonâ€™s disease

(AP)â€”Officials say the commuter who may have exposed at least 1,500 Bay Area Rapid Transit riders to measles also...

By Eleanor McDermid, Senior medwireNews Reporter Patients with Parkinsonâ€™s disease (PD) may gain a greater benefit...

Perceived cost affects placebo response in Parkinsonâ€™s disease

ADHD linked to premature death risk

By Eleanor McDermid, Senior medwireNews Reporter Patients with Parkinsonâ€™s disease (PD) may gain a greater benefit...

ADHD linked to premature death risk By Eleanor McDermid, Senior medwireNews Reporter Patients with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a significantly...

By Eleanor McDermid, Senior medwireNews Reporter Patients with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a significantly...

At-risk individuals show possible treatment targets for bipolar disorder By Lucy Piper, Senior medwireNews Reporter Depressive, anxiety and behavioural disorders may be important preceding clinical...

At-risk individuals show possible treatment targets for bipolar disorder

OASIS reliably detects outpatient anxiety change

By Lucy Piper, Senior medwireNews Reporter Depressive, anxiety and behavioural disorders may be important preceding clinical...

By Lynda Williams, Senior medwireNews Reporter Study findings support the use of the Overall Anxiety Severity And Impairment...

Maladaptive avoidance processes distinguish chronic from episodic depression

By Lucy Piper, Senior medwireNews Reporter Patients with chronic depression can be differentiated from those with episodic...

Take A Moment To Admire The Buildings You Pass By Each Day, But Rarely Truly See

You work in them. You live in them. You pass by them everyday. They stretch above us like forest canopies made of...

How An Eating Disorder Changes The Brain

The long-term consequences of an eating disorder are more than skin deep. In a HuffPost Live conversation, psychiatrist...

Behavioral Science May Prove to Be Our Most Important Science

Science has changed our world. We take for granted the impact of the physical and biological sciences on our world,...

Increasing Our Ability to Cope With Stress Can Make Us Healthier, Part 4: Early Life Events That Increase the Response of the Brain to Stress

Habit Stacking: How to Build New Habits by Taking Advantage of Old Ones

This is blog four of the series to educate you about stress and to help you increase your ability to cope with stress....

In 2007, researchers at Oxford University started peering into the brains of newborn babies. What they found was...

Habit Stacking: How to Build New Habits by Taking Advantage of Old Ones

Three leprosy cases confirmed in Florida

In 2007, researchers at Oxford University started peering into the brains of newborn babies. What they found was...

Health officials in Florida report that in the last five months, three people in Volusia County have been diagnosed with...

Three leprosy cases confirmed in Florida

Coloring in cola linked to potentially higher risk for cancer

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Health officials in Florida report that in the last five months, three people in Volusia County have been diagnosed with...

Itâ€™s well established that regularly consuming soft drinks â€” even low-calorie ones â€” is a proven fast...

Coloring in cola linked to potentially higher risk for cancer

New compounds protect nervous system from the structural damage of MS

Itâ€™s well established that regularly consuming soft drinks â€” even low-calorie ones â€” is a proven fast...

A newly characterized group of pharmacological compounds block both the inflammation and nerve cell damage seen in mouse...

New compounds protect nervous system from the structural damage of MS

Hospitals participating in ACS NSQIP significantly improve surgical outcomes over time

A newly characterized group of pharmacological compounds block both the inflammation and nerve cell damage seen in mouse...

CHICAGO (February 27, 2015 â€“ 10 am CT): The majority of hospitals participating in the American College of Surgeons...

For patients with brain tumors, insurance status linked to differences in patient safety and quality of care

February 27, 2015 â€“ Patients that are on Medicaid or uninsured have higher rates of reportable patient safety and...

The Curiosity robot confirms methane in Marsâ€™ atmosphere which may hint that existed life

IMAGE:Â The Curiosity robot has detected the changes of methane on the surface of the red planet (Photo: NASA). ...

The sun has more impact on the climate in cool periods

The activity of the Sun is an important factor in the complex interaction that controls our climate. New research now shows...

Modern logging techniques benefit rainforest wildlife

New research has highlighted the value of a modern logging technique for maintaining biodiversity in tropical forests that...

New Leprosy Cases Hit Florida

Canada tells vets without limbs to prove it

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OTTAWA (Reuters) â€“ Canadian veterans who are missing limbs will have to prove it every three years to qualify...

Canada tells vets without limbs to prove it

Doctors with bad news seen as less compassionate

OTTAWA (Reuters) â€“ Canadian veterans who are missing limbs will have to prove it every three years to qualify...

By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters) â€“ Regardless of how they frame the discussion, doctors who deliver...

Doctors with bad news seen as less compassionate

China imposes trade restrictions on Canadian beef

By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters) â€“ Regardless of how they frame the discussion, doctors who deliver...

OTTAWA (Reuters) â€“ China has imposed temporary trade restrictions on Canadian beef and beef products in the...

China imposes trade restrictions on Canadian beef

Oracle sues Oregon officials in healthcare website dispute

OTTAWA (Reuters) â€“ China has imposed temporary trade restrictions on Canadian beef and beef products in the...

By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) â€“ Oracle America Inc, the software giant in charge...

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Oracle sues Oregon officials in healthcare website dispute

Younger men more bothered after prostate cancer treatment

By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) â€“ Oracle America Inc, the software giant in charge...

By Shereen Lehman After treatment for localized prostate cancer, changes in quality of life will vary...

Younger men more bothered after prostate cancer treatment

Trapping the Ebola virus in transit

By Shereen Lehman After treatment for localized prostate cancer, changes in quality of life will vary...

The deadly Ebola virus makes use of host mechanisms â€“ including a specific type of membrane-bound calcium channel...

Video: What makes carbon monoxide so deadly?

Saudi reports 10 MERS deaths in a week

Itâ€™s colorless, odorless and can be deadly. Carbon monoxide is no joke, especially in the winter when people will...

Ten more people in Saudi Arabia have died from MERS over the past week, health ministry figures showed on Friday, after...

New app helps monitor depression

A new tool provides maps of protein interactions for 2,800 diseases

Scientists from the University of Birmingham have developed an app that can measure the activity patterns of patients with...

Today in the journal Nature Methods, the laboratory headed by ICREA researcher Patrick Aloy, at the Institute for Research...

Would You Be Pissed If You Didnâ€™t Get a Diamond Engagement Ring?

A Neuroscientist Weighs In: Why Do We Disagree On The Color Of The Dress?

When my now-husband, Chris, and I decided to get engaged, he was making peanuts as a line cook at a busy New York City...

Robert Siegel speaks with Dr. Bevil Conway, a neuroscientist at Wellesley College, about the dress that has the whole Internet...

Why Companies Are Paying More Attention To Employee Well-Being In 2015

Goodbye, Vertigo

From the advent of the treadmill desk to the installation of ball pits for break time, companies around the world...

It was 4:00 a.m., I turned in my sleep, when the ceiling hit the floor and the room began to spin. Yow! As if my...

Spice Up Nutrition Month With the Peruvian Superfoods Diet

21 Glorious Vintage Photos Of Kids Having Fun Before The Internet

March is National Nutrition Month, making for the perfect moment to check in with your eating. Believe it or not,...

Life before Snapchat and Candy Crush was clearly really boring. As this collection of vintage photos spanning from...

Overwhelmed By Your Life? Perhaps It Is Time to Simplify

Researchers detail reasons for ibrutinib therapy discontinuation in CLL

If you had millions of dollars, what would you do? Buy an expensive house and car? How about a used van and park...

COLUMBUS, Ohio â€” About 10 percent of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) discontinued therapy with the...

First detailed microscopy evidence of bacteria at the lower size limit of life

Crohnâ€™s disease not exempt from racial disparities

Scientists have captured the first detailed microscopy images of ultra-small bacteria that are believed to be about as small...

A study published recently in the IBD Journal found significant differences in hospital readmissions, medication usage, and...

NASAâ€™s Terra satellite sees Tropical Cyclone Glenda stretching out

Research of plain wren duets could help further understand fundamentals of conversation

NASAâ€™s Terra satellite revealed that Tropical Cyclone Glenda was being stretched out by wind shear on Feb. 27. When...

AUDIO:Â This is an audio recording of a duet of the plain wrens of Costa Rice. view more Credit: Karla D. Rivera-CÃ ceres,...

Life â€˜not as we know itâ€™ possible on Saturnâ€™s moon Titan

1.1 Billion Young People at Risk of Losing Their Hearing, WHO Says

ITHACA, N.Y. â€“ A new type of methane-based, oxygen-free life form that can metabolize and reproduce similar to life...

This just in from the World Health Organization: Your mother was right all along. About 1.1 billion people are at risk...

Colorado sold 17 tons of retail marijuana in first legal year

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By Daniel Wallis DENVER (Reuters) â€“ Consumers in Colorado bought more than 17 tons of recreational...

By Anahi Rama and Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) â€“ Mexico captured its most wanted drug...

UN says limit use of personal audio players to 1 hour a day

Are Black Americans the Most Religious â€” and Virtuous â€” of All?

BERLIN (AP) â€” People who use personal audio players should consider limiting their use to one hour a day...

In a nation where rising numbers of people are dropping out of organized religion, one dynamic religious movement...

When a Cold Isnâ€™t Just a Cold

3 infected with measles at Las Vegas seafood restaurant

The cough started just below my throat, at the top of my chest, late in the day. It hurt. By night, my throat started...

Three new cases of measles have been confirmed in Las Vegas, in people believed infected by a contagious worker at an upscale...

US, Liberia kick off trial of Ebola drug ZMapp

Novartis treatment for vision loss meets goals in study

Â (Reuters) U.S. and Liberian researchers have started a clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of Mapp Biopharmaceutical...

ZURICH (Reuters) â€“ Swiss drugmaker Novartis said on Friday its treatment for a leading cause of age-related blindness...

Economic downturn linked to uptick in suicide rates among adults

Scientists discover robust evidence that chronic fatigue syndrome is a biological illness

Suicide rates among middle-aged Americans have climbed by nearly 40 percent since 1999, and a study published Friday in...

Researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia Universityâ€™s Mailman School of Public Health identified...

New algorithm increases surgical success with advanced ovarian cancer

Mystery of the reverse-wired eyeball solved

A surgical algorithm developed and implemented by ovarian cancer specialists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer...

From a practical standpoint, the wiring of the human eye â€“ a product of our evolutionary baggage â€“ doesnâ€™t...

New breast cancer test links immune â€˜hotspotsâ€™ to better survival

Itâ€™s time to fix our outdated guidelines for human vaccine trials

Scientists have developed a new test which can predict the survival chances of women with breast cancer by analysing images...

Recently, Phase II and III trials of two vaccines for Ebola started in West Africa. The development of possible vaccines...

Ninety percent of patients at risk of CHD fail to receive statins

TxCell invited to speak at largest US meeting for investors in emerging growth companies

Study of two million patients paints bleak picture of current prescription patterns. New research has revealed that 90% of...

NICE recommends Olympus medicalâ€™s transurethral resection in saline (TURis) system as the new gold standard for transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) NHS savings could equate to millions of pounds per year, whilst reducing risks leading to better patient outcomes. New guidance...

6 Months Into My Anorexia Recovery, I Finally Smashed My Scale By Annie Zomaya On the 18th of this month, I will be a solid six months into recovery from anorexia nervosa. That...

How to Meditate While Walking Thus far weâ€™ve learned how to perform Son Buddhist meditation in several common physical positions (â€œHow...

TxCell SA (FR0010127662 â€“ TXCL), a biotechnology company developing innovative, cost-effective, personalized T cell...

NIAID partners with Liberian government to test ZMapp drug for Ebola virus disease In partnership with the Liberian government, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) today launched...

6 Eating Disorder Myths Debunked How much do you actually know about eating disorders? For National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, weâ€™ve...

Work Smarter, Not Harder by Breaking Your Counterproductive Bad Habits Thereâ€™s a lot to be said for focusing on your strengths. After all, those things you do well set you apart...

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Child Poverty Would Be Almost Twice As High If Safety Net Programs Didnâ€™t Exist: Report Child poverty in the U.S. would be significantly worse if government assistance programs werenâ€™t in place,...

Reviving drugs with anti-stroke potential, minus side effects In the 1990s, neuroscientists identified a class of drugs that showed promise in the area of stroke. NMDA receptor antagonists...

Mount Sinai researchers find chemotherapy after bladder cancer surgery improved survival

Study examines physician-industry conflict of interest issue from MS patient perspective

Patients that received chemotherapy after bladder cancer surgery demonstrated an approximately 30% lower risk of death than...

If youâ€™re one of the nearly half a million Americans living with multiple sclerosis (MS) â€“ a slowly disabling...

Local media have positive slant toward local businesses, Rice University expert finds

Cryptochrome protein helps birds navigate via magnetic field

HOUSTON â€“ (Feb. 27, 2015) â€“ When local news media report about hometown companies, they use fewer negative...

Each year, the Arctic Tern travels over 40,000 miles, migrating nearly from pole to pole and back again. Other birds make...

Zombie outbreak? Statistical mechanics reveal the ideal hideout

Blood biomarkers found for chronic fatigue syndrome

A team of Cornell University researchers focusing on a fictional zombie outbreak as an approach to disease modeling suggests...

Washington (AFP) â€“ Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease with distinct stages that can be identified through...

Three infected with measles at Las Vegas seafood restaurant

One billion young at risk of hearing loss from loud music: WHO

By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) â€“ Three new cases of measles have been confirmed in Las Vegas, in...

Geneva (AFP) â€“ More than one billion young people risk damaging their hearing through listening to loud music,...

Study on biology of chronic fatigue illness stirs debate

Women athletes have more concussions than men, new study shows

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) â€“ A team of scientists said on Friday they had found â€œrobust...

By Steve Ginsburg WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Olympic figure skating champion Sarah Hughes vividly...

Seattle woman knocked unconscious in drive-by egg throwing incident

FDA approves Actavisâ€™ reversible contraceptive device

SEATTLE (Reuters) â€“ Seattle police searched on Friday for a vandal who hurled an egg at a woman standing...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a hormonal contraceptive device on Friday that gives American women another...

U.S., Liberia kick off trial of Ebola drug ZMapp

Does traffic noise increase the risk of obesity?

CHICAGO (Reuters) â€“ U.S. and Liberian researchers have started a clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness...

There is an association between road traffic noise and the risk of obesity among people who are particularly sensitive to...

Millions of young risk hearing loss from loud music, UN says

Study evaluates dietary impact of whole fruit and 100% juice consumption

(AP)â€”The World Health Organization says millions of young people around the world are at risk of hearing loss from...

/ no comments University of Washington Center for Public Health health Nasal flu vaccines may be...

Study: Levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel improves quality of life in advanced PD patients

Life-saving bone marrow transplants are not available to all who need them

Report in the Journal of Parkinsonâ€™s Disease presents data from one-year trial on long-term safety, efficacy, and...

Study: Persistent insomnia increases mortality risk Deaths from All Causes and Cardiopulmonary

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Shared decision making in type 2 diabetes with a support decision tool that takes into account clinical factors, the intensity of treatment and patient preferences: design of a cluster randomised (OPTIMAL) trial

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Nursesâ€™ evaluation of physiciansâ€™ non-clinical performance in emergency departments: advantages, disadvantages and lessons learned

You Know Everything About Nutrition. So Why Are You Still Overeating? You know the nutritional value of almost everything at the supermarket. You could recite the calories in a slice...

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Swine Flu Vaccines Spoiled By The Heat, According To Manufacturers

Isaac Newtonâ€™s Nutrient Supplements

ATLANTA (AP) â€” The makers of the nasal spray version of the flu vaccine say now they know why it has failed...

An article just out in todayâ€™s Atlantic is entitled, provocatively, â€œVitamin B.S.â€ This seems...

Homeless Man Helps Push Cars Up Hill In Snow Storm, Internet Rewards Him For Kind Act

Why You Should Daydream More (In 3 Minutes)

After snow snarled a Colorado commute, a homeless manâ€™s kind acts were caught on camera. Now, heâ€™s...

When weâ€™re children, weâ€™re often told to stop daydreaming. But it turns out that all those daydreams...

Aggressive boys tend to develop into physically stronger teens

UT Dallas study challenges theory on unconscious memory system

Boys who show aggressive tendencies develop greater physical strength as teenagers than boys who are not aggressive, according...

IMAGE:Â This is Dr. Rick Addante, senior lecturer in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of...

Zombie outbreak? Statistical mechanics reveals the ideal hideout

Saving energy: Increasing oil flow in the keystone pipeline with electric fields

A team of Cornell University researchers focusing on a fictional zombie outbreak as an approach to disease modeling suggests...

HIV controls its activity independent of host cells A major hurdle to curing people of HIV infection is the way the virus hides in a reservoir composed primarily of dormant...

Researchers have shown that a strong electric field applied to a section of the Keystone pipeline can smooth oil flow and...

Study: High stress for new mothers increases secondhand smoke risk for infants LAWRENCE â€” Recent mothers who experience higher levels of social stressors are the least likely to have rules that...

Actavis hormonal contraceptive device wins FDA approval

Sacked Sanofi boss joins PureTech board

By Samantha Kareen Nair and Natalie Grover (Reuters) â€“ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

PARIS (Reuters) â€“ Chris Viehbacher, sacked as chief executive of French drugs firm Sanofi last year, is to...

Soccer-2022 World Cup final no later than Dec. 18, says Blatter

2022 World Cup final no later than Dec. 18, says Blatter

(Adds details) By Mike Collett BELFAST, Feb 27 (Reuters) â€“ The World Cup final...

BELFAST (Reuters) â€“ The World Cup final in Qatar in 2022 should be played no later than Dec. 18, FIFA president...

Watch out for nasty global flu surprises, WHO warns

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By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) â€“ The world remains highly vulnerable to a possible severe...

By Misha Hussain DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ The West African Ebola outbreak has halted...

Ebola halts HIV progress in Sierra Leone, says U.N.

Texas girl, 4, wants to â€˜shake offâ€™ cancer with Taylor Swift

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ The West African Ebola outbreak has halted progress in tackling HIV in Sierra...

Â (Photo courtesy Jennifer Arriaga via Jaleneâ€™s Journey Facebook page) A 4-year-old girl battling cancer in San...

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University of Manchester researchers, together with industrial partner DSM, have developed a singlestep fermentative method...

Aggressive plant fungus threatens wheat production

Gene discovery sheds light on causes of rare type of dwarfism

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A gene linked to a type of dwarfism has been identified, in a development that will help to provide better diagnoses for...

Altering perception of feeding state may promote healthy aging

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Boston, MA â€” Targeting mechanisms in the central nervous system that sense energy generated by nutrients might yield...

New research from the Gladstone Institutes for the first time provides strong evidence that HIV latency is controlled not...

MGH study identifies neurons that help predict what another individual will do

Nikon pushes into medtech with $400 million Optos acquisition

Every day we make decisions based on predicting what someone else will do â€“ from deciding whether the driver approaching...

By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Nikon 7731.T, the 98-year-old Japanese company best known...

Turkish Airlines says aiding investigation into British school girls

Study: Smokers may tap into multiple sources for nicotine

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WASHINGTON (AP) â€” The first peek at a major study of how Americans smoke suggests many use combinations of...

AstraZeneca to carve out antibiotic R&D into separate firm

Articles discuss use of ICF in clinical practice, research related to neurorehabilitation

By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Drugmaker AstraZeneca AZN.L has decided to carve out its early-stage...

Use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) has increased significantly over the...

LGTmedical issued U.S. patent for Kenek Core audio waveform technology

Single-step fermentative method may facilitate industrial-scale statin drug production

LionsGate Technologies, Inc. (LGTmedical), a privately-held medical device company, announced today that the U.S. Patent...

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Varian reports progress towards making advanced treatments available for cancer patients in Africa

Scientists confirm relation between levels of certain pollutants in the body and levels of obesity

Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR), world leader in radiation therapy, is today reporting progress towards its goal of making...

A team of Spanish scientists, which includes several researchers from the University of Granada, has confirmed that there...

UC San Diego Health Systemâ€™s Movement Disorder Center joins NPF Center of Excellence network

The changing patterns of dispensing branded and generic drugs for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease between 2006 and 2011 in Japan: a retrospective cohort study

The Movement Disorder Center at UC San Diego Health System has been designated the 41st Center of Excellence in the National...

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Coffee may help protect against MS

Tops in plastic surgery? Bigger bottoms

February 27, 2015, 5:54 AM|Researchers say that people who do not drink coffee are 50 percent more likely to develop MS than...

Butt enhancement helped boost cosmetic procedures in the United States by 3 percent last year, according to a new report. Americans...

QR codes with advanced imaging and photon encryption protect computer chips

A new ultrasensitive test for peanut allergies

QR, or Quick Response, codes â€“ those commonly black and white boxes that people scan with a smartphone to learn more...

Newly discovered algal species helps corals survive in the hottest reefs on the planet A new species of algae has been discovered in reef corals of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf where it helps corals to survive...

Current peanut allergy tests are not very reliable when it comes to diagnosing the severity of an individualâ€™s allergic...

Yale researchers reverse type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease in rats New Haven, Conn. â€” Yale researchers developed a controlled-release oral therapy that reversed type 2 diabetes and...

Impact of a supermarket on childrenâ€™s diets

Blood samples as surrogates for tumor biopsies in patients with lung cancer

New York City (February 26, 2015) â€“ Locating fullservice supermarkets within neighborhoods considered to be â€œfood...

A study examined the feasibility of using circulating free DNA (cfDNA) from blood samples of patients with advanced non-small-cell...

Decision on widespread Ebola vaccination in August at earliest: WHO

Zimbabweâ€™s Mugabe says wife not the power behind his throne

GENEVA (Reuters) â€“ An independent advisory body will decide in August at the earliest on whether to recommend...

By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) â€“ Zimbabweâ€™s 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe...

Italian e-cigarette firms say new tax benefits tobacco

Should you floss before or after you brush your teeth?

By Sara Ledwith and Martinne Geller LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Electronic cigarette firms in Italy...

Itâ€™s not a question of if you should floss, but a matter of when. And correctly timing the daily habit can have a...

Should you email your doctor?

Shake it off? Not so easy for people with depression, new brain research suggests

You text your friends, shop online and probably use a banking app instead of visiting a teller. But are you willing to email...

Experts warn of stem cell underuse Since the first experimental bone marrow transplant over 50 years ago, more than one million hematopoietic stem cell transplantations...

Drinking coffee may lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis Drinking coffee may be associated with a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study released...

Researchers discover that cellâ€™s skeleton can trigger cell multiplication A research team from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal), led by Florence Janody, in collaboration with Nicolas...

New study shows how anterior cingulate cortex can be stimulated to

Rejected by a person you like? Just â€œshake it offâ€ and move on, as music star Taylor Swift says. But while that...

Chile government rejects 14-yearoldâ€™s plea for euthanasia (AP)â€”Chileâ€™s government on Thursday rejected an ailing 14-year-old girlâ€™s plea on social media to let...

STS releases first publicly accessible national report of surgical outcomes from CHSD Continuing its commitment to increase public awareness and understanding of cardiothoracic surgical outcomes, The Society...

Carnegie Mellon study identifies intermediary neuron system that acts as synaptic cloaking device Neuroscientists believe that the connectome, a map of each and every connection between the millions of neurons in the brain,...

Many organ transplant surgeons in U.S. experience burnout

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Neurological outcomes in Chiari type II malformations and their correlation to morphological findings and fetal heart rate patterns: a retrospective study 1 Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, National Center for Child...

Exposure to fluoridated water and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder prevalence among children and adolescents in the United States: an ecological association Department of Psychology, York University, Keele St., Toronto, 4700, Canada ...

Modelling the potential spatial distribution of mosquito species using three different techniques 1 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands ...

â€˜Blue-green algaeâ€™ proliferating in lakes The organisms commonly known as blue-green algae have proliferated much more rapidly than other algae in lakes across North...

Despite saving thousands of lives yearly, nearly half of organ transplant surgeons report a low sense of personal accomplishment...

Salacia reticulata (Kothala himbutu) revisited; a missed opportunity to treat diabetes and obesity? Nutrition Journal 2015, 14:21Â doi:10.1186/s12937-015-0013-4 Published: 27 February 2015

Antioxidant, ?-glucosidase inhibitory activity and sub-chronic toxicity of Derris reticulata extract: its antidiabetic potential 1 School of Pharmacology, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology,...

Skeleton of cells controls cell multiplication A research team from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal), led by Florence Janody, in collaboration with Nicolas...

Intermediary neuron acts as synaptic cloaking device, says Carnegie Mellon study IMAGE:Â Researchers with Carnegie Mellonâ€™s BrainHub have discovered a mechanism for synaptic cloaking in the...

The Lancet Haematology: Experts warn of stem cell underuse

Malaria transmission linked to mosquitoesâ€™ sexual biology

Since the first experimental bone marrow transplant over 50 years ago, more than one million hematopoietic stem cell transplantations...

Boston, MA â€” Sexual biology may be the key to uncovering why Anopheles mosquitoes are unique in their ability to transmit...

Bioethics commission: Ebola teaches us public health preparedness requires ethics preparedness

Thoughts turn to recovery as Ebola slowly ebbs in West Africa

WASHINGTON, D.C. â€“ Today the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) reported...

By Daniel Flynn, James Harding Giahyue and Saliou Samb DAKAR/MONROVIA/CONAKRY (Reuters) â€“ In...

Black Madam: Iâ€™ve done thousands of buttocks injections

Suits filed against scope maker in superbug infection

PHILADELPHIA (AP) â€” A Gothic hip-hop artist who called herself â€œthe Michelangelo of buttocks injectionsâ€...

LOS ANGELES (AP) â€” Two lawsuits target the maker of a medical scope linked to the outbreak of a superbug...

Stone Age Britons imported wheat in shock sign of sophistication

Ireland passes EUâ€™s first tobacco plain packaging law

By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) â€“ Stone Age Britons imported wheat about 8,000 years ago in...

Ireland on Thursday became the first European Union member state to pass a law introducingÂ mandatory plain packaging...

â€˜Super Bugâ€™ Linked to Antibiotic Use Kills Nearly 15,000 Annually

U.S. pedestrian death rate leveling off, but still too high

A stubborn, hard-to-treat â€œsuper bugâ€ causes more than 450,000 infections a year and is directly responsible...

(HealthDay)â€”The number of pedestrians killed on U.S. roads is expected to remain unchanged from 2013 to 2014, according...

CDC: in U.S., half million C. difficile infections in 2011

Researchers reverse type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease in rats

(HealthDay)â€”Almost half a million Americans were infected with the bacteria Clostridium difficile in 2011, and 29,000...

Yale researchers developed a controlled-release oral therapy that reversed type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease in rats,...

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Insurance coverage expansion in Massachusetts increases knee, hip replacement procedures by 4.7%

Researchers reveal how human immune system can fight against deadly Marburg virus

Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that the expansion of insurance coverage in Massachusetts increased...

/ no comments University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Researchers find that people with disabilities have unmet medical needs, poorer overall health

New online tool helps educate practicing oncologists with therapeutic decision-making for NSCLC

People with disabilities have unmet medical needs and poorer overall health throughout their lives, and as a result should...

A new interactive online tool helps educate practicing oncologists worldwide with therapeutic decision-making for advanced...

Study finds link between violence during Guatemala civil war and mental health problems

The TRUTH About Detoxing

Violence during the civil war in Guatemala from 1960 to 1996 resulted in the development of significant mental health problems...

That Sugar Film shines a light on the hidden sweetness of food If youâ€™re someone who likes to buy up big at the candy bar before seeing a film, then a word of warning about That...

Youâ€™ve heard all about detoxing, whether itâ€™s in the form of a pricey juice cleanse, a super restrictive...

History of foster care among homeless adults with mental illness in Vancouver, British Columbia: a precursor to trajectories of risk Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive,...

High-throughput deep sequencing reveals that microRNAs play important roles in salt tolerance of euhalophyte Salicornia europaea

Antitumor effect and apoptosis induction of Alocasia cucullata (Lour.) G. Don in human gastric cancer cells in vitro and in vivo

1 Institute of Botany, Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Chinese...

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015, 15:33Â doi:10.1186/s12906-015-0554-2 Peng Wei and Chen Zhiyu contributed...

Training hospital managers for strategic planning and management: a prospective study

Understanding the MIND phenotype: macrophage/microglia inflammation in neurocognitive disorders related to human immunodeficiency virus infection

1 Institute of Social Medicine, University of Belgrade, School of Medicine,...

Macrophages were first identified in 1841 as inflammatory corpuscles in damaged brain, as foam cells by Virchow...

Alarming Consequences Of The California Drought You May Not Have Expected What happens when Americaâ€™s most populous state runs low on its most precious resource for the fourth year...

Discovery about beliefs could prove useful in addiction treatment, researchers say Two identical cigarettes led to a discovery by scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute. Study participants...

Living in the genetic comfort zone IMAGE:Â Laboratory fruit flies live in special glass containers. view more Credit: Photo: Michael Bernkopf/Vetmeduni...

Study affirms role of specialized protein

Suicide rates rising for older US adults Ann Arbor, MI, February 27, 2015 â€” Suicide rates for adults between 40 and 64 years of age in the U.S. have risen...

IPCC sea-level rise scenarios not fit for purpose for high-risk coastal areas The sea-level rise scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) do not necessarily provide the right...

GLP-1 secretion is reduced in overweight, pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes GLP-1 is a hormone that regulates glucose levels in the body by stimulating the secretion of insulin, and GLP-1 also inhibits...

Upmarket bug snacks to creep into Thai

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store shelves

New York, NY â€” Scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center and New York University have demonstrated that a specialized...

By Kaweewit Kaewjinda BANGKOK (Reuters) â€“ Street vendors selling deep-fried insects as snacks...

Data from largest U.S. tobacco study shows high use of multiple products

Liberia leader thanks US as Ebola mission ends

(Reuters) â€“ Preliminary results from the largest U.S. survey of tobacco consumption show a high number of...

Washington (AFP) â€“ Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf paid emotional tribute to the American people...

Global health experts call into question sub-Saharan cancer data

Urine test could lead to better treatment of bladder cancer

Global health experts believe the current data on cancer prevalence, incidence and mortality in subSaharan Africa â€“...

Researchers at the University of Birmingham believe that a simple urine test could help to guide clinicians in the treatment...

Hospitals face growing active shooter threat

Chile government rejects 14 yearoldâ€™s plea for euthanasia

A new Viewpoint article in The Journal of the American Medical Association questions whether the notion of the community...

(AP)â€”Chileâ€™s government on Thursday rejected an ailing 14-year-old girlâ€™s plea to let her â€œsleep...

If Supreme Court says no, theyâ€™d lose health insurance help

Does Drinking Water Really Give You Glowing Skin?

(AP)â€”Millions of Americans have a big personal stake in next Wednesdayâ€™s Supreme Court challenge to the nationâ€™s...

This time of year, everything is dry. Your face flakes off in whole pieces, your arms are ashy, and your butt constantly...

7 Things You Wish You Could Say When You Know a Coupleâ€™s Not Right for Each Other

How to Treat Yourself to an Out-of-ThisWorld Bath

Everyone has a friend whoâ€™s one-half of an amazing, inspiring couple.Â Youâ€™ve probably wondered if she...

Why One Family With Measles Is Reconsidering Their Anti-Vax Position People on social media pilloried them as the â€œmeasles familyâ€ after they became infected with the virus...

Bully No More â€œYouâ€™re too fat.â€ â€œYou donâ€™t know what you are doing.â€ â€œProve me wrong.â€ â€œYou...

This article was repurposed with permission fromÂ PureWow. Thereâ€™s nothing like a long, steamy, fragrant soak...

Warren Moon: NFL Is â€˜Finallyâ€™ Doing The Right Things With Concussion Policy Though the words â€œconcussionâ€ and â€œNFLâ€ rarely go together in a positive headline, Hall...

Can Science and Technology Fix a Broken Heart? Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the United States, accounting for one in four deaths. While much has...

I Lived for 90 Days in New York City Without Internet, Computer or a Cell Phone

Music teachers share their unique perspective on music education in America

For three months, I collaborated with the Huffington Post France to share with you the highs and lows of this experience....

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (February 26, 2015) â€” Across the country music teachers believe that factors at the school level...

Better genes for better (more adaptable) beans

Interaction of Atlantic and Pacific oscillations caused â€˜false pauseâ€™ in warming

Some of the most underappreciated crops could soon become the most valuable tools in agriculture with new research from the...

Teacher prejudices put girls off math, science Itâ€™s a fact: Women are vastly underrepresented in the fields of computer science, engineering, and mathematics. But...

The recent slowdown in climate warming is due, at least in part, to natural oscillations in the climate, according to a team...

Studies find emergency doctors and paramedics commonly misinterpret documents for end-of-life care choices, reports Journal of Patient Safety February 26, 2015 â€“ Emergency care providers

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vary in their understanding of a type of medical order intended to communicate...

What makes carbon monoxide so deadly? (video)

UnitedHealth tightens rules covering hysterectomies

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2015 â€” Itâ€™s colorless, odorless and can be deadly. Carbon monoxide is no joke, especially...

NEW YORK (AP) â€” UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. health insurer, said Thursday it is tightening its coverage...

Too many waiting for blood stem cell transplants

UnitedHealth places tighter controls on hysterectomies

Paris (AFP) â€“ Over a million people have received blood and marrow stem cell transplants for lifethreatening...

(Reuters) â€“ UnitedHealth Group Inc, the largest health insurer in the United States, is placing tighter controls...

First lady: US experiencing food â€˜culture changeâ€™

VA chief backs outside medical care as new program falters

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” Michelle Obama said Thursday that the U.S. has undergone a â€œculture changeâ€...

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said Thursday he was committed to a law making...

Urine test predicts heart failure patientsâ€™ risk of kidney injury

Use new meningitis vaccines only for outbreaks

Levels of a protein in the urine may help clinicians predict which patients with acute heart failure are at increased risk...

(AP)â€”A U.S. panel on Thursday recommended that two new meningitis vaccines only be used for rare outbreaks, resisting...

Drinking coffee may lower risk of multiple sclerosis

Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living

People who drink four to six cups of coffee daily may be less likely to get multiple sclerosis, according to international...

It was the day after Motherâ€™s Day in 2012 when Faith Walker ran into her East Baltimore house unable to breathe. Her...

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are much less likely to be screened for colorectal cancer

Metrohm USA announces 2015 Young Chemist Award winner / no comments www.metrohmusa.com

According to new research, adults in Ontario with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are significantly less...

Marine Biologist Eugenie Clark Remembered As Passionate Shark Advocate During a career that spanned almost 75 years, Dr. Eugenie Clark was one of the worldâ€™s foremost marine biologists...

Women, Ask For What You Want! If I could encourage women to do one thing, it would be to ask for what you want. Stop overthinking every simple...

Opposition Grows To Nicaragua Canal Connecting Atlantic And Pacific The canal would allow passage for the largest ships on the water, but cut through wetlands, forests and the regionâ€™s...

New Facebook Ad Reminds Us How Important Best Friends Really Are â€œIt started with secret languages, some without words.â€ So begins Facebookâ€™s new advertisement...

Grief: 6 Reasons to Give Yourself a Hall Pass

5 New Ways to Treat New and Old Acne Scars

After your loss have you sometimes wished you lived in another time, where those who were grieving were excused...

Millions of people suffer from acne. It can start as a young teen or as an adult. Whether your breakouts respond...

School Food Problems Are American Food Problems

First head transplant two years away, surgeon claims

The biggest problem with school food isnâ€™t that itâ€™s too healthy, or that students are being offered...

Most people canâ€™t wrap their head around the concept. But one scientist believes head transplants in humans are possible...

Africa, From a CATS Point of View

Cancer screening concerns

From Saharan dust storms to icy clouds to smoke

According to new research, adults in Ontario with

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intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are significantly less...

Top-precision optical atomic clock starts ticking

â€˜Ecosystem servicesâ€™ help assess ocean energy development

A state-of-the-art optical atomic clock, collaboratively developed by scientists from the University of Warsaw, Jagiellonian...

IMAGE:Â Public data sources from the Northeast Ocean Data portal help determine the impact of a new tidal energy project...

People with disabilities experience unrecognized health disparities, new research shows

Moving molecule writes letters

IMAGE:Â Gloria Krahn is the Barbara E. Knudson Endowed Chair in Family Policy and a professor of practice in public...

This news release is available in German. On the search for high performance materials for applications such as gas...

Supreme Court protesters say no plans to disrupt Obamacare case

Panel: Use new meningitis vaccines only for outbreaks

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ An activist group that has twice disrupted U.S. Supreme...

ATLANTA (AP) â€” A federal panel on Thursday recommended that two new meningitis vaccines only be used for...

More U.S. children doing yoga, taking sleep supplements

U.S. military ends Ebola mission in Liberia

By Ronnie Cohen (Reuters Health) â€“ â€“ A growing number of American children are bending...

By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA (Reuters) â€“ The United States military officially ended a...

McDonald???s Customer Claims He Got Cleaning Liquid in His Tea

Food supplements crucial to reduce child malnutrition

An Indianapolis police officer took a sip of McDonaldâ€™s iced tea over the weekend and wound up in the hospital...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ The addition of highly nutritious foods and supplements to the diets of poor...

Healthy diet linked to lung health

7 Women Who Rejected Their Boyfriendsâ€™ Proposals Reveal Why They Did It

Among its many rewards, eating a healthy diet might help protect against the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary...

12 Power Foods You Should Definitely Be Eating Another berry, fish, or nut is proclaimed a â€œsuperfoodâ€ about every other minute. (Insert eye roll here.)...

Alaska Farmer Turns Icy Patch Of Tundra Into A Breadbasket i Tim Meyers on his four-acre vegetable farm in southwestern Alaska. Behind him: an endless sea of tundra,...

Friends Are for Facebook Thereâ€™s a photo of me on Facebook, smiling happily with three of my friends. Iâ€™m on the end. Itâ€™s...

This Teacher Is About To Change Her Studentâ€™s Life With A Kidney Donation Six-year-old Matthew Parker spends three days a week getting dialysis treatment at University Hospital in San Antonio....

Weâ€™re guessing that when you think of proposals, you imagine the romantic parts of them, likeÂ gushy speeches...

From Naked Mole Rats To Dog Testicles: A Writer Explores The Longevity Quest When journalist Bill Gifford turned 40, his friends gave him a cake shaped as a tombstone with the words, â€œR.I.P,...

Forget â€˜no jab, no payâ€™ schemes, there are better ways to boost vaccination Immunisation in Australia isnâ€™t compulsory â€“ and doesnâ€™t need to be controversial. Most Australians...

The Not-So-Secret World of Eating Disorders â€œI had no idea.â€ Thatâ€™s the theme of this yearâ€™s National Eating Disorder Awareness week....

4 Ways Getting Older Has Made Me a Better Doctor Doctors are not known for being empathic. I have always found this surprising since ask any medical student why...

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The â€˜Inâ€™ and â€˜Onâ€™ of Family Caregiving

For kids, danger lurks in every room at home

During a board meeting I recently attended for a young company, the two talented founders were discussing an interesting...

All parents want to keep their children safe. Thereâ€™s the age-old advice: Donâ€™t take candy from strangers....

Novel gene variants found in a difficult childhood immune disorder

Economic models provide insights into global sustainability challenges

IMAGE:Â Dr. Hakon Hakonarson is the director of the Center for Applied Genomics of The Childrenâ€™s Hospital of...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. â€“ Using models that blend global economics, geography, ecology and environmental sciences is...

EARTH Magazine: Hazard lingers after South Napa earthquake

Online education tool helps bridge gaps in therapeutic decision-making for advanced NSCLC

Alexandria, VA â€“ After the Aug. 24, 2014, Napa Valley earthquake, movement continued along the principal fault to...

Strong connection between violence and mental illness during Guatemala Civil War PHILADELPHIAâ€“Violence during the civil war in Guatemala from 1960 to 1996 resulted in the development of significant...

DENVER â€“ A new interactive online tool helps educate practicing oncologists worldwide with therapeutic decision-making...

Social circles If you live in a city, you know that a fair amount of your movement around town is social in nature. But how much, exactly?...

Compound from Chinese medicinal herb shows promise for Ebola

Asian herb derivative could work against Ebola

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ A drug derived from a Chinese medicinal herb is showing...

Miami (AFP) â€“ A small molecule derived from an Asian herb may help stop Ebola infection by preventing the...

McDonaldâ€™s Customer Claims He Got Cleaning Liquid in His Tea

Dyslexia neednâ€™t hold doctors back

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By Randi Belisomo (Reuters Health) â€“ â€“ Failing kindergarten was the first of many school...

Pfizer, Novartis say meningitis vaccine scope too narrow

Do You Lose Most of Your Body Heat Through Your Head?

By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) â€“ A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory...

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Bristol hep C drug helps cure 97 percent of HIV coinfected patients: study

Nasal flu vaccines may be safe for kids with egg allergies

(Reuters) â€“ Ninety-seven percent of hepatitis C patients also infected with HIV were cured of the liver-destroying...

(Reuters Health) â€“ Nasal-spray flu vaccines appear to be safe for children over age two who have egg allergies or...

Suit filed against scope maker in superbug infection

Multiple cups of coffee may reduce MS risk, study finds

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Consuming multiple cups of coffee a day may reduce an individualâ€™s risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), found...

New meningitis vaccines should only be used for outbreaks, panel recommends

When the fight isnâ€™t fair: Why losing to cancer isnâ€™t a real failure

A federal panel is recommending that two new meningitis vaccines only be used during outbreaks and not be given routinely...

Last week I read an editorial written by a woman with Stage 4 breast cancer, the only type of breast cancer that kills. The...

Dietary intervention needed after gestational diabetes, study suggests

Injured Boston Marathon couple separating

Gestational diabetes, or glucose intolerance,

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appears in 2 to 10 percent of pregnant women in the U.S. who were not diagnosed...

bombing survivors Pete DiMartino and Rebekah Gregory hold hands prior to DiMartino...

Awe-inspiring experiences good for relationships, study finds

Womanâ€™s rare case of â€˜seasonal OCDâ€™ cured

Polett Villalta says her first deep scuba dive was one of the best experiences of her life. As she descended to 110 feet,...

A rare case of â€œseasonalâ€ obsessivecompulsive disorder in a woman in highlights the complexity of this mental...

CDC warns overuse of antibiotics has fueled more infections

More butt lifts, fewer breast implants in 2014, says US plastic surgery report

This micrograph depicts Gram-positive C. difficile bacteria from a stool sample culture.Â (CDC.gov) Overuse of antibiotics...

About 15.6 million Americans got plastic surgery in 2014, a 3 percent increase from 2013, according to an annual report...

Novel precision medicine tool could help personalize cancer treatments

Researchers develop method for mapping neuron clusters

By measuring how vigorously tumor cells turn on â€œself-destructâ€ signals when exposed to different cancer drugs,...

A team of scientists has developed a method for identifying clusters of neurons that work in concert to guide the behavior....

Human antibodies target Marburg, Ebola viruses; 1 step closer to vaccine

Growth signal can influence cancer cellsâ€™ vulnerability to drugs, study suggests

Researchers at Vanderbilt University, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and The Scripps Research Institute...

In theory, a tumor is an army of clones, made up of many copies of the original cancerous cell. But tumor cells donâ€™t...

Fewer americans burdened by medical bills

Astronomers Discover A Supermassive Black Hole Dating To Cosmic Dawn

(HealthDay)â€”The number of Americans struggling to pay medical bills has declined every year since 2011 and particularly...

i A supermassive black hole, like the one illustrated here, has been discovered 12.8 billion light years...

The original sins of clinical trials with intravenous immunoglobulins in sepsis

Phone Support Can Help Ease Postpartum Depression, Study Suggests

The influence of endogenous levels of immunoglobulins The influence of endogenous levels of Igs on prognosis remains unclear....

HuffPost Love And Sex Podcast: The Power Of The Clitoris Whether itâ€™s Freud telling the world that â€œrealâ€ women orgasm through vaginal penetration or...

BY LISA RAPAPORT Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:11pm EST (Reuters Health) â€“ Phone support can help ease postpartum depression,...

EWGâ€™s Dirty Dozen Report Lists The Most Pesticide-Heavy Fruits And Veggies Of 2015 One of the most common reasons to eat more organic produce is to avoid harmful chemicals used in growing your food....

What Doctors Can Do To Better Treat Eating Disorders

Vajaculation Is The Answer To All The Worldâ€™s Problems

Diagnosing and treating an eating disorder is not easy. But a few small changes can help better equip medical professionals...

World peace will be achieved â€” not through politics or protests â€” but, well, vajaculation. WifeyTV...

Nasty stomach bug becoming far more common

Researchers identify how humans can develop immunity to deadly Marburg virus

ATLANTA â€“ A nasty intestinal bug sickens nearly twice as many Americans each year as was previously thought, according...

NASA sees the Tropical Cyclone Glenda away from land IMAGE:Â NASAâ€™s Aqua passed over Glenda on Feb. 25 at 06:47 UTC and saw strong thunderstorms with cloud top temperatures...

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Better insurance access leads to more hip, knee replacements among minorities BOSTON, MA â€” Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that the expansion of insurance coverage in Massachusetts...

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Traditional forms of media coverage valued over advertising, UGA study finds IMAGE:Â Lynne Sallot of the University of Georgia conducted research with Pauline Howes that found that public relations...

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New research predicts when, how materials will act

Woman Uses Rubber Bands, Hair Elastics as DIY Braces

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. â€” In science, itâ€™s commonly known that materials can change in a number of ways when subjected...

Instructional videos for do-it-yourself braces have become popular on YouTube, but dentists say people considering them...

Emergency responders investigate possible Virginia Ebola case

Woman DIYâ€™s Braces Out of Hair Elastics

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Medics, firefighters and a hazardous materials team investigated a possible case of...

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Heat blamed for spray vaccineâ€™s failure against swine flu

Legal marijuana begins in Washington, D.C. as â€˜green rushâ€™ is on

ATLANTA (AP) â€” The makers of the nasal spray version of the flu vaccine say they now know why it didnâ€™t...

By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Possession of small amounts of marijuana became legal...

Oâ€™Neill eyes up to $2 billion for fund to fight superbugs

Astronomers find impossibly large black hole

LONDON (Reuters) â€“ A global fund to speed development of new antibiotics to counter the growing threat of...

IMAGE:Â This is an artistâ€™s impression of a quasar. view more Credit: ESO/MKornmesser An international...

Found: Ancient, super-bright quasar with massive black hole

Public perceptions of monkeys affected by the media

IMAGE:Â This is an artistâ€™s rendering of a very distant, very ancient quasar, courtesy of the European Southern...

The way that monkeys are displayed in the media, such as in human settings and in contact with humans, can have serious effects...

Warnings about hospital sex crimes of UK star Savile ignored: official reports

Sanofiâ€™s diabetes drug Toujeo gets U.S. approval, label disappoints

LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Warnings about Jimmy Savile, the late BBC TV presenter revealed two years ago to have...

By Bill Berkrot (Reuters) â€“ Sanofiâ€™s new Toujeo diabetes drug has won U.S. regulatory...

Indiaâ€™s Wockhardt says FDA raises new concerns about Waluj plant

US CDC warns overuse of antibiotics has fueled more infections

By Abhishek Vishnoi and Zeba Siddiqui MUMBAI (Reuters) â€“ Shares in Wockhardt Ltd fell as much...

This micrograph depicts Gram-positive C. difficile bacteria from a stool sample culture.Â (CDC.gov) Overuse of antibiotics...

Media, politicians fueled publicâ€™s fear, says NY Ebola doctor

App â€˜trainsâ€™ your brain to see better

In this Nov. 11, 2014, file photo, Dr. Craig Spencer, who was the first Ebola patient in New York City, listens to comments...

When words on a menu seem small and blurry and reading the newspaper becomes a struggle â€“ these are often side effects...

Early signs in young children predict type 1 diabetes

Children and young people to get more say in their health care

New research shows that it is possible to predict the development of type 1 diabetes. By measuring the presence of autoantibodies...

The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has been chosen as one of seven new sites to develop Patient Centred...

Ensuring burn victims receive the best nutrition

Longer duration of prescribed antismoking medication before quitting appears promising

University of Adelaide researchers are working to solve one of the biggest problems of caring for critically ill burns victims...

Smokers may be more likely to successfully quit their habit if simple adjustments were made to how an existing anti-smoking...

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Technology as a social lifeline for kids with Aspergerâ€™s Technology is often maligned for having a negative influence on young people, particularly on their ability to develop healthy...

HeartWare Internationalâ€™s revenue increases 38% to $73.2 million in Q4 2014 HeartWare International, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTWR), a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies...

Cipher acquires worldwide rights to three products from Astion

MiMedx Group reports record revenue of $118.2 million for full year 2014

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MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDXG), the leading regenerative medicine company utilizing human amniotic tissue and patent-protected...

Bruker-sponsored sixth AFM Biomed conference highlights increasing impact of AFM in biological applications

Patients with Parkinsonâ€™s disease often face difficulties with reduced visual contrast acuity

Bruker recently sponsored the sixth AFM BioMed International Meeting on AFM in Life Sciences and NanoMedicine. Held last...

Patients with Parkinsonâ€™s disease (PD) often have difficulties with visual acuity in low-contrast images. Because...

Predicting the development of type 1 diabetes is possible, shows TEDDY study

Phase II study of preoperative bevacizumab, capecitabine and radiotherapy for resectable locallyadvanced rectal cancer

New research shows that it is possible to predict the development of type 1 diabetes. By measuring the presence of autoantibodies...

Surgical treatment of tumor-induced osteomalacia: a retrospective review of 40 cases with extremity tumors Department of Orthopedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese...

BeyoncÃ©â€™s â€˜Eye Of The Tigerâ€™ Workout Video Will Get You To The Gym Today Leave it to BeyoncÃ© to convince us to abandon our perfectly good Internet connections and our perfectly good...

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A Brief Guide To The Basic Fundamentals Of Art Therapy The British Association of Art Therapists defines art therapy as â€œa form of psychotherapy that uses art media...

How Giving Apartments To Homeless Actually Saves Money In The End A county in New Jersey is aiming to put roofs over heads in order to fight homelessness â€” and save some of...

Stem Cells From Wisdom Teeth Seen As Possible Fix For This Common Form Of Blindness

New York Doctor Who Survived Ebola Says Media, Politicians Fueled The Publicâ€™s Fear

Scientists have taken a key step toward the development of what could be a breakthrough treatment for corneal blindness,...

NEW YORK (AP) â€” A doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus and rode the subway system and dined out before...

Ebola doctor blasts media, politicans

Sleeping too much could raise risk of stroke

NEW YORK â€“ A doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus and rode the subway system and dined out before he developed...

Marshaling the bodyâ€™s own weapons against psoriasis This news release is available in German. A threecharacter code brings relief to patients with psoriasis and sheds...

Lithium from the coal in China Coal from China could become a major source of the metal lithium, according to a review of the geochemistry by scientists...

Real-time observation of bond formation by using femtosecond X-ray liquidography

Adults who sleep more than eight hours a night may face a higher risk of stroke, a new analysis suggests. These so-called...

A taxi ride to starch granules This news release is available in German. Starch acts as an energy reserve for plants and as an important source of...

New cicada species discovered in Switzerland and Italy IMAGE:Â These are male (above) and female specimens of the newly discovered Mountain Cicada species. view more...

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The study using 885 patients from the RetrospectYon database suggests that treatment with YONDELISÂ® (trabectedin)...

FDA postpones key hearing on biosimilar copy of blockbuster drug

Food additives linked to weight gain, inflammation

By Ben Hirschler (Reuters) â€“ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has postponed a crucial...

REUTERS/Phil Noble Food additives that are commonly used to thicken and stabilize processed foods may disrupt the bacterial...

FDA approves Corgenixâ€™s Ebola test for emergency use

99 Ebola cases in past week, nearly two-thirds in Sierra Leone, says WHO

(Reuters) â€“ Corgenix Medical Corp said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its Ebola test...

A health worker injects a woman with an Ebola vaccine during a trial in Monrovia, February 2, 2015. REUTERS/James Giahyue Guinea,...

Michigan family celebrating one-month birthdays of rare identical triplets

Scientists call for study to settle if anesthesia poses risks to babies

Identical triplets Alexander, Nicholas and Timothy Whiteley, left to right, sleep at their home in St. Clair Shores, Mich.,...

Studies of baby animals have long suggested that going under anesthesia can have some harmful effects on a developing brain....

Actavisâ€™ superbug antibiotic gets US approval

Vilsack: Smart phones could tell consumers whatâ€™s in food

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the use of Actavis Plcâ€™s antibiotic, Avycaz, to battle...

(AP)â€”In the ever-complicated debate over labeling of genetically modified foods, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack...

UK scientists find new approach to treat Parkinsonâ€™s disease

Researchers introduce the idea of using sewage to study human microbiome

UK scientists have developed a peptide that sticks to the protein that causes Parkinsonâ€™s disease, stopping it from...

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A new study demonstrates that sewage is an effective means to sample the fecal bacteria from millions of people. Researchers...

Fat cell transplantation benefits systemic sclerosis patients with nonhealing digital ulcers Digital ulcers (DUs) are a frequent, painful, and quality of life altering complication for patients with systemic sclerosis...

Trained navigators can help patients overcome inequities in healthcare system

Frailty assessment test can accurately predict complications after major operation

Traversing the healthcare system can be daunting for almost anyone. Add in the many obstacles that low-income uninsured populations...

Frailty has been used to predict how well a patient may recover from a major operation. Because frailty assessments are not...

Population pharmacokinetic modeling of the Qishe pill in three major traditional Chinese medicine-defined constitutional types of healthy Chinese subjects: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Selenium prevents microparticleinduced endothelial inflammation in patients after cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Trials 2015, 16:64Â doi:10.1186/s13063-015-05686 Yue-li Sun and Ting Hou contributed equally to this work. ...

A mollusk of a different stripe The blue-rayed limpet is a tiny mollusk that lives in kelp beds along the coasts of Norway, Iceland, the United Kingdom,...

Multicenter study finds respiratory viruses most common cause of pneumonia in children

Critical Care 2015, 19:58Â doi:10.1186/s13054015-0774-3 Thomas Helbing and Hans-JÃ¶rg Busch contributed equally to...

Predicting consumer preferences? Do NOT walk a mile in their shoes Salespeople have long believed that by imagining themselves as the customer, they can steer clear of their own personal preferences...

Climate-warmed leaves change lake ecosystems, Dartmouth-led study finds HANOVER, N.H. â€“ Rising soil temperatures

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Respiratory viruses, not bacterial infections, are the most commonly detected causes of communityacquired pneumonia in children,...

significantly affect autumn leaves and consequently the food web, appearance...

Is your busy schedule affecting your health? Time might not be the problem

Fundraising 101: Tempting alternatives increase willingness to donate

The modern schedule is infamously frantic, leaving many of us feeling constantly pressed for time. But that feeling may not...

Charities are always trying to understand what type of appeal will increase the likelihood of donations. According to a new...

Aussie actor gets sugar rush from lowfat health foods

Does working out cause your skin to break out?

By Pauline Askin SYDNEY (Reuters) â€“ An Australian actor who set out to expose hidden sugar...

South Carolina court orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $136 million in Risperdal case

13 ways to stop drinking soda for good

(Reuters) â€“ South Carolinaâ€™s Supreme Court ordered Johnson Johnson to pay a penalty of $136 million, upholding...

Womenâ€™s rights activist urges female anatomy lesson for Idaho lawmaker By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) â€“ A National Organization for Women executive urged...

You know sodaâ€™s not exactly good for youâ€”but at the same time, it can be hard to resist. Its sweet taste,...

Ebola doctor: Media, politicians fueled the publicâ€™s fear NEW YORK (AP) â€” A doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus and rode the subway system and dined out before...

Call for study to settle if anesthesia poses risk to babies

Senate committee postpones hearing on trade

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” Studies of baby animals have long suggested that going under anesthesia can have some harmful...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ A key U.S. Senate committee postponed a hearing planned for Thursday on trade and...

Australia to tighten food labelling laws after China scare

Ebola-hit Liberia no longer Americaâ€™s forgotten stepchild

Australia is set to strengthen food labelling laws after a series of hepatitis A infections were linked to frozen berries...

As Liberiaâ€™s president visits the US Senate on Thursday to thank Americans for their pivotal role in the Ebola recovery,...

Researchers find hospital design has little effect on patient satisfaction

People with ADHD are twice as likely to die prematurely, often due to accidents

Contrary to previous reports, a study led by Johns Hopkins researchers found that patientsâ€™ satisfaction scores only...

People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD have a lower life expectancy and are more than twice as likely...

New medical device could revolutionise kidney disease care in the UK

Prexton closes â‚¬8.7 million in Series A financing to develop treatments for Parkinsonâ€™s disease

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Toleroâ€™s alvocidib receives EMA orphan drug designation for treatment of AML patients

Remsima (infliximab) now available in Europe for treatment of autoimmune diseases

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Now available in 31 countries for the treatment of autoimmune diseases Celltrion Healthcare has today announced the launch...

Researchers reveal how malaria parasite deploys genetic trickery to escape immune system attack

Johns Hopkins-led study reveals impact of hospital setting on patient satisfaction

Up to one million people â€” mainly pregnant woman and young children â€” are killed each year by the Plasmodium...

Findings are contrary to previous reports Contrary to previous reports, a study led by Johns Hopkins researchers found that...

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Young Indians Learn To Fight Pollution To Save Lives i Smoke rises from chimneys of coal-based power plants in the Sonbhadra District of Uttar Pradesh, India. ...

Assessing the effectiveness of a pharmacist-delivered smoking cessation program in the State of Qatar: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial 1 College of Pharmacy, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar ...

Thermographic inspection of cracks in the mixed materials statue: Ratto delle Sabine 1 Department of Physics, State University of Milan, via Celoria 16, Milan,...

Evaluation of crown-root angulation of lateral incisors adjacent to palatally impacted canines Study population Upon approval by the Institutional Review Board at (â€¦) (IRB #10242), a comprehensive search...

Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D may control brain serotonin Oakland, CA (February 26, 2015) â€“ Although essential marine omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D have been shown to improve...

Agricultural insecticides pose a global risk to surface water bodies This news release is available in German. Leipzig/ Landau. Streams within approx. 40% of the global land surface are...

Consumer behavior and free trials: What makes a customer stay? Free trials are wildly popular, but customers attracted with these promotions behave very differently from standard customers,...

Early mobilization and recovery in mechanically ventilated patients in the ICU: a bi-national, multi-centre, prospective cohort study Key findings This was the first detailed bi-national prospective, multicentre, observational cohort study of mobilisation...

Tramadol half life is dose dependent in overdose 1 Addiction Research Centre, Imam Reza (p) Hospital, Ibn-e-Sina Street, Mashhad...

International marketing: Are store brands becoming a global phenomenon? Big name brands in the United States and Western Europe face a serious and growing threat from successful store brands. A...

Malaria plays hide-and-seek with immune system by using long noncoding RNA to switch genes IMAGE:Â Breaking the code of malaria parasiteâ€™s immune evasion: Prof. Ron Dzikowski and Ph.D. student Inbar Amit-Avraham...

Blockbusters: Can EEGs predict a movieâ€™s success better than surveys? Seventy five percent of movies earn a net loss during their run in theaters. A new study in the Journal of Marketing Research...

Four years after Egypt uprising, patronage politics dominate again

Study: Nasty stomach bug much more common than thought in US

By Mahmoud Mourad and Maggie Fick SADAT CITY, Egypt (Reuters) â€“ How much is a vote worth? In...

ATLANTA (AP) â€” A nasty intestinal bug sickens nearly twice as many Americans each year as was previously...

Connecticut students in court after arrests linked to â€˜Mollyâ€™ overdoses

5 Top Reasons to Take a Yoga Teacher Training

By Richard Weizel MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) â€“ Three students from Connecticutâ€™s Wesleyan...

1. You will learn about correct and healthy yoga alignment for your body! There is really no better way to learn...

Helmet add-ons may not lower concussion risk in athletes

Improving inmate health can lead to better community health and safety

Football helmet add-ons such as outer soft-shell layers, spray treatments, helmet pads and fiber sheets may not significantly...

If prisoners received better health care while behind bars and after release, both their health and the communityâ€™s...

Sleeping over 8 hours a day associated with greater risk of stroke

Essential role for pediatricians in care of sexual exploitation victims

People who sleep for more than eight hours a day have an increased risk of stroke, according to a study by the University...

(HealthDay)â€”Pediatricians have a role to play in identification and treatment of victims of child sex trafficking...

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Six-month dual antiplatelet tx noninferior to 24-month DAPT (HealthDay)â€”For aspirin-sensitive patients undergoing everolimus-eluting stent implantation, six-month dual antiplatelet...

How to Spot (and Treat) Eczema Everyone gets a scaly spot or two when itâ€™s frigid outside, right? It might be true, but all dry patches arenâ€™t...

Taste receptors in the gastrointestinal system Sugars, organic acids, minerals, alkaloids, or amino acids in foods bind to their corresponding taste receptors...

Perioperative clinical and economic outcomes associated with replacing first-generation high molecular weight hydroxyethyl starch (HextendÂ®) with low molecular weight hydroxyethyl starch (VoluvenÂ®) at a large medical center

3 Things Every Woman Should Know About Having Sex with a Much Taller Guy Lots of women like tall guys. But thereâ€™s tall, and then thereâ€™s â€œoh my goodness, how are things even...

I Drank 5 Cups of Coffee a Day, Like the New Dietary Guidelines Suggested You may have heard that the newest report from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is out, giving scientific recommendations...

A functional extracellular transcriptome in animals? implications for biology, disease and medicine The idea that there might be lateral transfer of nucleic acids between animal cells has been around for some time....

N-terminal entrance loop of yeast Yps1 and O-glycosylation of substrates are determinant factors controlling the shedding activity of this GPI-anchored endopeptidase DÃ©partement de biochimie, microbiologie et bioinformatique, Institut de...

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Evolutionary history and leaf succulence as explanations for medicinal use in aloes and the global popularity of Aloe vera Phylogenetic hypothesis A dataset was assembled representing seven plastid and nuclear DNA regions in 239 taxa in...

Larry Sanders Says NBA Players Forfeit Freedom Of Speech When They Join The League In a video interview with The Playersâ€™ Tribune, published Wednesday, former Milwaukee Buck Larry Sanders...

Abortion and Breast Cancer: How Abortion Foes Got It Wrong

The Keys to Heart Health: Diet, Exercise and Technology

Source: National Cancer Institute The theory that abortion increases a womanâ€™s risk of breast cancer was...

by Gary Shapiro Â The consumer electronics industry has made it easier for you to watch your favorite movies,...

Youâ€™re Magic, Baby, and You Donâ€™t Even Know It

How to Keep Depression From Monopolizing Your Life

We met when we were 13 on the terrifying first day of 7th grade. She eyed me with suspicion as I wandered behind...

Mental health is a tricky thing. Itâ€™s difficult to understand exactly what someone is going through inside...

Magnetic nanoparticles enhance performance of solar cells

What does the future hold for treating patients with locally advanced breast cancer?

IMAGE:Â Lightweight, flexible and semi-transparent organic solar cells (here on a glass slide for research purposes)...

Treating patients with locally advanced inoperable breast cancer is an extremely difficult task. The overwhelming majority...

Playful adults preferred in choice of partner

Warning on use of drug for childrenâ€™s sleep

Playful adults are fond of wordplay, like improvising, approach a challenge lightheartedly, take pleasure in unusual things,...

Sleep researchers at the University of Adelaide are warning doctors and parents not to provide the drug melatonin to children...

Using snus doubles the risk of alcohol dependency

Using â€˜fuzzy logicâ€™ to optimize hybrid solar/battery systems

People who use snus run twice the risk of developing alcohol dependency compared with non-users, and the more one uses snus,...

IMAGE:Â This image shows the fuzzy logic algorithm which reads the consumption energy and the monthly average of daily...

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Myanmar culls chickens, quail to contain H5N1 outbreak

Former Utah Senator Bob Bennett diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

YANGON (Reuters) â€“ Myanmar has culled thousands of poultry to try to contain an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu...

(Reuters) â€“ Former U.S. Senator Bob Bennett, the Utah Republican who was one of the first, highprofile political...

Singaporeâ€™s Lee Kuan Yew still in intensive care-statement

UK lawmakers demand new EU rules on genetically modified crops

SINGAPORE (Reuters) â€“ Singaporeâ€™s first prime minister and the man widely credited with the city-stateâ€™s...

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) â€“ EU rules that prevent genetically modified crops from being...

Takata must save faulty air-bag inflators for litigation, U.S. probe

New Sports ExposÃ©: Changes Needed in All Directions

By Bernie Woodall and Eric Beech DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ A U.S. safety regulator on...

Make no mistake about it: Sports are important. Thatâ€™s true if for no other reason than the fact that sports...

Engineer pleads guilty in U.S. to trying to take jet materials to Iran

Critics protest proposal to control federal lands in Colorado

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) â€“ A former engineer for Pratt Whitney and other defense contractors...

By Daniel Wallis DENVER (Reuters) â€“ Groups representing hunters, outdoor enthusiasts and wildlife...

Georgia takes step toward legalizing medical marijuana

Takata to save faulty air-bag inflators for litigation, U.S. probe

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WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) â€“ A U.S. safety regulator on Wednesday ordered Takata Corp 7312.T to preserve...

Actavisâ€™ superbug antibiotic gets U.S. approval

Weight-loss surgery tied to pregnancy benefits, risks

(Reuters) â€“ The U.S Food and Drug Administration approved on Wednesday Actavis Plcâ€™s antibiotic to...

(Reuters Health) â€“ â€“ Weight loss surgery may reduce some of the pregnancy risks associated with obesity,...

Characteristics of tuberculosis source cases identified

Review: more whole grains, less coronary heart disease

(HealthDay)â€”In 26 U.S. tuberculosis outbreaks the initial source case-patients had long incubation periods and were...

(HealthDay)â€”Higher dietary intake of whole grains may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), according...

Navigators help patients overcome health-care inequities

Heart failure patients struggling with daily tasks more often hospitalized, die early

Traversing the healthcare system can be daunting for almost anyone. Add in the many obstacles that low-income uninsured...

Sub-Saharan Africans rate their wellbeing and health care among the lowest in the world Sub-Saharan Africans rate their own wellbeing, their health and their health-care systems among the lowest in the world,...

Heart failure patients who struggle doing daily tasks are more likely to be hospitalized and die early, according to new...

For safetyâ€™s sake, make food labels say what companies already know Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called on two senior ministers to prepare a cabinet submission on country-of-origin labelling...

Taste as a social sense: rethinking taste as a cultural activity

Depressionâ€™s Peculiar Grip on Black LGBTQs

I have in this short Opinion outlined what it could mean to see taste as a social sense and stressed that it includes...

Remember Raymond Chase, Aiyisha Hassan, and Joseph Jefferson? All three were so depressed that they committed...

C-Diff Kills 15,000 People A Year. Feces Donations May Change That

Embracing the Conscious Death of Relationship

A bacteria that triggers deadly diarrhea and is one of the most common causes of U.S. infectious disease deaths...

We are so sensitive and avoidant about death in this culture, arenâ€™t we? Not only about the death of the...

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Change Your Life With the 30-Day Thank You Challenge

â€˜So Much More Than Enoughâ€™ â€” Lessons in Gracious Sharing

If you are looking for a way to boost your happiness, health and relationships with one simple practice, the answer...

Yesterday on my way to my healing practice in San Rafael, California, I stopped at Whole Foods to gather some groceries...

Sticky protein hails new approach for treating Parkinsonâ€™s

Breakfast habits affect teensâ€™ metabolic responses to protein-packed morning meals

UK scientists have developed a peptide that sticks to the protein that causes Parkinsonâ€™s disease, stopping it from...

The future is looking less cloudy When warm air comes into contact with a cool surface and chills to saturation, fog materializes. It blankets open roads and...

Study shows troubling rise in use of animals in experiments Washington â€” Despite industry claims of reduced animal use as well as federal laws and policies aimed at reducing...

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Understanding faith, teaching evolution not mutually exclusive Discussing the relationship between science and faith, rather than avoiding the discussion, may better prepare future high...

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FDA approves Sanofiâ€™s diabetes drug Toujeo

Singaporeâ€™s first prime minister still in hospital in ICU: statement

By Bill Berkrot (Reuters) â€“ U.S. health regulators on Wednesday approved Sanofiâ€™s diabetes...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) â€“ Singaporeâ€™s first prime minister and the man widely credited with the city-stateâ€™s...

Opening statements in Boston Marathon bombing trial set for next week

In landmark FDA tobacco study, e-cig questions likely to linger

By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) â€“ Formal seating of a jury and opening statements in the trial...

By Toni Clarke (Reuters) â€“ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is poised to release initial...

Australia to introduce country-of-origin labeling after hepatitis A outbreak

U.S. Senate finance committee postpones hearing on trade

By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) â€“ Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott backed plans on Thursday...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ A key U.S. Senate committee postponed a hearing on trade planned for Thursday and...

Largest study of its kind documents causes of childhood communityacquired pneumonia

Nasty stomach bug much more common than thought in US

With the chill of winter comes a spike in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), which spreads more easily as people retreat...

(AP)â€”A nasty intestinal bug sickens nearly twice as many Americans each year as was previously thought, according...

Many transplant surgeons suffer burnout

Infections With Dangerous Gut Microbe Still On The Rise

Despite saving thousands of lives yearly, nearly half of organ transplant surgeons report a low sense of personal accomplishment...

An overgrowth of Clostridium difficile bacteria can inflame the colon with a life-threatening infection. ...

FDA approves new antibacterial drug Avycaz

How to optimize the treatment of early stage Parkinsonâ€™s disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Avycaz (ceftazidime-avibactam), a new antibacterial drug product, to...

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Digesting the New Veganomic Guidelines

What I Want Other Parents to Know About Living With Food Allergies

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Pat Robertson Claims Yoga Forces People To Pray â€˜To A Hindu Deityâ€™

Facebook Adds New Feature For Suicide Prevention

Pat Robertson has some words of caution for anyone considering taking up yoga. Responding to a viewerâ€™s...

Starting on Wednesday, Facebook is rolling out a new feature for suicide prevention. The social media site is partnering...

Donâ€™t Look for a Job, Look for a Life!

Food additives linked to obesity, digestive problems

Are you living the life you dreamed about as a child? Sadly, for many people the answer is â€œNo, not really.â€...

Dangerous dog food? Lawsuit claims Beneful harmed pets SAN FRANCISCO â€“ A dog owner has filed a class-action lawsuit against the maker of a popular pet food brand alleging...

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Study maps extroversion types in the brainâ€™s anatomy PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] â€” Everyday experience and psychological studies alike tell us that there are two...

Systemic sclerosis patients with unhealed digital ulcers benefit from fat cell transplant Putnam Valley, NY. (Feb. 25, 2015) â€“ Digital ulcers (DUs) are a frequent, painful, and quality of life altering...

The magic of food science has made it possible to walk into a supermarket and buy a bag of cookies that are just as soft...

Johns Hopkins researchers find hospital design has little effect on patient satisfaction IMAGE:Â This image shows the Sheikh Zayed Tower (left) and the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Childrenâ€™s Center at Johns...

Sewage provides insight into human microbiome WOODS HOLE, MAâ€“A new study demonstrates that sewage is an effective means to sample the fecal bacteria from millions...

Competition among physicians and retail clinics drive up antibiotic prescribing rate Competition among doctorsâ€™ offices, urgent care centers and retail medical clinics in wealthy areas of the U.S. often...

Pot in D.C. going legal despite congressional opposition By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Legalization of marijuana in the District of Columbia...

U.S. CDC warns overuse of antibiotics has fueled more infections

U.S. high court ruling good for accused Boston bomberâ€™s friend: lawyer

By Yasmeen Abutaleb NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ Overuse of antibiotics made Americans more vulnerable...

By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) â€“ A friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber convicted...

Daily tasks predict hospitalization, death for heart failure patients

Justices: Dentists unfair to limit teethbleaching providers

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) â€“ â€“ Heart failure patients who struggle with daily...

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state regulatory board made up mostly of dentists...

U.S. orders Takata to preserve defective air bag inflators for federal probe

Washington, DC, pot legalization to proceed despite congressional opposition

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ The United States ordered Takata Corp on Wednesday to preserve all air bag inflators...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Legalization of marijuana in the District of Columbia will go ahead early on Thursday despite...

U.S. government says 8.84 million people signed on for 2015 Obamacare plans

Mayor says District of Columbia to go ahead with pot legalization

(Reuters) â€“ Some 8.84 million people selected or were automatically enrolled as of Feb. 22 in an individual health...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Wednesday the District of Columbia would move forward...

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Painkiller abuse sparking HIV outbreak in southern Indiana

Helmet add-ons may not reduce risk of concussion in athletes, study finds

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) â€“ An outbreak of HIV among people injecting prescription drugs prompted health officials...

Â (iStock) While the sporting industry continues to cash in on equipment that promises to reduce the risk of player injury,...

Obamacare wonâ€™t swamp doctors, study contends

Beckman Coulter Genomics Introduces a Scalable RNA-seq service line for processing intact and degraded RNA samples

(HealthDay)â€”The greater number of Americans with health insurance under the Affordable Care Act will lead to only...

High quality draft genome of Lactobacillus kunkeei EFB6, isolated from a German European foulbrood outbreak of honeybees The genome statistics are provided in TableÂ 3. The high quality draft genome sequence consists of 55 contigs that account...

Dating Deal Breakers According To Women And Men Everyone has their pet peeves when it comes to dating. Some are understandable and some are just plain weird. In...

The Upside Down Economy of Parenting The days go by and the minutes fly and suddenly, a year has passed. It is morning and then it is night. It is Sunday...

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Despite The Stereotype, Study Suggests Doctors Are Not More Likely To Divorce Anupam B. Jena, an assistant professor of health care policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School, couldnâ€™t...

What to Do When the Toxic People in Your Life Are (Unfortunately) Your Parents Parents: You canâ€™t live with them, you feel guilty not staying in touch with them. We always hear the advice...

10 Things I Wish I Knew at the Beginning of Sobriety This was originally published on The Fix. Everything always makes more sense in retrospect. I know that as much...

Eating too healthy may be sign of eating disorder

Three men receive mind-controlled bionic hands

February 25, 2015, 11:49 AM|A new eating disorder known as orthorexia is an unhealthy obsession with eating healthy. Those...

Three men have been equipped with bionic hands which they control with their minds, allowing them to rediscover everyday...

Foodborne illness: The most guilty foods list

Warming up the world of superconductors

One out of six Americans ends up sick each year from unknowingly eating food that contains harmful bacteria.Â In an effort...

A superconductor that works at room temperature was long thought impossible, but scientists at USC may have discovered a...

Isolated wetlands have significant impact on water quality

UCLA physicists offer a solution to the puzzle of the origin of matter in the universe

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New flow battery to keep big cities lit, green and safe RICHLAND, Wash. â€“ Ensuring the power grid keeps the lights on in large cities could be easier with a new battery design...

Most of the laws of nature treat particles and antiparticles equally, but stars and planets are made of particles, or matter,...

New technology could make treatment of oil and gas wastewater simpler, cheaper Oil and gas operations in the United States produce about 21 billion barrels of wastewater per year. The saltiness of the...

Fossil database to create crossdiscipline collaboration

Italian teen gets titanium pelvis in world first

Have you ever wondered exactly when a certain group of plants or animals first evolved? This week a groundbreaking new resource...

Rome (AFP) â€“ An Italian teenager suffering from bone cancer has had half his pelvis replaced by a titanium...

Antaresâ€™ testosterone injection successful in late-stage study

HIV prevention saves over $250,000 over lifetime

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Congressmen warn District of Columbia on pot legalization

Traditional healer returns to first Ebolaaffected village

By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Possessing and growing small amounts of marijuana in...

MELIANDOU, Guinea (AP) â€” Here at ground zero of West Africaâ€™s Ebola outbreak, a local traditional...

GSK set to complete $20 billion Novartis asset swap next week

So rare: Baby born still inside amniotic sac

LONDON (Reuters) â€“ GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday it expected to conclude a $20 billionplus three-part...

(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) Silas Philips recently entered the world through emergency...

Lawsuit: Brand of Purina dog food is killing dogs

If you donâ€™t quit smoking, thereâ€™s a 67 percent chance itâ€™ll kill you, study says

Â (Reuters) A class-action lawsuit claims that the popular Beneful brand of dog food from Nestle Purina is killing dogs,...

This Tuesday, July 15, 2014 photo shows the tobacco in cigarettes in Philadelphia. A study ties a host of new diseases to...

Being unemployed could warp your personality, study says

â€˜Game changerâ€™ HIV drug cuts infection risk by 86%

In this June 15, 2011, file photo, job seekers wait in line at a job fair in Southfield, Mich.Â (AP Photo/Paul Sancya,...

Wednesday February 25 2015 The drug stops HIV from replicating â€œScientists hail discovery of â€˜game-changerâ€™...

Younger women may ignore heart attack signs, study finds

Israeli mother defies odds to give birth to third set of twins

More than 15,000 women younger than 55 die of heart disease in the United States every year, making it the leading cause...

A young mother with two sets of twins at home stunned her doctors by giving birth to her third set of twins in four years,...

The evaluation of aerially applied triclopyr mixtures for the control of dense infestations of wilding Pinus contorta in New Zealand

Live time-lapse dataset of in vitro wound healing experiments

Exotic conifer species were planted for erosion control, research, shelter, landscaping and production forests from...

Missing upper incisors: a retrospective study of orthodontic space closure versus implant This retrospective observational study was carried out in accordance with the ethical standards set forth in the...

The wound healing assay, the traditional method to study collective cell motility and migration in medicine and...

Cephalometric study to test the reliability of anteroposterior skeletal discrepancy indicators using the twin block appliance Paired sample t-test results showed highly significant changes between T1 and T2 for all the seven anteroposterior...

4 Simple Tips For Driver Wellness

5 Real Ways to Combat Mental Illness

In addition to being Black History Month, February is also American Heart Month. We all know by now that one of...

(Hint: One of Them Isnâ€™t Calling It â€œMental Healthâ€) Every morning, I wake up to an inbox with...

African-American Women and Breast Cancer Risk

Best Supporting Actress? Mom

Photo: Deposit Photos Each year during the month of February we celebrate Black History Month, which marks the...

As a child, I was a bitâ€¦ theatrical. I tap-danced at nursing homes, directed talent shows on the front porch...

Mother Hears Late Sonâ€™s Heart Beat Inside Organ Recipient For First Time

Alzheimerâ€™s beating shows unpredictability of disease

A mother was moved to tears after experiencing the memory of her late son through an organ transplant recipient....

DENVER â€” Mental health experts say the case of an 87-year-old Alzheimerâ€™s patient suspected of killing his...

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Proof that you can really be addicted to food

Learning by eye: Silicon micro-funnels increase the efficiency of solar cells

February 25, 2015, 9:50 AM|New evidence suggests people can be addicted to food. â€œCBS This Morningâ€ co-host Gayle...

The fovea centralis, or fovea for short, sits in the middle of the Macula lutea (or macula) of the retina, where the slender,...

Why companies donâ€™t learn from their mistakes

Electric-car driving range and emissions depend on where you live

IMAGE:Â Economist Prof. Dr. Gianfranco Walsh from University Jena and his team analyzed with colleagues from the University...

Many car buyers weighing whether they should go all electric to help the planet have at least one new factor to consider...

NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Glenda may be developing an eye

Intl classification of functioning, disability & health benefits neurorehab research & patient care

IMAGE:Â NASAâ€™s Aqua satellite captured this visible image of Tropical Cyclone Glenda in the Indian Ocean on Feb....

Amsterdam, NL, 25 February 2015 â€“ Use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)...

Molecular mouse-trap technique sheds light on key cell processes

4 Wesleyan Students Arrested in â€˜Mollyâ€™ Drug Overdoses

Scientists have shed new light on the fundamental biological process of cell division, thanks to an emerging analytical method....

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California dog owner alleges Purina Beneful pet food can kill

Tobacco companies to settle smoking lawsuits for $100 million

By Carey Gillam (Reuters) â€“ A California dog owner whose English bulldog died in January has...

By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ Three major U.S. tobacco companies including R.J. Reynolds...

Supreme Court drills dentists in teethbleaching dispute

Supreme Court says state dental board canâ€™t regulate teeth whitening

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state regulatory board made up mostly of dentists...

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a North...

How Do I Spot Medical Billing Errors?

College athlete battling terminal cancer gets Ohioâ€™s â€˜Courage Award,â€™ celebrates end of season

This weekly QA addresses questions from real patients about health care costs. Have a question youâ€™d like...

Nov. 2, 2014: In this file photo, Mount St. Josephâ€™s Lauren Hill gives a thumbs-up as she holds the game ball during...

Antaresâ€™ testosterone injection found successful in late-stage study

Health-conscious Chinese challenge Western food firms

(Reuters) â€“ Antares Pharma Inc said its onceweekly testosterone injection met the main goal in an ongoing late-stage...

LONDON/SHANGHAI (Reuters) â€“ Chen Chen, a 27-year-old financial analyst in Shanghai, has cut back on bottled milky...

The best length for eyelashes, according to science

College athlete battling terminal cancer gets Ohioâ€™s â€˜Courage Award â€¦

Cosmeticians probably wonâ€™t agree, but scientists say eyelashes have an optimal length: a third of the width of the...

Nov. 2, 2014: In this file photo, Mount St. Josephâ€™s Lauren Hill gives a thumbs-up as she holds the game ball during...

Disease puts 3-year-old boy at risk of becoming â€˜human mannequinâ€™

Baby born on New York City crosswalk turns 1

(HopeforJarvis.com) A rare disease has left a young Australian boy at risk of being trapped in his own body, news.com.au...

The little girl who made headlines last year after being born on a crosswalk celebrated her first birthday Tuesday in New...

Crocs rocked pre-Amazonian Peru

Worldâ€™s protected natural areas receive 8 billion visits a year

IMAGE:Â This model is a life reconstruction of the head of Gnatusuchus pebasensis, a 13-millionyear-old, short-faced...

The worldâ€™s national parks and nature reserves receive around eight billion visits every year, according to the first...

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Both parties face risks as health care law court case nears

Biosimilar copies of blockbuster drug launch in major EU markets

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” Twenty-two out of 24. And 206 to 96. Those numbers tell much about the political impact...

By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Cheap versions of a top-selling drug for rheumatoid arthritis...

UTHealth study explores use of app to help improve health of minority stroke patients

Study: Gene variant linked to increased risk of vincristine-induced peripheral neuropathy in children

A clinical trial investigating the use of a physicianmonitored app to help first-time minority stroke patients become healthier...

Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who had a certain gene variant experienced a higher incidence and severity of...

Study finds new approaches to manage anticoagulant-associated intracerebral hemorrhage

Direct brain responsive neurostimulator reduces seizures, improves quality of life

Among patients with oral anticoagulationassociated intracerebral hemorrhage (bleeding within the brain), reversal of international...

Piotr Olejniczak, MD, PhD, LSU Health New Orleans Professor of Neurology and Director of the Epilepsy Center, contributed...

Three innovative research projects aim to improve lives of people with mobility difficulties

People who use snus are at increased risk of developing alcohol dependency

A prosthetic hand controlled by the nervous system, robotic clothing to help people with walking, and biosensors to monitor...

People who use snus run twice the risk of developing alcohol dependency compared with non-users, and the more one uses snus,...

How Peer Pressure May Encourage Tax Delinquents To Pay Up

Use of aromatase ?nhibitors in practice of gynecology

A field experiment in Kentucky, Kansas and Wisconsin finds that shaming tax cheats is a more effective way to get scofflaws...

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Genetic variants in root architecturerelated genes in a Glycine soja accession, a potential resource to improve cultivated soybean

Pretreatment of garden biomass using Fentonâ€™s reagent: influence of Fe2+ and H2O2 concentrations on lignocellulose degradation

BMC Genomics 2015, 16:132Â doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1334-6 Silvas J Prince and Li Song contributed equally to this work. ...

1 Department of Biotechnology, Priyadarshini Institute of Engineering and Technology,...

â€œYou donâ€™t want to lose that trust that youâ€™ve built with this patientâ€¦â€: (Dis)trust, medical tourism, and the Canadian family physicianpatient relationship

The amplitude of pulse-synchronous oscillations varies with the level of intramuscular pressure in simulated compartment syndrome

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Are you a food addict? Two new studies explore how some of us may be â€œaddictedâ€ to our favorite foods. Among the most addictive items,...

Optical nanoantennas set the stage for a NEMS lab-on-a-chip revolution IMAGE:Â This is a schematic representation of unidirectional cubic nanoantennas inducing directionality to omnidirectional...

Study suggests need for more sensitive lung cancer screening criteria An analysis of lung cancer incidence and screening found a decline in the proportion of

Subjects Seven healthy subjects (four females and three males) with a mean age of 28 (range 23â€“38) years...

Scientists grow leg muscle from cells in a dish HEIDELBERG, 25 February 2015 â€“ A team of researchers from Italy, Israel and the United Kingdom has succeeded in generating...

Findings may help with the management of anticoagulant-related bleeding within the brain Among patients with oral anticoagulationassociated intracerebral hemorrhage (bleeding within the brain), reversal of international...

Gene variant and risk and severity of nerve disorder linked to cancer drug Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who had a certain gene variant experienced a higher incidence and severity of...

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Taking NSAIDs with anti-clotting medications and risk of bleeding, CV events

WHO calls for more measles vaccination in Europe as large outbreaks persist

Among patients receiving antithrombotic therapy (to prevent the formation of blood clots) after a heart attack, the use of...

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) â€“ The World Health Organization in Europe called on Wednesday...

UN health agency urges Europe to step up measles vaccination

3 men 1st to get reconstructed bionic hands after amputation

BERLIN (AP) â€” The World Health Organization is urging Europe to step up measles vaccination efforts as countries...

LONDON (AP) â€” Three Austrians have replaced injured hands with bionic ones that they can control using nerves...

Pill taken before, after sex may prevent HIV: study

Olive oil may prevent cancer, study finds

An HIV prevention pill taken by gay men before and after sex reduced the risk of virus transmission by 86 percent,...

Olive oil, a staple of the Mediterranean diet and long hailed as a cardiovascular health enhancer, is now showing promise...

New device treats brain tumors without chemotherapy, radiation

Whatâ€™s inflammation? How to decrease your disease risk

For patients living with a deadly form of brain cancer called glioblastoma, survival is often measured in months. That...

Imagine you smash your thumb with a hammer. You might shake your thumb instinctively, but, of course, that wonâ€™t...

Pill taken before, after sex may prevent HIV

Turn a Personal Attack Into a Statement of Fact

Los Angeles (AFP) â€“ An HIV prevention pill taken by gay men before and after sex reduced the risk of virus...

Youâ€™re not in charge of facilities, but your boss screams at you about the lack of toilet paper in the bathroom....

Why My Husbandâ€™s Heart Attack Shouldnâ€™t Have Been a Shock

Canada says only 3 percent of its beef trade hurt by ban

I was waiting for my husband to come home for dinner when I got the text message every spouse fears. It was from Seanâ€™s...

OTTAWA (Reuters) â€“ Markets that have closed their borders to Canadian beef after a case of mad cow disease...

Clarithromycin as an anti-cancer agent

Jamaica decriminalizes small amounts of â€˜ganjaâ€™

An antibiotic may join the ranks of drugs suitable for repurposing as anti-cancer treatments, according to new research...

(AP)â€”Marijuana has been pervasive but illegal in Jamaica for decades, consumed as a medicinal herb, puffed as a sacrament...

UK 1st country to allow creation of embryos from 3 people

Scientists report bionic hand reconstruction in 3 Austrian men

(AP)â€”Britain has become the first country in the world to allow the creation of human embryos from the DNA of three...

Three Austrian men have become the first in the world to undergo a new technique called â€œbionic reconstructionâ€,...

All Fast-track diagnostics kits now available in 32 and 64 reaction sizes

New skin test may help detect abnormal proteins in patients with Alzheimerâ€™s and Parkinsonâ€™s diseases

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Scientists have discovered a skin test that may shed new light on Alzheimerâ€™s and Parkinsonâ€™s diseases, according...

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PCF announces Challenge Awards to support research on new treatment strategies for prostate cancer The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) announces 3 new Challenge Awards to support discoveries for the treatment of lethal...

Serous ovarian cancer is more deadly, shows Cancer Research UK study

â€˜Walking footballâ€™ could have a multitude of health benefits, say

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researchers Aston University (UK) researchers have said that â€˜walking footballâ€™ could have a multitude of health benefits. The...

9 Things We Learned from Doing a Fitness Challenge

10 Women Talk About What They Learned from Being Cheated On

When Flywheel Sports asked us if we were interested in doing its FlyPlus challenge (three barre classes and three indoor-cycling...

Thereâ€™s no beating around the bush when it comes to cheatingâ€”it sucks, it can be super hard to recover from,...

Removing batch effects from purified plasma cell gene expression microarrays with modified ComBat

Comparative genome analysis of Prevotella intermedia strain isolated from infected root canal reveals features related to pathogenicity and adaptation

1 Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical...

BMC Genomics 2015, 16:122Â doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1272-3 Yunfeng Ruan and Lu Shen contributed equally to this work. ...

Genome-wide characterization of developmental stage- and tissuespecific transcription factors in wheat Research article ...

Genome-wide expression profiling and phenotypic evaluation of European maize inbreds at seedling stage in response to heat stress 1 Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-LinnÃ©-Weg 10,...

The genome sequence of Pseudoplusia includens single nucleopolyhedrovirus and an analysis of p26 gene evolution in the baculoviruses

Is Snorting Cocoa Powder Safe? Apparently, you havenâ€™t really tasted chocolate until youâ€™ve snorted it. At least, thatâ€™s what...

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Filipino newcomers to Canada diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age IMAGE:Â Filipinos who move to Canada are diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age than women from other parts of...

Asphaltene analysis takes a giant step IMAGE:Â Asphaltenes (in black) clump together in a model oil created for testing in a Rice University lab. Researchers...

Cyberbystanders: Most donâ€™t try to stop online bullies

Decline in smoking rates may increase lung cancer mortality

COLUMBUS, Ohio â€“ In a new study, 221 college students participated in an online chat room in which they watched a...

ROCHESTER, Minn. â€” A decline in smoking rates may mean that many people who could have benefited from early detection...

Boy or girl? Lemur scents have the answer

Itâ€™s tough to shift that weight, McMaster studies show

DURHAM, N.C. â€” Dozens of pregnancy myths claim to predict whether a mom-to-be is carrying a boy or a girl. Some say...

Hamilton, ON (Feb. 24, 2015) â€“ New studies by McMaster University researchers, published in CMAJ Open, have confirmed...

AstraZeneca taps biotech firm Orca for autoimmune disease drugs

Bring Back Recess â€” No, I Am Not Kidding

LONDON (Reuters) â€“ AstraZeneca has boosted its early-stage research in autoimmune disease by signing a three-year...

â€œIt is a happy talent to know how to play.â€ Ralph Waldo Emerson When was the last time you played?...

Younger women delay seeking help for heart attacks, study finds

Californiaâ€™s plastic bag ban suspended by ballot referendum

Younger women may ignore or dismiss the earliest symptoms of an impending heart attack, such as pain and dizziness, and...

(AP)â€”A trade group has turned in enough signatures to put a referendum on Californiaâ€™s plastic bag ban on...

Farydak approved for multiple myeloma

Polio vaccination with microneedle patches receives funding

(HealthDay)â€”Farydak (panobinostat) has been

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The Georgia Institute of Technology and Micron Biomedical have been awarded $2.5 million in grants from the Bill Melinda...

Evidence supports use of â€˜retainerâ€™ contact lenses for nearsightedness in children

9 Men Who Could Replace Jamie Dornan As Christian in Fifty Shades of Grey

A technique called orthokeratology (â€œOrthoKâ€)â€”using custom-made contact lenses to shape the growing...

Rumor has it that Jamie Dornan, Americaâ€™s mostÂ commanding leading man, may be so curious about what the rest...

What to Blast When You Want Your Workout to Feel Like a Dance Party

6 Surprising Factors That Make Men Insecure

Every week, Your New Favorite Playlist introduces you to workout-worthy tunes from a different fitness brand. This week,...

Dirty Harry didnâ€™t give a damn whether you liked his tweed suit, and John Wayne didnâ€™t feel selfconscious...

California May Shut Down Baseballâ€™s Tobacco Habit

Top Medical Groups Say Gun Violence Is A Public Health Crisis

The familiar image of baseball players chewing tobacco may soon be history in California, where state lawmakers...

WASHINGTON â€” Seven medical groups representing most U.S. physicians are seeking to recast gun-related casualties...

How Allan Lokos Used His Meditation Skills To Survive A Fiery Plane Crash

Renewable energy obtained from wastewater

Doctors were amazed when Allan Lokos not only survived a plane crash in 2012 but also the severe burns he sustained...

Currently, there are treatments in which wastewater can flow out to the river or sea without causing any environmental problems....

Massive amounts of Saharan dust fertilize the Amazon rainforest

SAGE publishes new report on UKâ€™s social science impact

IMAGE:Â This conceptual image depicts dust from the Saharan Desert crossing the Atlantic Ocean to the Amazon rainforest...

London, UK (24 February 2014) â€“ SAGE, a leading independent academic publisher, and strong advocate for the social...

Detecting defects at the nanoscale will profit solar panel production

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By Kate Kelland, Health, and, Science and Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Britain will become...

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Is mental illness simply the evolutionary toll humans have to pay in return for our unique and superior cognitive abilities...

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Healthcare professionals should be helped to speak up if they become aware of threats to patient safety or wrongdoing. But...

Older patients are more likely to die following a short hospital stay for a hip fracture, finds research published in The...

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LONDON (AP) â€” Britain has become the first country in the world to allow the creation of human embryos from...

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NASA adds up Tropical Cyclone Marciaâ€™s Queensland area rainfall

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The two halves of the human colon have different embryonic origins and gene expression patterns, and these differences may...

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Weâ€™re Fat and Sick and the Broccoli Did It!

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Dear Hiring Manager: All the DisabilityRelated Skills I Canâ€™t Put on My Resume

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February 24, 2015, 4:46 PM|A group of scientists say that history has been blaming the wrong rodent for bringing the deadly...

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Britain has became the first country in the world to allow babies to be created with the DNA of three parents. The House...

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Itâ€™s happened to just about everybody at one time or another â€” the awful gastrointestinal symptoms of food...

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IMAGE:Â Led by Vasu Nair, researchers at the University of Georgia have developed a new small molecule drug that may...

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An unusual comet skimmed past the sun on Feb 18-21, 2015, as captured by the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASAâ€™s...

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What connects Earthâ€™s largest, hottest desert to its largest tropical rain forest? The Sahara Desert is a near-uninterrupted...

Amelotin molecule plays a critical role in tooth enamel maturation

Alexandria, Va., USA â€“ Today, the International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) published...

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Tropical turtle fossils discovered in Wyoming by University of Florida scientists reveal that when the earth got warmer,...

NASA Terra satellite spots new Tropical Cyclone 14S

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Killing of â€˜American Sniperâ€™ Kyle no â€˜whodunit,â€™ prosecutor says

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When it comes to detecting alcohol misuse, newly minted primary care physicians ask the wrong questions at the wrong times,...

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Quality of care lacking for ESRD in lupus nephritis

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By Nicole I first came across the idea of an Instagram recovery account during my first admission to an adolescent...

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The source of all creation is pure consciousness . . . pure potentiality seeking expression from the unmanifest...

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PASADENA, Calif., February 24, 2015 â€” A comprehensive, population-based regional health care management program for...

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Britain becomes first nation to legalize three-parent babies

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Whether you didnâ€™t receive it, it wasnâ€™t sent, or it is stuck in the pages of Januaryâ€™s People...

â€˜American Sniperâ€™ Kyle never saw it coming -expert testifies

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By Jon Herskovitz STEPHENVILLE, Texas (Reuters) â€“ Former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, whose autobiography...

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Preventative treatment dramatically reduces HIV risk in gay men

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By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Gay men at high risk of HIV who took a daily dose of a Gilead...

Tuesday February 24 2015 Under 5s should not have whole peanuts â€œThe cure for peanut allergy â€“ peanuts,...

U.S. FDA wants more data on sunscreen additives before approval

Bavarian Nordic vaccine helps prolong life in prostate cancer trial

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it still could not approve two sunscreen...

(Reuters) â€“ An experimental therapeutic vaccine from Danish drugmaker Bavarian Nordic helped significantly extend...

UK doctors urge use of Rocheâ€™s

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LONDON (Reuters) â€“ British doctors called on Tuesday for Rocheâ€™s cancer drug Avastin to be made routinely...

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Pills before and after sex can help prevent HIV, study finds

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Being a Teacher I am a life-long teacher, which means I am a lifelong student. I come from a lineage of teachers. And so, I offer...

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Favipiravir, Experimental Ebola Drug, Seems To Prove Effective In Those With Low Virus Levels SEATTLE (AP) â€” An experimental antiviral drug shows some early, encouraging signs of effectiveness in its...

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New Florida Tech study links coral disease to a warming Atlantic Over the last four decades, the iconic elkhorn and staghorn corals that dominated Caribbean reefs for millions of years have...

Inherited gene variation leaves young leukemia patients at risk for peripheral neuropathy

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(MEMPHIS, Tenn. â€“ February 24, 2015) Researchers have identified the first genetic variation that is associated with...

WHAT: Research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggests that changes in a small region of chromosome 6...

Stellate cells in the liver control regeneration and fibrosis

Ultra-thin nanowires can trap electron â€˜twistersâ€™ that disrupt superconductors

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Rule reversal allows schools to bill Medicaid for services

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TOKYO (Reuters) â€“ The operator of the tsunamicrippled Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Tuesday it had...

Catholic head says will press government on â€˜shockingâ€™ poverty levels

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Â (REUTERS/Michael Kooren) Worry that marijuana might kill you? Then rest easy: New research says that among things people...

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Scientists identify specific gene mutations associated with peanut allergies

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Feb. 24, 2015: A doctorâ€™s assistant prepares a measles vaccination in Berlin, Germany.Â (AP) BERLIN â€“ Â An...

Rutgers freshman collapses, dies while playing basketball

Woman recovering after freak accident with power drill tears off scalp

A Rutgers University freshman collapsed and died while playing basketball on Sunday, MyCentralJersey.com reported. Patrick...

Â (Photo courtesy Central European News) A 27year-old Czech woman whose skin and hair were ripped from her head after...

Worldâ€™s diet worsening with globalization, major study finds

Achieving community immunity against flu, one school at a time

The worldâ€™s diet has deteriorated substantially in the last two decades, a leading nutrition expert said on Monday,...

Each fall flu can strike a community like a wildfire. Initially, cases are sporadic, but eventually they spread person to...

Reducing pharmacy error

Should paramedics be allowed to give antibiotics to trauma victims?

With 450 million prescriptions given out last year in Canadian pharmacies, mistakes will happen. James Barker and SafetyNET-Rx...

Previously unknown effect of vitamin A identified The signal molecule, retinoic acid, is a product of vitamin A which helps to instruct how different types of tissue are...

Agena releases MassARRAY 24-Well System for mass spectrometry-based genetic testing Agena Bioscience today released the MassARRAY 24-Well System for mass spectrometry-based genetic analysis, adding to its...

For years, infection rates from open fractures have remained stubbornly high. But a new study has found that infection rates...

Overcoming addiction with an app Can a game installed on your smartphone help you to overcome an addiction? Soon this will be a possibility. Marloes Postel,...

New NCCN Guidelines for treating Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia According to the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN GuidelinesÂ®) for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL),...

MPP, MSD sign licensing agreement for paediatric formulations of raltegravir

Kuros Biosurgery granted U.S. patent for synthetic hydrogel technology

Company joins five other MPP patent holders in efforts to improve HIV paediatric care The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced...

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Pill And Women Need Therapy.â€™ What Gives? Melanie says she loves her partner of four years and that sheâ€™s physically attracted to him. She just hasnâ€™t...

The HPV Shot Doesnâ€™t Encourage Women To Have Unsafe Sex, Suggests Yet Another Study For some opponents of the HPV vaccination, the line of thinking goes like this: Give young women a shot to protect...

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NY expands investigation into herbal supplements

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ALBANY, N.Y. â€“ Three weeks after ordering four major retailers to pull store-brand herbal supplements off their shelves...

Are warehouse stores making Americans fat?

How language shows weâ€™re biased toward positivity

Americansâ€™ growing obesity levels may be due to a â€œField of Dreamsâ€ problem: â€œIf you build it, they...

February 24, 2015, 8:20 AM|The Pollyanna principle is our tendency to use positive words more than negative terms. This theory...

Heart attacks linked to angry outbursts, study finds

Insurance companies receive outrageous billing for unwanted prescription creams

February 24, 2015, 8:12 AM|A new study finds the risk of a heart attack is eight and a half times higher after an angry outburst....

February 24, 2015, 7:32 AM|CBS News confirms federal agencies are investigating two companies behind compounded prescription...

Indian city bans gatherings over swine flu outbreak

First Ebola survivors talk of hope and despair in Guinea

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By Misha Hussain GUECKEDOU, Guinea (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Lying in an Ebola treatment...

Toddler dies of measles in Berlin, 1st death in outbreak

U.S. government report outlines foods most prone to pathogens

BERLIN (AP) â€” An 18-month-old boy has died of measles amid an outbreak of the disease in Berlin, a hospital...

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) â€“ More than 80 percent of cases of a certain E. coli...

Why Some Cancer Centers Offer Yoga to Their Patients

4 more measles cases reported in California

A new hospital program dispenses downward dogs and tree poses to help kids with aggressive forms of cancer deal with their...

California public health officials on Monday reported four new cases of measles, bringing the total number people infected...

Man gets bionic eye, sees family for first time in 10 years

US government report outlines foods most prone to pathogens

Â (YouTube/Mayo Clinic) A Minnesota man saw his wife for the first time in 10 yearsâ€” and most of his grandchildren...

This colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicts a colony of rod-shaped Salmonella sp. bacteriaÂ (CDC) More than...

Endurance athletes may be drinking too much water, studies suggest

New screening tests for hard-to-spot breast cancers

(REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson) For years, the mantra was drummed into endurance-sports competitors: hydrate, hydrate, hydrate....

Â (Dreamstime) Millions of women in 21 states will get an ominous note with their mammogram results this year. Even if...

Study tested centralized system for reminding families about immunizations

Retracing the roots of fungal symbioses

A centralized notification system to remind families about childhood immunizations run in collaboration with public health...

With apologies to the poet John Donne, and based on recent work from the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute...

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HIV transmission at each step of the care continuum in the United States

Survey: Uninsured rate hit new low in 2014

Individuals infected but undiagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and those individuals diagnosed with HIV...

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” An extensive new survey says the share of Americans without health insurance dropped to...

California lawmaker seeks to ban chewing tobacco in baseball

Merck places childrenâ€™s HIV drug in shared non-profit patent pool

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) â€“ Major League Baseball players would be banned...

LONDON (Reuters) â€“ U.S. drugmaker Merck Co has contributed an HIV medicine for children to an international...

Africaâ€™s expanding farms attract more plague-infested rats: TRFN

New York attorney general expands herbal supplements probe

By Chris Arsenault ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Converting wilderness areas into farmland...

Feb. 3, 2015: A woman walks past a GNC store in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ALBANY, N.Y. â€“ Â Three weeks...

Researchers discover possible drug target to combat sleeping sickness

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Virginia Tech biochemists are trying to deliver a stern wake-up call to the parasite that causes sleeping sickness. Scientists...

When diagnosing a case of Ebola, time is of the essence. However, existing diagnostic tests take at least a day or two to...

Alaska becomes 3rd state with legal marijuana

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(AP)â€”Smoking, growing and possessing marijuana becomes legal in Americaâ€™s wildest state Tuesday, thanks to...

Early results from an Ebola trial using the experimental drug Avigan (favipiravir) showed Monday it was somewhat effective...

Teaâ€™s benefits extend to old bones: Japan researchers

Epigenetics and womenâ€™s health research: an interview with Professor Steve Conlan, Swansea University

Researchers in Japan say black tea could help treat osteoporosis, a bone condition affecting older people, but admit you...

Diets high in animal proteins can worsen progression of kidney disease An estimated 26 million people in the United States have chronic kidney disease, which can lead to complete kidney failure....

Study reveals how household net worth affects breast cancer care Household net worth is a major and overlooked factor in adherence to hormonal therapy among breast cancer patients and partially...

Johns Hopkins scientists identify genetic pathway that may spur cancer cell growth in children Working with cells taken from children with a very rare but ferocious form of brain cancer, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center...

Prof. Steven ConlanTHOUGHT LEADERS SERIESâ€¦insight from the worldâ€™s leading experts Please can you give a...

People who exhibit resistance to aspirin may be at risk of more severe strokes People who exhibit a resistance to aspirin may be more likely to have more severe strokes than people who still respond to...

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â€˜Weirdâ€™ Fern Shows The Power Of Interspecies Sex i Botanists say this plant is the fern equivalent of a human-lemur love child. ...

Feds crack down on melanoma detector apps

Ocean acidification slows algae growth in the Southern Ocean

A wave of your smartphone wonâ€™t tell you if youâ€™re sick, have a broken bone or, apparently, if you have melanoma....

Bremerhaven, 24 February 2015. In a recent study, scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar...

Reconstructing topsy-turvy paleoclimate of western US 21,000 years ago

Simulating superconducting materials with ultracold atoms

IMAGE:Â Reconstruction of the climate 21,000 years ago at the peak of the last ice age in the

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Eating peanut at an early age prevents peanut allergy in high-risk infants

Intense anger associated with high risk of heart attack

New evidence shows that the majority of infants at high-risk of developing peanut allergy are protected from peanut allergy...

Sophia Antipolis, 24 February 2015. The risk of heart attack has been found to be 8.5 times higher in the two hours following...

Small molecule might help reduce cancer in at-risk population, Stanford study finds

Smokers at higher risk of depression, says British study

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found that by changing the selectivity of an enzyme, a small...

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London (AFP) â€“ Smokers are 70 percent more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression than non-smokers,...

Best and worst foods to eat when youâ€™re sick When youâ€™re under the weather the last thing you want is to eat something that makes you feel worse. But what if...

New studies quantify morcellationâ€™s link to uterine cancer

Interventions lower diabetes risk in women who had gestational diabetes

The dangers of a power tool used in gynecological surgery have been debated for more than a year, with experts offering...

Women with a history of gestational diabetes face a heightened risk of developing Type 2 diabetes for years after giving...

Dr Google can improve older peopleâ€™s health â€“ if we bridge the technology gap

Study sheds light on a â€˜guardianâ€™ protein of brain function

With more health information going online every day, it has never been easier to proactively manage our health. The problem...

IMAGE:Â From left, Dan Liebler, Ph.D., Simona Codreanu, Ph.D., BethAnn McLaughlin, Ph.D., and graduate student Amy Palubinsky...

Community-led marine reserve produces benefits for fisheries and conservation

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The first and only fully protected marine reserve in Scotland is continuing to provide benefits for fisheries and conservation,...

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Homeless people with mental illness have higher 30-year risk of serious cardiovascular disease, research finds

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Hand Washing Your Dishes Could Be Better For Kidsâ€™ Health Doing dishes the old-fashioned way â€” by hand â€” might help curb a modern-day problem: Rising rates...

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Feeding Babies Foods With Peanuts Appears To Prevent Allergies

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U.S. lawmaker seeks congressional hearing on â€˜superbugâ€™ outbreak

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Scientists find peanut-eating prevents allergy, urge rethink

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Peru, Taiwan, Belarus ban Canadian beef in wake of mad cow case

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California college student diagnosed with meningitis-related infection

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Stretch and relax! â€” Losing 1 electron switches magnetism on in dichromium

Flaws in a method commonly used in censuses of tigers and other rare wildlife put the accuracy of such surveys in doubt,...

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Georgetown consensus group issues recommendations for NIH on diversity of sex in research

University of Iowa expert to testify before Presidential 21st century policing panel

WASHINGTON (February 23, 2015) â€” A diverse group of experts from academia, industry and advocacy is offering recommendations...

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Wisdom teeth stem cells can transform into cells that could treat corneal scarring

Bidvest makes $515 million bid for rest of Adcock Ingram

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 23, 2015 â€“ Stem cells from the dental pulp of wisdom teeth can be coaxed to turn into cells of the...

By Tiisetso Motsoeneng JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) â€“ South African conglomerate Bidvest has offered...

Texas trial for â€˜American Sniperâ€™ halted due to ice storm

Lilly delays submission to market oncedaily diabetes drug

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(Reuters) â€“ Eli Lilly and Co said it would delay its application to market its once-daily diabetes treatment,...

Valeant eyes tuck-in buys from Salix, Dendreon deals

U.N. experts warn of â€˜critical knowledge gapsâ€™ on Saudi MERS virus

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By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Saudi Arabia has not done enough to investigate and control...

UK letting down children recruited, raped, abducted and killed in war

Pediatricians urge whole-diet approach for child nutrition

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Britain has failed to address the plight of millions of children who...

New guidelines released today by a leading U.S. pediatricianâ€™s group urge a more practical, commonsense approach...

E-cigarette makers face rise of fakes

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Â (istock) Liberty Flights Ltd., a British maker of electronic cigarettes, is facing a problem more associated with handbags...

When you mentally prepare yourself for a stressful event â€” like confronting your boss, or getting into a fight with...

Stability tools keep bodyweight fitness craze off balance

Children have fewer allergies when families do dishes by hand, study finds

NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ New balance devices that improve stability have made shifting the new lifting of resistance...

Doing dishes the old-fashioned way â€” by hand â€” might help curb a modern-day problem: rising rates of childhood...

Anti-vaccine mothers speak out amid backlash

Man swears off candy after reportedly finding parasitic worm in chocolate bar

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3D-printed guides can help restore function in damaged nerves

Criminologistâ€™s study shows lack of mental health care for prisoners

Scientists at the University of Sheffield have succeeded in using a 3D printed guide to help nerves damaged in traumatic...

New research by a UT Dallas criminologist has found that a substantial number of prison inmates have not received treatment...

Black identity and Americaâ€™s lingering racism

Researchers show environment can neutralize lethal proteins

What it means to be black in America today lies at the complex intersection of race, class and space, says Tufts sociologist...

Botching a few folds might transform an origami cow into a deer or sheep. When cellular proteins do the same, they can trigger...

Some pathogens use immune systems against us

Local woman with breast cancer endorses University of Leicesterâ€™s plans to transform medical education

Every moment of every day, our immune systems are battling to keep us healthy against an onslaught from invading organisms....

A 41-year-old woman from Leicester has spoken of the transformative influence of well-trained doctors as she backed the University...

Hiroshima University develops Sensorimotor Enhancing Suit to support human motion

EKF introduces new diabetic biomarker test â€“ The Stanbio Chemistry GSP LiquiColorÂ® Assay

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Glycated Serum Protein bridges the gap in diabetes testing in cases where HbA1c cannot be reliably measured EKFâ€™s...

Hain Celestial Group announces acquisition of Belvedere International

IRIDEX to unveil Cyclo G6 laser system for treatment of glaucoma at AGS annual congress

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN), a leading organic and natural products company with operations in North America,...

Taiho Oncology announces acceptance of TAS-102 NDA for review by FDA

IRIDEX Corporation (Nasdaq: IRIX) today announced that it will debut Cyclo G6, the Companyâ€™s first laser platform...

Research could make blue jeans green

Taiho Oncology, Inc.

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Arterial spin labeling perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance of the calf in peripheral arterial disease: cuff occlusion hyperemia vs exercise

Mechanism of the perception of â€œkokumiâ€ substances and the sensory characteristics of the â€œkokumiâ€ peptide, ?-Glu-Val-Gly

ASL CMR enables the measurement of calf muscle perfusion in healthy volunteers and PAD patients without the use...

Introduction Recent developments in molecular biology have demonstrated that the five basic tastes, sweet, salty,...

Primary mental health prevention themes in published research and academic programs in Israel

Effect of providing risk information on undergoing cervical cancer screening: a randomized controlled trial

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Anti-inflammatory effects of an injectable copolymer of fatty acids (Ara 3000 betaÂ®) in joint diseases

The 10 American Cities Most Obsessed With Eating Organic Food

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When Your Significant Other Gets A Significant Diagnosis My husband, son and I sit in the urologistâ€™s waiting room. Itâ€™s New Yearâ€™s Eve; a skeleton...

Eating Late At Night May Disrupt Learning And Memory

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â€˜Peanut Patchâ€™ May Protect Against Life-Threatening Allergy

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New benefit to breastfeeding

Why #BlackLivesMatter to public health

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New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett has worked in public health for more than 30 years. She helped lead the...

Conjoined Texas twins separated in 26hour operation

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Sanofi under fire in France over new CEOâ€™s pay package

Life-Saving â€˜Peanut Patchâ€™ May Protect Against Allergy

PARIS (Reuters) â€“ French pharmaceuticals group Sanofi came under fire from French government ministers on...

For those plagued with peanut allergies, protection may eventually come in the form of a patch worn on...

Indiaâ€™s Lupin says FDA raises concerns over plant at Pithampur

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Johns Hopkins researcher helps discover effectiveness of three drugs for treating patients with DME A researcher from Johns Hopkins Medicine helped lead colleagues from across the country in a government-sponsored study by...

VagiCap improves quality of life, satisfaction for postmenopausal women with vulvar and vaginal atrophy

UW ophthalmology researchers help show effectiveness of three drugs for treating DME

Newly released patient satisfaction survey results from a study of a novel investigational vaginal estrogen treatment show...

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Altering visual cues can impact chronic neck pain

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Using virtual reality to misrepresent how far the neck is turned can actually change pain experiences in individuals who...

BgN-Score and BsN-Score: Bagging and boosting based ensemble neural networks scoring functions for accurate binding affinity prediction of protein-ligand complexes Protein-ligand complex database We used the same complex database that Cheng et al. used as a benchmark in their recent ...

Integration of gene expression and DNA-methylation profiles improves molecular subtype classification in acute myeloid leukemia AML dataset For 344 adults, clinical, cytogenetical and molecular characteristics were analysed using bone marrow...

Network modularity structure The concept of community is qualitative rather than quantitative; that is, nodes must ...

Problems with the nested granularity of feature domains in bioinformatics: the eXtasy case Hierarchical sampling The core model of eXtasy is based on the Random forest classifier 15]. Random forests are an ensemble...

An integrated approach of gene expression and DNA-methylation profiles of WNT signaling genes uncovers novel prognostic markers in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Analysis of prognostic markers by means of genestate scenarios It has previously been shown that DNA-methylation or gene...

New catalyst to create chemical building blocks from biomass

â€˜Socializedâ€™ or not, Britainâ€™s health care system is superior

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Feds announce changes in nursing home rating system

Lupin says FDA raises concerns over plant in central India

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced changes Friday to its oftencritiqued five-star rating...

MUMBAI (Reuters) â€“ Indian drugmaker Lupin Ltd said on Monday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

OCD: When intrusive thoughts overwhelm the brain

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Scientists combine principles of butterfly effect and computer simulation to predict heart disease

Clinical data demonstrates safety, efficacy of vedolizumab for treatment of adults with UC and CD

Scientists from Cardiff and Swansea Universities are combining the principles of the butterfly effect and computer simulation...

18 abstract presentations including vedolizumab safety and efficacy data Takeda Pharmaceuticals International GmbH (â€œTakedaâ€)...

Tillotts Pharma announces results of new survey in UC, introduces UCandME toolbox at ECCO 2015

South Africaâ€™s Bidvest in $515 mln bid for drugmaker Adcock Ingram

Tillotts Pharma announced today results from a new European survey that revealed more than 9 out of 10 people with ulcerative...

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Tobacco companies fighting over claims on smokingâ€™s effects

Canadaâ€™s Valeant to buy Salix in $10.1 billion deal

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By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ Canadaâ€™s Valeant Pharmaceuticals International...

North Korea bars foreigners from Pyongyang marathon

Baby formula poses higher arsenic risk to newborns than breast milk, study shows

TOKYO (AP) â€” Tightening the screws even further on travel to their already isolated country, North Korean...

In the first U.S. study of urinary arsenic in babies, Dartmouth College researchers found that formulafed infants had higher...

MedSpring Urgent Care plans to expand operations into Washington D.C.

Righttime Medical Care outlines common health concerns linked to cold temperatures

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Valeant Pharmaceuticals agrees to acquire Salix Pharmaceuticals

Kids, Allergies And A Possible Downside To Squeaky Clean Dishes

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE: VRX) (TSX: VRX) and Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SLXP) today announced...

i Could using a dishwashing machine increase the chances your child will develop allergies? Thatâ€™s what...

Health check: the low-down on â€˜wormsâ€™ and how to get rid of them

Eddie Redmayne Wins Best Actor At The 2015 Oscars

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Certain factors influence whether cancer patients involve family members in treatment decisions Family members often play an important role in providing care for patients with cancer, but which patients are more or less...

Baby formula poses higher arsenic risk

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Help is just a call away for mothers with postnatal depression New research reveals that telephone-based peer support may help reduce postnatal depression, also known as postpartum depression,...

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Using diffusion of innovation theory to understand the factors impacting patient acceptance and use of consumer e-health innovations: a case study in a primary care clinic 1 School of Information Systems and Technology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong...

Precisely mapping a major gene conferring resistance to Hessian fly in bread wheat using genotyping-bysequencing

Regional differences in severe postpartum hemorrhage: a nationwide comparative study of 1.6 million deliveries

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â€˜Girlsâ€™ Finally Went There With An Abortion Storyline

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â€œI canâ€™t go for a run because I had an abortion yesterday,â€ announces Adam Sacklerâ€™s new...

11 Wesleyan Students Hospitalized With Symptoms Of Overdosing On Molly

Fever alarm armband: A wearable, printable, temperature sensor

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) â€” Wesleyan University says at least 11 students have been hospitalized with...

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North Korea, running scared from Ebola, bans foreigners from marathon

Effectiveness of topical corticosteroids in addition to antiviral therapy in the management of recurrent herpes labialis: a systematic review and metaanalysis

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Caspase-3-independent apoptotic pathways contribute to interleukin-32?mediated control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in THP-1 cells 1 Department of Medicine, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, CO,...

Transcriptomic response to heat stress among ecologically divergent populations of redband trout Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, 3059-F National Fish Hatchery...

Peanut allergy patch showing promise in trials

New data on peanut allergy patch shows promise

About three million Americans are allergic to nuts, and most of them are allergic to peanuts. But relief may be on the way....

February 22, 2015, 6:12 PM|There is new data on a skin patch that may be able to protect nearly three million Americans who...

Governors: No clear plan if health care subsidies fall

11 Wesleyan students treated for MDMA drug overdoses

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” Millions of people could lose health insurance subsidies in the coming months if the Supreme...

(Reuters) â€“ Eleven students at Connecticutâ€™s Wesleyan University are being treated for overdoses of...

Experimenting preteens may have different brain processes

Impending Bali executions rely on mistaken ideas about drugs

Preteens who experiment or explore new things may have brain processes that work differently than those of preteens who...

The impending execution of Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran has led to an impassioned public debate...

The Scents And Sensibility Of LAâ€™s Nosy New Perfume Enthusiasts

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i Scent Bar, in central Los Angeles, is home to over 700 niche fragrances â€” several of which are...

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Canadaâ€™s Valeant to acquire Salix in $10.1 billion deal

Hong Kong â€˜radicalsâ€™ up ante in democracy push against China

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ Canadaâ€™s Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc VRX.TO VRX.N...

By James Pomfret and Clare Baldwin HONG KONG (Reuters) â€“ Nearly three months after police cleared...

In a twist, fight for medical pot goes to Florida Statehouse

How To Stop A Jealous Thought In Its Tracks

(AP)â€”Republicans lawmakers in Florida who once opposed medical pot are now embracing it, motivated by the strong...

Weâ€™ve all been there. We see our partner (most likely harmlessly) flirting with the waitress or hear about...

Anti-vaccine moms speak out amid fierce backlash

Anti-vaccine mothers discuss their thinking amid backlash

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. â€“ One is a businesswoman and an MBA graduate. Another is a corporate vice president. The third is...

(AP)â€”One is a businesswoman and an MBA graduate. Another is a corporate vice president. The third is a registered...

Proof Even The Worldâ€™s Worst Meditator Should Give It Another Try

Hereâ€™s What It Takes to Keep a Promise to Yourself

Broody the Brain is like many of us who have yet to take up meditating: Weâ€™re intrigued by the welldocumented...

As a rule, when we promise ourselves that weâ€™ll do something, or promise to stop doing something, we feel...

The Role of Dreams in Our Lives

Youâ€™re Not Losing Your Memory. Youâ€™re Just Distracted.

Science has experienced great progress in deepening our understanding of dreaming. Still, there is no answer to...

What To Eat After You Work Out By Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD As a sports nutritionist, I consult for pro teams and privately counsel professional...

A comparison of estimated drug costs of potentially inappropriate medications between older patients receiving nurse home visit services and patients receiving pharmacist home visit services: a cross-sectional and propensity score analysis

By Melissa Dahl Follow @melissadahl I am constantly misplacing my keys and I am pretty terrible with names, and...

Biomechanical evaluation of a novel wheelchair backrest for elderly people 1 Department of BioMedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No.1,...

Extrapolating histone marks across developmental stages, tissues, and species: an enhancer prediction case study BMC Genomics 2015, 16:104Â doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1264-3 Published: 21 February 2015

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Mutagenesis of Trichoderma reesei endoglucanase I: impact of expression host on activity and stability at elevated temperatures

Legal haze: D.C. pot users face questions as deadline expires this week

1 Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California, Berkeley 94720, CA,...

By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Marijuana advocatesâ€™ hopes that the U.S. capital...

7 health decisions every new mom must make

Can smartwatch detect epileptic seizures?

Â (iStock) The minute you become a mom youâ€™re faced with so many questions about your babyâ€™s health. From...

It looks like a watch and tells time like a watch, but the creators of Embrace say their new invention is so much more...

Parks Service Surveys The Environmentâ€™s Accoustical Health

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The National Park Service has been measuring sounds in nature for a decade. But not all sounds are natural. NPRâ€™s...

National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine,...

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Human parainfluenza virus type 3 (HPIV3) induces production of IFN? and RANTES in human nasal epithelial cells (HNECs)

Transcriptome sequencing and analysis of the entomopathogenic fungus Hirsutella sinensis isolated from Ophiocordyceps sinensis

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1 Institute of Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou...

Lessons learned from the development of a new methodology to assess missed opportunities for vaccination in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Association of car ownership and physical activity across the spectrum of human development: Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study (METS)

Distinct gender differences in anthropometric profiles of a peri-urban South African HIV population: a cross sectional study

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1 Cardio-Metabolic Research Group (CMRG), Department of Physiological Sciences,...

Estimation of lung cancer diagnosis and treatment costs based on a patientlevel analysis in Catalonia (Spain)

Working mechanism of a multidimensional computerized adaptive test for fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis

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Cervical spine kinematics after anterior cervical discectomy with or without implantation of a mobile cervical disc prosthesis; an RCT

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Sexuality among fathers of newborns in Jamaica 1 Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway,...

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Association between polymorphisms in phospholipase A2 genes and the plasma triglyceride response to an n-3 PUFA supplementation: a clinical trial 1 Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, 2440...

Intelectin 1 suppresses the growth, invasion and metastasis of neuroblastoma cells through upregulation of N-myc downstream regulated gene 2 Molecular Cancer 2015, 14:47Â doi:10.1186/s12943-015-0320-6 Dan Li, Hong Mei and Jiarui Pu contributed equally to this...

Involvement of main diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, with emphasis on enteroaggregative E. coli, in severe non-epidemic pediatric diarrhea in a high-income country

Evaluation of antitumor property of extracts and steroidal alkaloids from the cultivated Bulbus Fritillariae ussuriensis and preliminary investigation of its mechanism of action

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Smartphones, tablets can do damage to overall health in unexpected ways

Shire announces completion of NPS Pharma acquisition

Despite the many benefits of having information at your fingertips, smartphones and tablets can do damage to your body and...

Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG) announces the successful completion of the tender offer for all of the outstanding shares...

MD Anderson awarded more than $22 million in research grants from CPRIT

Researchers reveal new understanding of pathobiology behind vestibular schwannoma

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has received more than $22 million in research grants this week from the...

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Rush University Medical Center earns three-star rating for lung cancer surgery program

The Battle Against the Deadly â€˜Superbugâ€™

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Exploring The Solar System Through The Eyes Of Robotic Voyagers

States Smoking The Most Smuggled Cigarettes

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Professor, two others dead in apparent murder-suicide in Arkansas

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By Steve Barnes LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) â€“ A university professor, his wife and his sister...

You can consume up to 5 cups of coffee a day, or up to 400 milligrams of caffeine, without detrimental effects,...

His Son Was Born Cursed. He Started Filming. Now He Might Win An Oscar.

Ireland says second major tobacco firm threatens legal action

Almost no one has Ondineâ€™s Curse. It is an incredibly rare genetic disorder. Leo was born one of the unlucky...

CASTLEBAR, Ireland (Reuters) â€“ Ireland said a second major cigarette manufacturer, Imperial Tobacco Group,...

Newborn neurons in the adult brain may help us adapt to the environment

What To Make Of The New Proposed Dietary Guidlines

The discovery that the human brain continues to produce new neurons in adulthood challenged a major dogma in the field of...

Eggs and coffee are in, sugar is out and vegetables will always be good for you, according to a committee of top...

12 Things You May Not Remember About Who You Really Are

The Importance Of Adding Stress Relief To Your To-Do List

1. You are ever-expanding. The Universe is always expanding and as a piece of the Universe, you are also ever-expanding,...

For 30 days, GPS for the Soul and meQuilibrium are providing you tips on how to live a healthier, happier and stress-free...

Why A Good Nightâ€™s Sleep Is The Secret To Success

6 Exercise Mistakes Youâ€™re Probably Making

By Elizabeth Renter for U.S. News Tossing and turning the night before a big presentation at work, or going without...

By K. Aleisha Fetters, DETAILS Youâ€™re the picture of perfect form, and youâ€™d never be caught dead...

Breastfeeding, other factors help shape immune system early in life

14 Things To Know Before You Start Meditating

Henry Ford Hospital researchers say that breastfeeding and other factors influence a babyâ€™s immune system development...

New to meditating? It can be confusing. Not new to meditating? It can still be confusing. The practice of meditation...

How The Brain Performs â€˜Mental Time Travelâ€™

India Air Pollution Cutting 660 Million Lives Short By 3 Years

In one important way, we are capable of traveling back in time. Through memory, we can return to childhood, go back...

NEW DELHI (AP) â€” Indiaâ€™s filthy air is cutting 660 million lives short by about three years, according...

Meningitis Bacteria To Blame For Oregon Studentâ€™s Death

Breastfeeding, other factors help shape immune system early in life

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DETROIT â€“ Henry Ford Hospital researchers say that breastfeeding and other factors influence a babyâ€™s immune...

In university basement, bats and owls offer clues into brain function

Small DNA changes separate chimp and human brains

What can we learn about attention by studying bats and owls? In one corner of the basement of Ames Hall at the Johns Hopkins...

Modern humans share about 95 percent of their genetic code with chimpanzees. Yet human brains, and what we do with them,...

FDA knew of design flaw in scope linked to UCLA superbug

Tobacco giants resist harsh public admissions about smoking

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A commonly used medical scope linked to a deadly bacterial outbreak at UCLAâ€™s Ronald Reagan Medical Center may be...

Never underestimate the staying power of big tobacco. In 2006, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ordered the nationâ€™s...

Liberia: Eight hospital staff under observation in Ebola scare

No, I Donâ€™t Date. Hereâ€™s Why

Eight health workers at a hospital in Liberiaâ€™s capital have been sent home for observation after coming into contact...

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Wrong tax information sent to nearly a million health care users

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February 21, 2015, 7:06 AM|The government says some of the tax information sent to Americans enrolled in Obamacare is wrong,...

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Liberia: 8 hospital staff under observation in Ebola scare

Measles can rob a childâ€™s sight, doctors warn

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) â€” Eight health workers at a hospital in Liberiaâ€™s capital have been sent home...

(HealthDay)â€”In the midst of the current resurgence of measles across the United States, many people may still believe...

VAâ€™s â€˜choiceâ€™ program for health care off to slow start

Eating placentas? US moms swear by health benefits

Far fewer veterans than expected are taking advantage of a new law aimed at making it easier for them to get private health...

Health trends come and go, but one post-birth fad is gaining a foothold in the United States among some new mothers who...

US authorities discover deadly â€˜Bourbonâ€™ virus

FDA OKs new varicose vein treatment

US health authorities on Friday announced the discovery of a new virus believed to be responsible for the death of a previously...

Staying safe in the community: adaptation of WaySafe to help probationers make better decisions about their health risks Transition from incarceration to the community is a critical time for offenders, especially those with substance...

How did you know you got the right pill? Prescription opioid identification and measurement error in the abuse deterrent formulation era From December 2010 to January 2014, 57 percent of ASI-MV respondents reporting any OC/OP indicated OC use. In multivariable...

Growth in spending for substance abuse treatment services for the privately insured population Between 2004 and 2012, per capita spending on SUD treatment services for the commercially insured increased by 15.4...

7 heart-healthy superfoods February is American Heart Month, which reminds us that heart disease is still the leading cause of death for both men and...

Implementation of comprehensive services as a mediator and race and ethnicity as a moderator of access and retention in addiction health services Addiction Science Clinical Practice 2015, 10(Suppl

(HealthDay)â€”A new system to permanently treat varicose veins in the legs by sealing the affected veins with adhesive...

Competency-based SBIRT training for health-care professionals: nursing and social work students In year one of the training grant, students completed surveys prior to, immediately after, and 30 days after SBIRT...

Client involvement in a web-based intervention targeting substance abuse treatment in the criminal justice system This study uses data from the first 84 clients who completed the web-based program. The data provided from this...

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By Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Anthony Salvanto, and Fred Backus Two-thirds of Americans (66 percent) think parents...

Powerful dengue neutralizing antibody found

Mayo researchers identify gene that pushes normal pancreas cells to change shape

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Mammography screening: Patient information leaflets do not affect willingness to participate In Germany, the invitation to undergo mammography screening that is sent to all women between the ages of 50 and 69 is accompanied...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. â€” A research team led by investigators from Mayo Clinicâ€™s campus in Jacksonville, Florida,...

Differing GP approach to sick notes between mental and physical illness A study which has for the first time investigated in â€˜real timeâ€™ how GPs approach the negotiation of sick notes,...

Greenland is melting â€” The past might tell what the future holds

Novo Nordisk has positive trial results for oral GLP-1 drug, shares jump

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) â€“ Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, the worldâ€™s biggest insulin maker, said on Friday...

Europe approves Western worldâ€™s first stem-cell therapy for rare eye condition

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WHO approves breakthrough 15-minute Ebola test

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Indian health authorities say 700 have died in flu outbreak

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Rugby-Hunt stood down by Queensland after cocaine summon

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Indian health authorizes say 700 have died in flu outbreak Health authorities have been struggling to ensure adequate medical supplies reach remote hospitals across northern and western...

A University of Otago economist has written in the latest issue of the prestigious medical journal The Lancet that Government...

Beyond genetics: Illuminating the epigenome If you are attracted to the more mysterious areas of science, such as quantum mechanics and cosmology, and your special...

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine professor explores causes, treatments of anorexia Eating disorders are serious, debilitating conditions associated with significant morbidity and mortality, and distress....

New partnership aims to create stem cell resource to study psychiatric disorders

Sensor technology has potential to improve teaching of proper CBE techniques

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Study compares two different methods of blood transfusion in trauma care

Majority of women support idea of more frequent breast screening for individuals at higher risk of cancer

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Study: Growth hormone can improve social impairment in patients with Phelan-McDermid syndrome A growth hormone can significantly improve the social impairment associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in patients...

The comparative costs of implementing in-person and computerized interventions to enhance treatment receipt among drug-involved probationers If you are trying to access an article published in a BioMed Central journal, please note all articles are also available...

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5 Things To Love About Cold Weather

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L.A. "superbug" patient in grave condition: lawyer

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As China has undergone rapid economic and social change in recent decades, an increase of individualistic values has been...

Fearless birds and shrinking salmon: Is urbanization pushing Earthâ€™s evolution to a tipping point?

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â€˜Superbugâ€™ outbreak at UCLA hospital raises questions about specialized endoscopes

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Georgia State signs license agreement with Cisen to develop compounds for treating cancer

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The effect of rare variants on inflation of the test statistics in caseâ€“control analyses

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Fighting decline of pollinators in Europe

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Fruit flies remember a good meal, Blood growth factor activates neural stem cells

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BWH study provides evidence for new approaches to prostate cancer

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Food companies aim to reinvent diet foods to stay relevant

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By Joan Biskupic WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ The U.S. Supreme Court case that could shatter President...

Virtual reality could treat neck pain: study

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â€˜Superbugâ€™ in Los Angeles

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Statins may not lower Parkinsonâ€™s

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FDA eases access to DNA screening for inherited diseases

Superbugâ€™ outbreak raises questions about medical tool

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” Federal health officials are easing access to DNA tests used to screen parents for devastating...

LOS ANGELES (AP) â€” The lawyer for one of the people infected by a â€œsuperbugâ€ bacterial outbreak...

FDA approves 23andMeâ€™s genetic screening test for rare disorder

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FDA knew devices spread fatal â€˜superbugâ€™ but does not order fix By Sharon Begley and Toni Clarke NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ U.S. health regulators have known since...

Super-strength â€˜skunkâ€™ cannabis linked to psychosis

Drug-resistant malaria found close to Myanmar border with India

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LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Malaria with total resistance to the antimalarial drug artemisinin has taken hold in Myanmar...

Two lawsuits seek to end Coloradoâ€™s recreational pot sales

Plastics chemical tied to changes in boysâ€™ reproductive development

DENVER (Reuters) â€“ Two lawsuits seeking to shut down Coloradoâ€™s recreational marijuana industry were filed...

When expectant mothers are exposed to plastics chemicals called phthalates during the first trimester, their male offspring...

Americans still divided over obamacare

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(HealthDay)â€”The Affordable Care Act remains one of the most significantâ€”and controversialâ€”achievements...

Cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc. is partnering with a pharmaceutical consultancy to develop products that help people...

Most patients with chronic kidney disease may experience long-term pain

Why are kidney patients starting dialysis sooner?

Chronic pain is common in individuals with kidney disease, and in some patients this is associated with improper use of...

Over time, patients with advanced kidney disease have been starting dialysis progressively earlier in the course of their...

Why Californiaâ€™s Superbug Outbreak Isnâ€™t As Scary As It Seems

In pursuit of happiness: why some pain helps us feel pleasure

i A particularly nasty type of gut bacteria with the nickname CRE is resistant even to carbapenems, a family...

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Officials investigate "superbug" outbreak at UCLA medical center

UW ophthalmologists help demonstrate effectiveness of diabetic macular edema treatments

February 19, 2015, 6:33 PM|The UCLA Health System is notifying 179 patients who may have been exposed to infection from a...

MADISON, Wis â€”Â An ophthalmology research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison took part in a nationwide...

Breast cancer spread may be tied to cells that regulate blood flow

Diet quality declines worldwide, but with major differences across countries

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BOSTON [February 19, 2015] â€“ In a first-of-itskind analysis of worldwide dietary patterns, a team including researchers...

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Joslin researchers find drugs are effective for diabetic macular edema in new trial

CU neurologist finds link between virus causing chicken pox and giant cell arteritis

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AURORA, Colo. (Feb. 19, 2015) â€“ A new study developed at the University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz...

Smarter multicore chips

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Computer chipsâ€™ clocks have stopped getting faster. To keep delivering performance improvements, chipmakers are instead...

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Washington ACLU sues state hospital district over abortion services

California health officials say may not find source of measles outbreak

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By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) â€“ A senior California health official said on Thursday...

Man charged with killing â€˜American Sniperâ€™ was schizophrenic: psychiatrist

California mass shooter had penchant for Nazis, investigators say

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) â€“ A psychiatrist told a Texas court on Thursday that the man accused of murdering...

By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) â€“ A 22-year-old California man who killed six college...

Drug-resistant malaria parasite spreading

More Americans surviving cancer today than 20 years ago

Parasites resistant to the frontline malaria drug have spread westward from southeast Asia to just short of the...

(HealthDay)â€”Survival rates are improving for many people with cancers of the breast, prostate, lung, liver and colon...

Low cancer risk with device used to remove fibroids, study finds

Folic acid fortification to prevent birth defects hits FDA roadblock

(HealthDay)â€”A small power tool that is sometimes used to remove fibroids in the uterus can end up spreading bits...

Preventing certain devastating birth defects has become as easy as pie crust â€“ and bread, cereal, pasta, and other...

Are too many prostate cancer patients receiving treatment?

Breast milk consumption trending among body builders

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(HealthDay)â€”Some bodybuilders are drinking human breast milk in the mistaken belief it will give a boost to their...

Will The Next â€˜MacGyverâ€™ Be An Indian Woman?

5 Questions to Ask For Cultivating a Joyful Legal Career

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The Most Important Message of the The Breakfast Club Is a Lie

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A Canâ€™t-Mess-It-Up Checklist for Feeling Better â€” According to My 8Year-Old Thereâ€™s something my 8-year-old wants you to know and as a coach, writer and speaker who spends her days...

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Worldâ€™s Oldest Twins Are Still Close As Ever At 103 While some twins strive for their individuality and independence, Glenys Thomas and Florence Davies still live next...

Neurologist Oliver Sacks has terminal liver cancer

New healthy diet guidelines: Eat eggs, quit sugar

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An extra cup or two of coffee may be OK after all. More eggs, too. But you definitely need to drink less sugary soda. And,...

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Pediatrician refuses to care for baby with two moms Bay Windsor Contreras is 4 months old and sheâ€™s the apple of her mothersâ€™ eyes. But the new family has already...

New target for prostate cancer treatment discovered by Keck Medicine of USC researchers LOS ANGELES â€” Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) scientists have found a promising new therapeutic...

NASAâ€™s MAVEN spacecraft completes first deep dip campaign

Giving shape to black holesâ€™ intense winds

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By looking at the speed of ambient gas spewing out from a well-known quasar, astronomers are gaining insight into how black...

Pigs can regulate sulfur retention when distillers dried grains are included in diet

Possible regulation of cigarettes not likely to significantly change US illicit tobacco market

URBANA, Ill. â€“ Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), a co-product of the ethanol industry, is becoming a more...

WASHINGTON â€” Although there is insufficient evidence to draw firm conclusions about how the U.S. illicit tobacco market...

Cyberbullying linked to 6-fold increase in depression among female college students

Court: Not disclosing HIV before sex is a misdemeanor

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) â€” An HIV-positive man who told a partner that they could safely have unprotected sex should...

â€˜Superbugâ€™ outbreak not threat to LA County public health

L.A. hospital warns 179 patients possibly exposed to â€˜superbugâ€™

LOS ANGELES (AP) â€” A Los Angeles County health official says a â€œsuperbugâ€ bacterial outbreak...

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) â€“ A large Los Angeles teaching hospital has told scores...

Dr. Oliver Sacks and the Real-Life â€˜Awakeningsâ€™

Sanofi names CEO, cites â€˜capabililty to unite teamsâ€™

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By Andrew Callus PARIS (Reuters) â€“ French drugmaker Sanofi SASY.PA on Thursday named Olivier Brandicourt,...

Stop the Body Shaming

6 Types of Skin-Care Treatments So Gross Youâ€™ll Gag

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Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Womenâ€™s Health Action Hero?

A Biological Quest Leads To A New Kind Of Breast Cancer Drug

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Pain Really Is All In Your Head And Emotion Controls Intensity

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A proposal for a CT driven classification of left colon acute diverticulitis

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Your iPhone Is Making You Depressed

What The Yearâ€™s Health Films Got Right â€” And Wrong

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Why You Shouldnâ€™t Shower During The Chinese New Year

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A manâ€™s ring finger may point the way to domestic bliss

Superbug scare highlights growing problem of drug-resistant bacteria

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Johns Hopkins Helps lead discovery on efficacy and safety of 3 drugs for treating DME

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PULLMAN, Wash. â€“ The rainbow trout is a work of art and dinerâ€™s delight. But when the freshwater fish falls...

Gene may help reduce GM contamination Genetically modified crops have long drawn fire from opponents worried about potential contamination of conventional crops...

NASA covers Tropical Cyclone Lamâ€™s landfall in northern territory

Politics and economics affect â€˜Health in All Policiesâ€™

As Tropical Cyclone Lam made landfall in Australiaâ€™s Northern Territory on Feb. 19 (EST), NASA satellites and instruments...

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L.A. hospital warns 179 patients possibly exposed to "superbug"

Healthful diet report: Sugary drinks out; coffee, eggs in

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) â€“ A large Los Angeles teaching hospital has told scores...

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” An extra cup or two of coffee may be OK after all. More eggs, too. But you definitely need...

Colorado residents are first to ask feds to block legal pot

Same-Sex Couple Blames Discrimination After Pediatrician Allegedly Refuses to See Their Newborn

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A married, same-sex couple in Michigan say they felt discriminated against after a pediatrician refused to see their...

Tainted Chinese berries may spur reform of Australian food labeling

â€˜Superbugâ€™ outbreak raises questions about medical tool

By Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) â€“ An outbreak of hepatitis A in Australia, probably caused...

LOS ANGELES (AP) â€” A â€œsuperbugâ€ outbreak suspected in the deaths of two Los Angeles hospital...

Officials probing if meningitis killed Oregon student amid outbreak

Black women less likely to take breast cancer hormone therapy

PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) â€“ Oregon health authorities are investigating whether a bacterial infection related to...

(Reuters Health) â€“ Among early-stage breast cancer patients in the U.S., black women are less likely than white...

US cancer survival rates improving, study finds

Man saved by rare 5-organ transplant

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In a 10-hour operation, a Czech man had five organs transplanted in one procedure, saving his life, Central European News...

Paralyzed Maryland girl, 19, walks in New York Fashion Week

Changes in work, family affect body mass index of dual-income earners

Megan Silcott, 19, was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder that initially paralyzed her from the neck down, but through...

A study co-written by a University of Illinois labor and employment relations professor shows that clocking extra hours...

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Can You Hear Natureâ€™s Sounds? i Last week, South Floridaâ€™s nature came alive for me as much through sound as through sight: the flapping...

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Alan Cumming Puts A Cheeky Spin On Gay Blood Donor Policy For â€˜Celibacy Challengeâ€™ Campaign

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UW research shows sensor technology may help improve accuracy of clinical breast exams

Growth hormone improves social impairments in those with autism-linked disorder

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A growth hormone can significantly improve the social impairment associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in patients...

Editorial issues a call to action for endof-life care of older adults in nursing homes

Severe asthma: Gallopamil confirmed as a therapeutic approach

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Hasbro Childrenâ€™s Hospital finds need for better concussion prevention in youth sports PROVIDENCE, R.I. â€“ Dina Morrissey, M.D., M.P.H., research associate for The Injury Prevention Center at Hasbro Childrenâ€™s...

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Iâ€™m An Addict Who Loved â€˜Tomorrowâ€™

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Addicts love tomorrow. As least I did. Tomorrow was the best day because I was able to start fresh. I was going...

LOS ANGELES (AP) â€” Contaminated medical instruments are suspected in a â€œsuperbugâ€ outbreak at...

At least seven sickened by â€˜superbugâ€™ bacteria at a Los Angeles hospital

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Menâ€™s finger length indicates how nice they are to women

Link between air pollution, suicide discovered

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Women shop more, seek variety in men when they are most fertile, study says

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Unmarried women nearing ovulation are more likely to seek variety in men and consumer products than women who are married...

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Nanoparticles used to treat damaged arteries

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Deadly superbug scare: What went wrong at UCLA Medical Center?

February 19, 2015, 7:02 AM|In a major new health scare in Southern California, a deadly superbug may have infected nearly...

February 19, 2015, 7:05 AM|The drug resistant superbug, known as CRE, has been blamed for the death of two patients at Ronald...

Discovery: Tropical fire ants traveled the world on 16th century ships

CU School Of Medicine researchers offer new target for treating asthma

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AURORA, Colo. (Feb. 18, 2015) â€“ Researchers have found a potential new target for treating asthma, according to a...

Unlikely that topical pimecrolimus associated with increased risk of cancer

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A good nightâ€™s sleep keeps your stem cells young

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Highly processed foods linked to addictive eating

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Isaac Latterell, South Dakota Lawmaker, Says Planned Parenthood Is Worse Than ISIS A South Dakota lawmaker attacked Planned Parenthood on his official website, calling the family planning center...

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Scripps Florida scientists announce anti-HIV agent so powerful it can work in a vaccine

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25 percent of children who are homeless need mental health services

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Dysregulation of microRNAs in breast cancer and their potential role as prognostic and predictive biomarkers in patient management

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UCLA says 179 people may have been exposed to â€˜superbugâ€™, 7 infected

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CVS to limit cost of new cholesterol drugs through strict controls

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Proactive labor induction can improve perinatal outcomes, study suggests

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A proactive labour induction practice once women are full term can improve perinatal outcomes suggests a new Danish study,...

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New state becomes largest consumer of Obamacare

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. â€” Florida has eclipsed California to become the state with the highest number of consumers buying...

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Turning smartphones into personal, real-time pollution monitors As urban residents know, air quality is a big deal. When local pollution levels go up, the associated health risks also increase,...

(MEMPHIS, TENN. â€“ February 18, 2015) Research led by St. Jude Childrenâ€™s Research Hospital scientists has identified...

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For the first time, spacecraft catch a solar shockwave in the act

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Hundreds possibly exposed to â€˜superbugâ€™ at UCLA Medical Center LOS ANGELES (Reuters) â€“ Seven patients were infected with a potentially deadly, drug-resistant bacteria at...

Anti-pot group says lawsuit will challenge Colorado marijuana laws By Daniel Wallis DENVER (Reuters) â€“ Opponents of Coloradoâ€™s marijuana legalization are...

California confirms 119 cases of measles in state

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Wisconsin mayor bitten on ear by groundhog loses primary vote

â€˜American Sniperâ€™ murder suspect battling â€˜demons,â€™ sister testifies

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AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) â€“ The man accused of murdering former U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle went through...

UCLA says more than 100 people may have been exposed to â€˜superbugâ€™

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A new study from the University of Michigan and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai confirms whatâ€™s long...

New insights into underlying cellular mechanisms of information processing in the brain

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Medtech meets cleantech: Malaria vaccine candidate produced from algae

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Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine used algae as a mini-factory to produce a malaria...

By Shreeya Nanda, Senior medwireNews Reporter High baseline serum levels of interleukin (IL)-23 can help to identify hepatitis...

Long-term TDF â€˜promisingâ€™ in Chinese HBV patients after multiple antiviral failures

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Letâ€™s Have a Heart-to-Heart: Tips for Preventing Heart Disease According to the American Heart Association, heart disease accounts for nearly one in every four deaths in the United...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. â€“ Tens of thousands of pounds of methane leak per hour from equipment in three major natural gas...

Digital games and learning: Study finds helpful features, gaps

Moths shed light on how to fool enemy sonar

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Stalking a wily foe: Scientists figure out how C. difficile bacteria wreak havoc in guts

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. â€“ Water-storing crystals known as hydrogels can effectively deliver pesticide bait to invasive...

NASA satellites reveal Tropical Cyclone Lam strengthening

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Paris (AFP) â€“ A consortium of scientists on Wednesday unveiled the largest-ever map of molecular switches...

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Illinois governorâ€™s budget seeks cuts to end structural deficit

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Canadian cow with BSE born after feed precautions

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Rockville, MD â€“ The West Africa Ebola outbreak has shone a spotlight on lapses in the 2007 International Health Regulations...

Nanotechnology: Better measurements of single molecule circuits

Study confirms LSU Health finding of higher diabetes indicator in black children

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New Orleans, LA â€“ A new study confirms the findings of two earlier LSU Health New Orleans studies that the definitive...

Brain imaging links language delay to chromosome deletion in children with neuro disorders

MD Anderson president named as fellow of top cancer research group

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Major changes in coastal marine ecosystems forecasted in new climate models By the end of the 21st century, climate change will significantly alter an important oceanographic process that regulates...

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Physicist whose work helped world see 1st moon walk dies

Mozart as Medicine: The Health Benefits of Music

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) â€” A physicist whose career was highlighted by research that helped capture moving images...

David Binanay started playing the violin when he was 5. By age 12, he performed at the world famous Carnegie Hall...

Kids with type 1 diabetes at risk for mental health problems

3 Ways Iâ€™m Not the Perfect GlutenFree Girl

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) â€“ In a new Swedish study, kids diagnosed with type 1 diabetes...

When I first went gluten-free, I learned a lot about celiac disease and gluten-free living. Somewhere along the...

Myth Debunked: Treadmill Just as Good as Road Running

New AIDS drug shields monkeys: study

Frigid temperatures and unrelenting snow mean a lot of exercisers stuck indoors grinding out their miles on a treadmill....

Highly processed foods tied to addictive eating, may pave way for obesity treatment A new study from the University of Michigan and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai confirms whatâ€™s long...

Paris (AFP) â€“ Scientists said Wednesday a new drug tested on monkeys provided an astonishingly effective...

Long-term multivitamin-mineral use tied to womenâ€™s heart health By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) â€“ Despite research suggesting that multivitamins do little...

University of Oregon athlete who died suddenly may have had meningitis, officials say

Long-term multivitamin-mineral may decrease womenâ€™s risk of dying from heart disease

Lauren Jones, 18, a freshman at the University of Oregon, died suddenly and unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon.Â (Photo courtesy...

Despite research suggesting that multivitamins do little for reasonably well-fed Americans, the question is not settled...

Menopausal symptoms â€˜last longerâ€™ than previously thought

HHSâ€™ Burwell: Consumers â€˜in lineâ€™ for Obamacare can still enroll

Wednesday February 18 2015 Hot flushes are a common symptom â€œMenopause lasts â€˜up to 14 yearsâ€™,â€...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Americans who have started enrolling for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act can...

Impact of daytime naps on childrenâ€™s sleep quality uncertain

Dentist charged in death of patient getting 20 teeth pulled

Wednesday February 18 2015 Daytime sleep may not be as deep as night-time sleep â€œDaytime naps â€˜should...

HARTFORD, Conn. â€“ Â A dentist has been charged in the death of a patient who became unresponsive while having 20...

Long-term multivitamin-mineral may decrease womenâ€™s risk of dying from heart â€¦

University of Oregon athlete who died suddenly may have had meningitis â€¦

Despite research suggesting that multivitamins do little for reasonably well-fed Americans, the question is not settled...

Lauren Jones, 18, a freshman at the University of Oregon, died suddenly and unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon.Â (Photo courtesy...

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Effectiveness of medical supportive team for outpatients treated with sorafenib: a retrospective study Patient characteristics In this study, 72 outpatients were screened. Two patients were excluded from the analysis; ...

Chinese Year of the Sheep: Rituals for a Fresh Start! February 18 is the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year and time for all of us to clear out any obstacles and...

You Deserve The Absolute Best

Shut Up the Voice of Overwhelm

In life, we settle for so many different things: an average gym because itâ€™s reasonably priced, bad weather...

Iâ€™ve aimed to build a business while working about 40 hours a week so I would have time for physical, relational,...

5 Steps to Making Unplugged Time a Daily Habit

Why Getting An Abortion Was â€˜One Of The Best Decisionsâ€™ Of This Womanâ€™s Life

You canâ€™t avoid it. Everywhere you go, people are on their cell phones. Technology is a great tool for keeping...

â€œI simply wasnâ€™t ready,â€ says Renee Bracey Sherman when describing why she chose to have an abortion. In...

Drug may help people gradually quit smoking

Dog-based therapy helps veterans recover

The anti-smoking medication Chantix can boost the likelihood that cigarette smokers who arenâ€™t ready to stop cold...

WASHINGTON â€“ When Lt. Tommy Faulkenberry came home to his wife and four sons in 2012, after 12 years at sea with the...

Bodybuilders using breast milk to bulk up

Apple Watch axes health tracking function

February 18, 2015, 10:04 AM|A new trend among bodybuilders involves drinking human breast milk. â€œCBS This Morningâ€...

February 18, 2015, 9:46 AM|Apple is set to release a new smartwatch, but there are reports that it will not have a health-tracking...

Do preschoolers still need naps?

In higher doses, over longer periods, painkillers for chronic pain raise overdose risk

A daytime nap may not be the best idea for preschoolers, concluded a recent review of dozens of previous studies on napping. Children...

Can you judge a man by his fingers? This news release is available in French. Maybe you should take a good look at your partnerâ€™s fingers before...

SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 18, 2015) â€” Itâ€™s been seven years since actor Heath Ledger, only 28, was found dead in his...

Monitoring the real-time deformation of carbon nanocoils under axial loading IMAGE:Â This is a real-time observation of CNC tensile tests and SIM images of variations in the coil geometry over...

Igniting the air for atmospheric research

Researchers unravel health/disease map

IMAGE:Â These are laser filaments in the air. view more Credit: TU Wien This news release is available...

Researchers affiliated with several organizations, including Simon Fraser University, have realized a major scientific achievement...

New insights into origins of the worldâ€™s languages

Consumers â€˜in lineâ€™ for Obamacare can still enroll by Feb. 22: HHSâ€™ Burwell

Linguists have long agreed that languages from English to Greek to Hindi, known as â€˜IndoEuropean languagesâ€™,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ U.S. consumers who are already in the process of enrolling in the federal health insurance...

Abducted Tanzanian albino boy found dead with limbs severed: police

EU introduces new rules to make cooking greener

By Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Tanzanian police said on Wednesday...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) â€“ The sale of energy wasting ovens and cooking hobs will be banned across the European...

FDA approves new use for Celgeneâ€™s cancer drug Revlimid

Brazil finally gets some rain, but rationing still looms

By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded the...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) â€“ Heavy rains during Brazilâ€™s four-and-a-half-day Carnival holiday offered the...

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Exclusive: EU regulators likely to probe deeper into GE, Alstom deal By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) â€“ General Electricâ€™s 12.4-billion-euro ($14.08 billion) bid for...

Familyâ€™s â€˜Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Dayâ€™ meant to honor pediatric cancer patients goes viral Feb. 18 has been designated as â€œEat Ice Cream for Breakfast Dayâ€Â (MyFoxDetroit.com) A Minnesota family says...

Flu shot may give you a boost against bird flu

Inflammatory bowel disease may be from momâ€™s bacteria, not DNA

There are a handful of places on earth you literally canâ€™t visit without getting vaccinated.Â (AP Photo/Charles...

Your motherâ€™s DNA may have determined your eye color, but some traits that you thought came from her may instead...

Germany in push to encourage antibiotics development

Molecule shows ability to block HIV

FRANKFURT (Reuters) â€“ Germany is looking to encourage the development of more powerful antibiotics against the growing...

Familyâ€™s â€˜Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Dayâ€™ meant to honor pediatric cancer â€¦ Feb. 18 has been designated as â€œEat Ice Cream for Breakfast Dayâ€Â (MyFoxDetroit.com) A Minnesota family says...

Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding from cultured lymphocyte. The multiple round bumps on cell surface represent...

How tobacco smoke harms every part of the body At this point, youâ€™d have to be living under a rock to not know that smoking is bad for you.Â The dangers tobacco...

NICE measures for resisting microbial drug resistance

TSRI scientists develop new drug candidate against HIV

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In a remarkable new advance against the virus that causes AIDS, scientists from the Jupiter, Florida campus of The Scripps...

PAREXEL International expands clinical trial site alliance network

First comprehensive maps and analyses of human epigenomes revealed

PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXL), a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today announced the...

Two dozen scientific papers published online simultaneously on Feb. 18, 2015 present the first comprehensive maps and analyses...

Sigma-Aldrich announces release of Next-Gen Sequencing Oligos

CenTrak adds Bluetooth Low Energy to Clinical-Grade RTLS platform

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Fluorescent probe for labeling mitochondria helps scientists study fatburning brown adipose tissue

Transcriptome analysis of ageing in uninjured human Achilles tendon

A new cellular labeling strategy gives researchers an efficient tool for studying the development of tissue that could...

Data-driven encoding for quantitative genetic trait prediction Genotype usually has three values, one for the homozygous major allele, one for the homozygous miner allele and...

Assessment of patient-ventilator breath contribution during Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist in patients with acute respiratory failure

1 Comparative Musculoskeletal Biology, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease,...

BMC Sports science, medicine, and rehabilitation reviewer acknowledgement 2014 Simon Angus Australia Francisco Areces Corcuera Spain Julien Steven Baker UK Arnhild Bakken Qatar Tiago Barbosa Singapore Alan...

Meet Lexi Daniels, The 15-Year-Old One-Armed Hip Hop Dancer Whoâ€™s About To Blow Your Mind

1 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University,...

â€œDance â€¦ Who needs two arms?â€ reads Lexi Danielsâ€™ Instagram bio. The 15-year-old from Columbus,...

Mapping The Most Stressful Places In Life To Figure Out How Stress Is Killing Us

Guy Plays Table Tennis Every Day For A Year, Proves That Practice Really Does Make (Almost) Perfect

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Stress is bad for us. Itâ€™s bad for our long-term health and for our immediate functioning. When weâ€™re...

Table tennis coach Ben Larcombe had a dream: He believed that with enough training and perseverance, he could transform...

Robbing Peter to Pay Paul â€” With Our Lives

The Science Of Superstition

In the past week, the present waning of the Ebola epidemic in Africa and the growth of a new measles epidemic here...

A visitor once asked the Nobel Prizeâ€“winning physicist Niels Bohr whether he really believed that the horseshoe...

Sex drug for women fighting again to win FDA approval

Researchers developed a costeffective and efficient rival for platinum

February 18, 2015, 8:11 AM|The makers of a possible female treatment for womenâ€™s sexual dysfunction are trying for...

IMAGE:Â This image shows single shell carbonencapsulated iron nanoparticles. view more Credit: Aalto University Researchers...

Sardines move north due to ocean warming

How do vertebrates take on their form?

Sardines, anchovies and mackerels play a crucial role in marine ecosystems, as well as having a high commercial value. However,...

Researchers devise new system to enhance sustainability in smaller ports Researchers have created an 11-point checklist which they believe could become a vital tool in enabling the UKâ€™s smaller...

People who believe they were â€˜born that wayâ€™ more inclined to blame God for bad behavior People are more likely to blame God for their bad moral behavior when they believe they were born to act that way, according...

Vaccinations The measles outbreak has brought the United States face-to-face with a critically important question that spills...

Thanks to microscopic observations and micromechanical experiments, the scientists have discovered that the pattern that...

Predicting cancersâ€™ cell of origin IMAGE:Â Researchers hypothesized that variation in the â€˜mutational landscapeâ€™ might be influenced by chromatin...

Alabama College Student Tries Out New Meal Plan With â€™30 Days of Bugsâ€™ Forget ramen and Doritos, one college student is spending 30 days supplementing his usual college diet with an unusual...

Thai health ministry incensed over Chinese New Year joss sticks By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) â€“ Thailandâ€™s health ministry has urged people...

Health officials tracking down measles outbreak origin looking at Philippines, report says

Health officials tracking down measles outbreak origin looking at Philippines â€¦

Â (AP) California health officials working to track down the origins of a measles outbreak are reportedly looking to the...

Michigan mom selling breast milk online to body builders

Researchers scour Italian cemetery for DNA of ancient strains of cholera

Lisa Carbonneau, a stay-at-home mother-of-three, is selling her breast milk for about a dollar per ounce on Craigslist or...

In this photo from Nov. 8, 2010, a woman suffering from cholera symptoms is carried by a volunteer at the hospital in Archaie,...

Australia mulls tougher food screening after China hepatitis scare

Football injuries more frequent in competition matches than during training sessions

Tougher food screening measures could be introduced in Australia with frozen berries from China linked to a growing number...

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The risk of injury during competition matches is twelve times higher than during training sessions in players of the Professional...

CTCA presents research on new cancer nutrition therapies at A.S.P.E.N. Clinical Nutrition Week Several Cancer Treatment Centers of AmericaÂ® (CTCA) clinicians presented research from studies evaluating new cancer nutrition...

Nearly one out of two U.S. adults

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quarter lending to projects tops $45 million Capital Impact Partners announced today that its 2014 fourth quarter lending to projects in underserved communities topped...

A comparison between type 3 excision of the transformation zone by straight wire excision of the transformation zone (SWETZ) and large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ): a randomized study 1 Department of Gynecology, Colposcopy Clinic, Instituto Nacional de SaÃºde...

A rapid culture independent methodology to quantitatively detect and identify common human bacterial pathogens associated with contaminated high purity water

Analysis of surgical and oncological outcome in internal and external hemipelvectomy in 34 patients above the age of 65 years at a mean follow-up of 56 months

1 Nucleic Acid Diagnostics Research Laboratory (NADRL), Microbiology, School...

Department of Orthopedics and Tumor Orthopedics, University Hospital Muenster,...

Japan nuclear regulator advisers fear loss of its â€˜essentialâ€™ independence

Chinese cosmetic tourists reap regret in South Korea

TOKYO (Reuters) â€“ International advisers to Japanâ€™s atomic regulator have raised concern a mandatory...

5 ways to beat winter weight gain Donâ€™t let winter doldrums send your diet off the rails. These simple tips can help you keep your diet on track:Â Donâ€™t...

Chinese businesswoman Chen Yili paid a South Korean hospital thousands of dollars to reshape her face in the hope...

Psychoactive Amazonian medicine gaining popularity, may treat health disorders In the great Amazon rainforest, native people have long used a large array of psychoactive medicinal agents, from frog...

Sperm mutations point to risk for teen fathers: study

Lithuanian gets life-changing bionic arm

Teenage fathers are likelier to have children with health problems because of mutations in their sperm, a study said Wednesday. Previous...

Martynas Girulis cannot stop moving. He forks a few potatoes onto his plate, pours himself a glass of water, drinks it through...

Survey finds high levels of abuse, serious harm associated with human trafficking

Primary care nurse-led intervention improves physical activity among older adults

The largest survey to date of the health of trafficking survivors has found high levels of abuse and serious harm associated...

A primary care nurse-delivered intervention can lead to sustained increases in physical activity (PA) among older adults,...

RUDAS effectively assesses cognitive impairment in multicultural older populations

Postmenopausal women susceptible to bone fractures may be at increased risk for gum disease

The ability to assess cognitive impairment in multicultural older populations will become more important as demographics...

Postmenopausal women susceptible to bone fractures may also be a higher risk for gum disease, according to researchers at...

Elsevier chosen to publish ISNâ€™s Kidney International and Kidney International Supplements journals

High-fat diet may reduce heart attack damage by 50%

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, and the International...

Integration of clinical and basic sciences in concept maps: a mixedmethod study on teacher learning 1 ICLON, Graduate School of Teaching Leiden

Itâ€™s well known that over the long run, a high-fat diet increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. But a new study...

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University Medical Centre, Wassenaarseweg...

1 Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical...

Live cell imaging at the Munich ion microbeam SNAKE â€“ a status report

miR-146a suppresses cellular immune response during Japanese encephalitis virus JaOArS982 strain infection in human microglial cells

1 Department of Radiation Oncology, LudwigMaximilians-UniversitÃ¤t MÃ¼nchen,...

1 Laboratory of Neurovirology and Inflammation Biology, CSIR-Centre for Cellular...

Prognostic value of pre-operative inflammatory response biomarkers in gastric cancer patients and the construction of a predictive model 1 Central Laboratory, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing...

Half spheres for molecular circuits Imagine taking a fullerene (C60) and cutting it in half like a melon. What you get is a corannulene (C20H10), a molecule...

How we know where we are IMAGE:Â Similar activity patterns are observed during learning and remembering of specific spatial locations. Electrodes...

Large scale study warns of unsustainable ecological decline in rural China The agricultural development of a region of eastern China is ecologically unsustainable and actions are needed soon to reverse...

Experimental â€˜short cutâ€™ reduces from millennia to minutes the measure of glass viscosity Glass is a solid material, but has such a chaotic structure that it could be considered a liquid with an extraordinarily...

Molecular inhibitor breaks cycle that leads to Alzheimerâ€™s A molecule that can block the progress of Alzheimerâ€™s disease at a crucial stage in its development has been identified...

New algorithms locate where a video was filmed from its images and sounds

Fists fly as Turkish MPs debate bill on violent demonstrations: media

Researchers from the RamÃ³n Llull University (Spain) have created a system capable of geolocating videos by comparing...

ANKARA (Reuters) â€“ Turkish parliamentarians threw punches and two were taken to hospital late on Tuesday...

Japanese man arrested for sending boy to help Fukushima clean-up

In Pakistan, vaccinating children has become a deadly battle

TOKYO (Reuters) â€“ Japanese police arrested a businessman on Wednesday for sending a 15year-old boy to help...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) â€” While vaccine distrust has sparked debates amid a measles outbreak in the United...

Kidnap of Tanzanian albino child sparks call to enforce witch doctor ban: TRFN

Major study of trafficked men, women & children reveals abuse & complex health issues

By Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ The abduction of an...

Better informed women less likely to want a breast mammogram â€” world first Lancet study Women who understand the risk of over-detection and over-diagnosis associated with mammography screening have lower intentions...

The largest survey to date of the health of trafficking survivors has found high levels of abuse and serious harm associated...

Laser â€˜rulerâ€™ holds promise for hunting exoplanets IMAGE:Â This is a Vacuum Tower Telescope in Tenerife. view more Credit: Prof. Wolfgang Schmidt The hunt...

Protein that repels immune cells protects transplanted pancreatic islets from rejection

RUB scientists examine distributed, local activity patterns during spatial navigation

An approach developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators may provide a solution to the limitations that...

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Trinity scientists reveal new marvel molecule that can block key process in inflammatory diseases

UT Arlington chemist receives NIHâ€™s Academic Research Enhancement Award for protein research

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have uncovered a marvel molecule that blocks a key driver of

A University of Texas at Arlington bio-analytical chemist exploring proteins, their structures and

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CAMH scientists discover potential new approach to treat multiple sclerosis

AirStrip, Life Monitor form alliance to sell AirStrip solutions in New Zealand and Australia

Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have discovered a promising new approach to treat multiple...

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Innophos Holdingsâ€™ net sales decrease 1% to $194 million in fourth quarter 2014

Bacterial infection possible in University of Oregon studentâ€™s death

Innophos Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPHS), a leading international producer of performancecritical and nutritional specialty...

EUGENE, Ore. â€“ Public health officials are trying to figure out if a contagious bacterial infection caused the death...

Oregon mulls banning personal belief exemption for vaccines

Study finds fertile women seek variety in men and consumer products

PORTLAND, Ore. â€” The measles outbreak is of particular concern in Oregon, home to the highest rate of unvaccinated...

New research from The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) College of Business suggests women seek more options in dating...

Time for a bold dingo experiment

Mayo Clinic: Molecule that provides cellular energy found key to aggressive thyroid cancer

IMAGE:Â Researchers propose using a national park in NSW, in Australia, to test if revitalised dingo populations can...

Recent research provides new data on chemical gardens, whose formation is a mystery for science Recent research which has counted with the participation of the University of Granada Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. â€” Cancer researchers at Mayo Clinicâ€™s campus in Jacksonville, Florida, have identified a...

Tuition fee increase has had little effect on studentsâ€™ mental health New research led by the University of Southampton and Solent NHS Trust has found no evidence of a long term impact on studentsâ€™...

Eating disorders linked with financial difficulties in female students

Hot Flashes Can Last Up To 14 Years, Soul-Crushing Study Says

Experiencing financial difficulties at university may increase the risk of female students developing an eating disorder,...

Are you thinking of just toughing out hot flashes? The common menopausal symptom that drives many women into the...

Mississippi student improves after getting gored by bull in Spain

Who cares? Why evolution suggests parenting responsibility is seldom equally shared

(Reuters) â€“ A University of Mississippi student gored during the bull running at a festival in Spain has...

Bee disease reduced by natureâ€™s â€˜medicine cabinet,â€™ Dartmouth-led study finds HANOVER, N.H. â€“ Nicotine isnâ€™t healthy for people, but such naturally occurring chemicals found in flowers...

Why is caring for young shared unequally between the sexes in so many animal species? Research from the University of Bristol,...

Building a more versatile frequency comb Frequency combs are the rulers of light. By counting a wavelengthâ€™s many oscillations, they measure distance and time...

Some 11.4 million Americans have enrolled in Obamacare: White House

California health officials urge measles vaccine before spring travel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Some 11.4 million Americans enrolled in private health insurance through Obamacare...

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) â€“ California public health officials, grappling with...

White House: Health law sign-ups top 11M

Flu shot protects against new H7N9 strain: study

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” More than 11 million people signed up for subsidized private health insurance under President...

Miami (AFP) â€“ The flu vaccine may not have protected most people against influenza circulating widely this...

Anti-smoking drug helps reluctant

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quitters: study Miami (AFP) â€“ A medication known as varenicline (Chantix) has been shown to help some smokers quit, even...

LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Spider silk may lose its claim as the strongest known natural material after researchers...

Plain packaging â€˜may help smokers to cut downâ€™

Some 11.4 million Americans are enrolled in Obamacare: White House

Tuesday February 17 2015 Plain packaging may make smoking less attractive â€œPlain packaging reduced unconscious...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Some 11.4 million Americans enrolled in private health insurance through Obamacare during...

Florida puts executions on hold as high court debates anesthetic

Peanut allergy treatment is on the horizon â€“ but donâ€™t drop the EpiPen yet

TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) â€“ Floridaâ€™s highest court put executions on hold Tuesday while the U.S. Supreme Court...

How A Single, Simple Guideline Could Help You Lose Weight For some super-motivated people, counting calories, calculating macronutrient proportions or weighing food can help...

Rates of food allergies have increased over recent decades and are at an all-time high. While we donâ€™t know the full...

Brittany Maynardâ€™s Story Moves New York Lawmakers To Introduce Death With Dignity Bill New York state lawmakers have introduced a â€œdeath with dignityâ€ bill that would make the state the sixth...

Just Like When We Were 3 Years Old, Saved by a Nighttime Routine

The Kim Kardashian App and the Quantitative Life

It seems like sleeping should be something we all can easily do. And yet we are some of the most tired and medicated...

A few weeks ago my wife and I had a dinner party with a group of young people, most of whom were striving for a...

Most meals at Chipotle are over 1,000 calories

With new data, Planck satellite brings early universe into focus

February 17, 2015, 9:58 PM|The New York Times found that the typical Chipotle order has about 1,000 calories. 1 in every...

From its orbit 930,000 miles above Earth, the Planck space telescope spent more than four years detecting the oldest light...

Humans altering Adriatic ecosystems more than nature, UF study shows

How to avoid a bad hire

IMAGE:Â These shellfish species from the northern Adriatic Sea were also found in sediments, providing a record of mollusks...

Criminologist â€˜hacksâ€™ the hacker IMAGE:Â A hacker may be more of a talented craft worker than an evil genius, according to a Kansas State University...

Cancer experience presents time for lifestyle changes in both survivors and family members After studying cancer survivors and their family caregivers, researchers at Case Western Reserve University conclude that...

Meditation: A Reset Button for Balance Meditation: A Reset Button for Balance There is a growing meditation movement happening around the world. Meditation...

IMAGE:Â In his most recent study, David Jones, associate professor of business, found an easy way for employers to attract...

Focusing on the success of others can make us selfish It is believed that the success of humans as a species depends to a large extent on our ability to cooperate in groups. Much...

From fishing to sex work, trafficked people badly abused, major study finds By Alex Whiting LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ From dog attacks, strangulation and rape,...

How Freeing Our Relationships From Labels Frees Ourselves I was in a traditional romantic relationship with my partner, Sean, for the first of the nearly four years weâ€™ve...

S&P 500 ends at record high on Greece hopes, as bonds drop

Dentist Visit Tips Family Off to Daughterâ€™s Grapefruit-Sized Tumor

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ The SP 500 ended above 2,100 at another record high on Tuesday...

A trip to the dentist saved an 11-year-oldâ€™s life, tipping her doctors and mother off to a grapefruitsized tumor...

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Dominatrix Whips Gym-Goers Into Shape for â€™50-Shadesâ€™-Themed Class A fitness instructor shouting instructions at her class doesnâ€™t sound so unusual, but when sheâ€™s decked out...

One in three Dutch doctors would consider assisted suicide for dementia or being â€˜tired of livingâ€™ Around one in three Dutch doctors would be prepared to help someone with early dementia, mental illness, or who is â€˜tired...

Bile duct cancer study may pave way for new treatments Patients with bile duct cancer could be helped by a new class of experimental drug, a study has shown. Scientists have discovered...

Napping beyond age of two linked to poorer sleep quality in young children Napping beyond the age of 2 is linked to poorer sleep quality in young children, although the impact on behaviour and development...

Boston Scientific will pay Johnson & Johnson $600M Boston Scientific will pay $600 million to settle with drugmaker Johnson Johnson over the medical device makerâ€™s...

Seasonal flu vaccine induces antibodies that protect against H7N9 avian flu Antibodies that protect against H7N9 avian flu, which emerged in China in 2013 and sparked fears of a global pandemic, have...

TKI introduction improves French CML patient survival

Transplantation conditioning choices impact on CML outcomes revealed

By Lynda Williams, Senior medwireNews Reporter Real-world study findings from France show the significant impact tyrosine...

By Lynda Williams, Senior medwireNews Reporter For chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) patients in their first chronic phase,...

Second-line bosutinib well tolerated by Japanese patients

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By Lynda Williams, Senior medwireNews Reporter Phase I/II clinical trial data support the use of bosutinib as second- or...

Where are you in your relationships right now? Are you happy? Unhappy? Are you looking for someone? Have you been...

In Defense of Inconvenience (and Why I Ditched My Smartphone)

Go On, Make Your Order Extra Spicy. It Could Help Boost Your Metabolism.

Three days before I left to start my book tour last fall, I begrudgingly traded in my old phone (the one with the...

Go on, make your order extra spicy. A new study presented at the Biophysical Societyâ€™s 59th Annual Meeting...

4 Tips to Kindle Your Creativity (Even in the Dead of Winter)

How I Released Control and Discovered True Love

The long dreary haul of winter. After the holiday lights are put away and the excitement of a new year and new beginnings...

The year I turned 40, I was depressed. For over 13 years, Iâ€™d been doing extensive self-awareness work â€”...

ER doctors talk winter and snowstorm safety

New insight into how brain performs â€˜mental time travelâ€™

Emergency rooms are heating up as this unforgiving winter continues to keep much of the country in a snowbound deep freeze. Anyone...

In Proustâ€™s novel Recollection of Things Past, the distinctive smell of a lemon madeleine launches the narrator on...

Napping beyond age of 2 linked to poorer sleep quality in young children

Tadpole model links drug exposure to autism-like effects

Napping beyond the age of 2 is linked to poorer sleep quality in young children, although the impact on behaviour and development...

IMAGE:Â Brown University scientists report that they have developed a tadpole model to investigate how exposure to the...

The science of teaching: Study finds brain processes that are key to understanding pupils

In the short run, a high-fat diet may help minimize heart attack damage

How does the brain of a teacher work? New research has identified the parts of the brain involved in computing mistakes in...

MAYWOOD, Il. â€“ Itâ€™s well known that over the long run, a high-fat diet increases the risk of heart attack...

Terror attacks offer insights for first responders

Correction: Health Overhaul-Penalties story

IMAGE:Â Security services survey a destroyed room inside the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel after

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) â€” In a story Feb. 14 about tax penalties assessed on those without

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Boston Scientific to pay J&J $600 million to settle Guidant suit

CVS urges cost controls for new cholesterol drugs

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) â€“ Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp on Tuesday said...

By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) â€“ CVS Health warned on Tuesday that the costs of a potent new...

How to Attain Exceptional Health in One Easy Step

Wisconsin judge to decide if Slenderman case moves forward

We all know the importance of good health. We all strive to be the best we can be in every facet of our lives....

By Brendan Oâ€™Brien WAUKESHA, Wis. (Reuters) â€“ A Wisconsin judge said on Tuesday he will...

Mindfulness meditation may help older people sleep

Plain packaging â€˜may help smokers to smoke lessâ€™

By Kathryn Doyle Reuters Health â€“ Engaging in mindfulness awareness practices may be more helpful...

Tuesday February 17 2015 Plain packaging may make smoking less attractive â€œPlain packaging reduced unconscious...

Molecule could protect against Alzheimerâ€™s disease

Genetic condition causes man to feel no pain

Tuesday February 17 2015 Alzheimerâ€™s disease is most common in people over the age of 65 â€œAlzheimerâ€™s...

Â (Thefactsofpainlesspeople.com/) Imagine breaking your arm, but not realizing you were hurt until you saw the bone poking...

More measles cases tied to Disneyland, Illinois day care

Washington state panel mulls bill to trim vaccine exemptions

Health officials say the number of U.S. measles cases this year has risen to 141. Eighteen of the 20 new cases reported...

Personal or philosophical opposition to vaccines would not be an authorized exemption for the parents of school-age children...

Nestle USA strips artificial bits from chocoloate candy

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No more artificial flavors and colors in Butterfinger, Babe Ruth or any Nestle chocolate candies in the United States, because...

Four Web-based training modules developed by Johns Hopkins Medicine for emergency department personnel who treat patients...

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Students, faculty and staff at Oregon State University have largely embraced a new policy that prohibits smoking on the...

Apart from proposing a co-payment for visiting doctors, the last federal budget also contained a proposal to increase the...

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9 Ways Random Acts of Kindness Can Heal a Lonely Heart

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I still remember the first time I tried yoga. It was the dead of winter in New York City and, as I walked into the...

Brainomics: How Improving Brain Health Impacts the Economy

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A new study by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth finds that closing the education gap would increase economic...

February 17, 2015, 3:38 PM|After being rejected twice before, Sprout Pharmaceuticals is trying again to get FDA approval...

Genetically modified apples could hit store shelves by 2016

Study details impact of Deepwater Horizon oil on beach microbial communities

Donâ€™t expect to see them too soon, but within a few years, genetically modified apples could be making their way to...

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Bone-loss score may tip off doctors to gum disease in postmenopausal women

Research shows dated â€˜leaky pipelineâ€™ assumptions about gender imbalances in science Men outnumber women...

Postmenopausal women susceptible to bone fractures may also be a higher risk for gum disease, according to researchers at...

Smoke-free campus policy enjoys wide support, new OSU research shows

A rapid extension of nanographene sheets from readily available hydrocarbons

CORVALLIS, Ore. â€“ Students, faculty and staff at Oregon State University have largely embraced a new policy that prohibits...

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Novel crumpling method takes flat graphene from 2-D to 3-D

S&P closes at record, breaches 2,100 with eye on Greece

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NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ U.S. stocks ticked higher on Tuesday, pushing the SP 500 to a record closing high above...

â€˜Commie-loving Mainlandersâ€™ targeted at Hong Kongâ€™s top university

Prosecution rests in â€˜American Sniperâ€™ murder trial in Texas

By Clare Baldwin and Lizzie Ko HONG KONG (Reuters) â€“ A campus election at a top Hong Kong university...

By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) â€“ Prosecutors finished calling witnesses on Tuesday...

What Aborted Fetuses Have to Do With Vaccines

Yankeesâ€™ Rodriguez apologizes for using PEDs

A small but growing number of parents who object to vaccinating their children on religious grounds say they do so because...

By Steve Ginsburg (Reuters) â€“ Embattled New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez apologized...

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Gradual smoking cessation may be possible with nicotine addiction pill

Electric fans can help keep core body temperatures and heart rates from going up in extreme heat and humidity, according...

A nicotine addiction pill can help smokers quit gradually when they canâ€™t go cold turkey, a study finds, suggesting...

Smoking high-potency marijuana may cause psychiatric disorders

Biotech investor invests in InterCure to increase stake in XTL Biopharmaceuticals

Â (REUTERS/Michael Kooren) A study published Monday in the journal Lancet Psychiatry has linked smoking strong, high-potency...

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Saliva test holds promise to diagnose autism spectrum disorder in children

Tough As Nails: Women Scientists Rise Up In Nigeria

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Ask JJ: Crushing Your Soda Habit With Water

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Typhoid fever cases confirmed in Oklahoma

Drugmaker again seeks approval for "female Viagra"

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WASHINGTON â€“ The makers of a twice-rejected pill designed to boost female libido are resubmitting their drug to federal...

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Technology changing teacherâ€™s role

Bullying at work grinds victims down and makes them an â€˜easy targetâ€™ for further abuse according to new research...

Along with technological development, traditional teaching methods have been challenged by various technologically enhanced...

Plants survive better through mass extinctions than animals

Even animals compose

At least 5 mass extinction events have profoundly changed the history of life on Earth. But a new study led by researchers...

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An international research team lead by Marisa Hoeschele from the University of Vienna argue that only by combining examination...

A new spin on spintronics IMAGE:Â A laser pulse is split into two paths: circularly polarized pump (blue) and linearly polarized probe (red)....

Man arrested for making bomb threat at Islamic center in Texas capital

Sanofi says Cerdelga trial shows promise

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) â€“ A man in his 50s was arrested for making threats on Tuesday to bomb an Islamic...

PARIS (Reuters) â€“ French pharmaceutical group Sanofi said on Tuesday a trial treatment with its Cerdelga...

Letâ€™s Have "The Talk": African Youth Are Not Shying Away From Sex

Celsus Therapeutics skin cream fails study

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(Reuters) â€“ British drugmaker Celsus Therapeutics Plcâ€™s U.S.-listed shares plunged as much as 83 percent...

Wall Street edges lower amid overseas issues; energy falls

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A father had a tearful reunion with his daughter days after he acted as a living donor for the 3-yearold girl. Michael...

Study finds link between financial stress and eating disorder signs in young women

Woman, 115, says her secrets to longevity are raw eggs, no men

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Three raw eggs a day keeps death away, according to Morano.Â (AP Photo/Matthew Mead) People who were single and unhappy...

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Itâ€™s no secret that most married couples have less sex as the years go by, but those who stick it out tend to see...

(Reuters Health) â€“ Fifty percent of women will experience hot flashes and night sweats characteristic of menopause...

J&J-Pharmacyclics drug shows potential in high-risk leukemia patients

AIDS number 1 killer of adolescents in Africa, agencies say

(Reuters) â€“ Pharmacyclics Inc said its cancer drug developed with a Johnson Johnson unit improved overall response...

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Groups: AIDs number 1 killer of adolescents in Africa

A 14-year-old boy in Mexico had such an intense fear of growing up that he took extreme steps to hide or curb his growth,...

AIDS has become the leading cause of death for adolescents in Africa and the second leading cause of death among adolescents...

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POCARED Diagnostics announces closure of another $15M in funding

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Worried. Frantic. Dismayed. Under pressure. Stressed. By now itâ€™s no secret that stress does more harm than...

TORONTO (Feb. 17, 2015) â€“ Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have discovered a promising...

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AAAS symposium looks at how to bring big-data skills to academia

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(Reuters) â€“ CVS Health Corp, the second-largest U.S. pharmacy chain operator, has warned that a new class...

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By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa will...

VBL to stop developing drug for psoriasis, ulcerative colitis

French government holds emergency cabinet meeting before reform law vote: source

(Reuters) â€“ Israelâ€™s VBL Therapeutics Inc said it would stop developing its experimental inflammatory...

How Two Young Sisters Cope With a

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After lobbying push, drugmaker resubmits womenâ€™s sex pill

Hot flashes may last up to 14 years for menopausal women

The makers of a twice-rejected pill designed to boost female libido are resubmitting their drug to federal health regulators,...

No woman looks forward to menopause, especially the accompanying hot flashes. Which is why a new study published in JAMA...

How suspect hysterectomy device got surgeon groupâ€™s blessing

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Last May, as controversy mounted over a surgical device called the power morcellator, a professional association for surgeons...

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Alirocumab shows promise as treatment to reduce LDL-cholesterol in Phase III study

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Microsurgical technique revolutionizes treatment of infertile men

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A microsurgical technique credited with revolutionizing treatment of men once thought to be infertile was recently performed...

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Complete genome sequence and description of Salinispira pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel spirochaete isolated form a hypersaline microbial mat

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UBMD physician discusses the dangers of hypothermia

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BGRF announces publication of research into personalising nootropic drugs using in silico prediction

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ASU to host inaugural meeting for brand new scientific society in Tempe, Arizona

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ASU to host inaugural meeting for brand new scientific society in Tempe, Arizona

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BHB compound produced during dieting blocks part of immune system involved in inflammatory disorders

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Study shows amyloid formation may link type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer disease

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Researchers describe new family of bacteria common in malaria mosquitoes

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Indonesia delays transfer of two Australian drug offenders for execution

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Increased microenvironment stiffness in damaged myofibers promotes myogenic progenitor cell proliferation

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Breed differences in humoral and cellular responses of lambs to experimental infection with the gastrointestinal nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta

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Ethical approval All procedures described in this study were conducted under experimental license from the Irish...

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Few health care providers in rural India know the correct treatments for childhood diarrhea and pneumonia â€“ two leading...

Medical practitioners rarely prescribe proper treatments for childhood diarrhea, pneumonia in rural India

Wistar researchers identify new therapeutic target for aggressive form of ovarian cancer

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affecting the female reproductive system with very few effective treatments...

Wistar researchers identify new therapeutic target for aggressive form of ovarian cancer

Developing a guideline to standardize the citation of bioresources in journal articles (CoBRA)

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Developing a guideline to standardize the citation of bioresources in journal articles (CoBRA)

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Study: Menopause could last up to 14 years

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Study: Menopause could last up to 14 years

Considerable surgeon-level variation in radical prostatectomy

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(HealthDay)â€”Considerable practice variation exists among surgeons at a high-volume academic center when selecting...

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Lycopene inversely linked to renal cell carcinoma risk

(HealthDay)â€”Many adults maintain adequate serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels even in periods of minimal ultraviolet...

(HealthDay)â€”For postmenopausal women, lycopene intake seems to be inversely associated with the risk of renal cell...

Moldy homes may mean more asthma in young kids

Canada warns of measles at Christian youth event

(HealthDay)â€”Children appear more likely to develop asthma if their living rooms, kitchens or bedrooms have mold or...

Canadian health officials warned Monday that a person with measles may have spread the virus at a recent large gathering...

Erratum: The impact of tumour size on the probability of synchronous metastasis and survival in renal cell carcinoma patients: a population-based study

E-cigarettes: methodological and ideological issues and research priorities

BMC Urology 2015, 15:5Â doi:10.1186/1471-249015-5 Published: 16 February 2015

The combustion of cigarettes, rather than either tobacco or nicotine, is the cause of a public health disaster....

Changing stem cell structure may help fight obesity

Plain tobacco packs likely to deter smoking, studies show

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By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Studies on the health impact of â€œplainâ€ or standardized...

Long-term meditation tied to less brain loss

Malawi bans child marriage, lifts minimum age to 18

By Ronnie Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters Health) â€“ Meditation over many years is tied to smaller agerelated...

By Emma Batha LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Malawi has passed a law banning child marriage,...

Researchers reveal link between powerful gene regulatory elements and autoimmune diseases

Team uncovers marvel molecule that could lead to treatments for inflammatory diseases

Investigators with the National Institutes of Health have discovered the genomic switches of a blood cell key to regulating...

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have uncovered a marvel molecule that blocks a key driver of inflammatory diseases....

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Gene patents may sound scary but soon they may no longer matter Recent cases in Australia and the United States and a new case in Canada show how controversial the subject of gene patents...

Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) allows patient-ventilator synchrony during pediatric noninvasive ventilation: a crossover physiological study 1 Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, CHU SainteJustine, University of Montreal,...

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Health-related quality of life after TBI: a systematic review of study design, instruments, measurement properties, and outcome Erasmus MC, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, 3000, CA, The Netherlands ...

CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein ? promotes receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa-B ligand (RANKL) expression and osteoclast formation in the synovium in rheumatoid arthritis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu...

A Simple Solution to the Great American Measles Scare

Have teachers been overlooked in the measles outbreak?

In an era of profound medical advancements in drug therapies and technologies, the U.S. finds itself immersed in...

LOS ANGELES – While much of the attention in the ongoing measles outbreak has focused on student vaccination requirements...

Coronary patients are not meeting lifestyle and risk factor targets

Australians get hepatitis A from Chinese berries

Sophia Antipolis, 17 February 2015. The large majority of coronary patients in Europe are failing to achieve their lifestyle,...

Nine Australians have contracted hepatitis A linked with eating contaminated berries from China, with the importer...

Most clinical â€˜calculatorsâ€™ overestimate heart attack risk

Women active a few times weekly have lower risk of heart disease, stroke and blood clots

Most â€œrisk calculatorsâ€ used by clinicians to gauge a patientâ€™s chances of suffering a heart attack and...

Middle-aged women who are physically active a few times per week have lower risks of heart disease, stroke and blood clots...

Use of nondrug, nonsurgical options low in hip, knee OA

Milk protein detected in some â€˜cowâ€™s milk-freeâ€™ baked goods

(HealthDay)â€”Usage of nondrug, nonoperative interventions in community-dwelling individuals with hip and knee osteoarthritis...

(HealthDay)â€”Some bakery products sold as free of cowâ€™s milk may not be safe for those with milk allergies...

Antipsychotic Rx often relates to nonapproved indications

Climate Scientist Tries Arts To Stir Hearts Regarding Earthâ€™s Fate

(HealthDay)â€”For individuals with dementia living in nursing homes, the providerâ€™s rationale for use of antipsychotic...

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Female Libido Pill Fires Up Debate About Women And Sex

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i For 15 years, Carla Price and her husbandâ€™s sex life was great. But then things began to change. â€œBefore,...

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John Oliver Lights Up The Tobacco

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Amid Measles Outbreak, Few Rules On Teacher Vaccinations LOS ANGELES (AP) â€” While much of the attention in the ongoing measles outbreak has focused on student vaccination...

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Industry And Their International Legal Shenanigans Jeff we can! On Sunday nightâ€™s â€œLast Week Tonight,â€ John Oliver walked us through the vast and...

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Complex nerve-cell signaling traced back to common ancestor of humans and sea anemones New research shows that a burst of evolutionary innovation in the genes responsible for electrical communication among nerve...

Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Feb. 17, 2015

Focusing on fiber may work for weight loss

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By Kathryn Doyle Reuters Health â€“ People who only focused on eating 30 grams of fiber per day...

Athletic tape may have limited benefit for pain

Racial gaps in diabetes not tied to social, economic status

By Shereen Lehman Reuters Health â€“ Therapeutic tape reduces chronic muscle pain better than...

By Kathryn Doyle Reuters Health â€“ Social and economic status does not explain the racial gaps...

NIH researchers reveal link between powerful gene regulatory elements and autoimmune diseases

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Democrats seek relief from health law penalties

Why Doctors Say Crawling Across the Finish Line Isnâ€™t a Great Idea

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” The official sign-up season for President Barack Obamaâ€™s health care law may be...

A marathoner crawled across the finish line this weekend after her body gave out, and while the grit and determination...

Liberia reopens dozens of schools as Ebola wanes

Media heralds the discovery of â€˜infidelity geneâ€™

By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA (Reuters) â€“ Thousands of Liberian children in pristine uniforms...

Monday February 16 2015 Is cheating in her DNA? â€œWomen are more likely to cheat on their partner if they...

Amid US measles outbreak, few rules on teacher vaccinations

Educated youth football coaches can cut injuries, study says

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A new study shows young football players are less likely to get hurt or sustain head injuries when playing for coaches who...

Gene mutation drives cartilage tumor formation

Researchers discover molecular trigger of inflammatory bowel disease

Duke Medicine researchers have shown how gene mutations may cause common forms of cartilage tumors. In a study published...

Cells lining the intestinal tract form a critical barrier, protecting our bodies from the billions of bacteria living in...

Measles outbreak highlights the importance of adult immunization

More rapid refeeding protocol seems safe in anorexia nervosa

Measles was once considered a childhood illness, spreading rapidly across schools, playgrounds and parks. But the national...

(HealthDay)â€”Refeeding patients with anorexia nervosa to achieve more rapid weight gain can be safe and effective...

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Scary berries: how food gets contaminated and what to do

(HealthDay)â€”During 2002 to 2011, U.S. hospitals experienced productivity growth in treating Medicare patients with...

Food distributor Patties Foods has recalled two brands of frozen mixed berries â€” Nannaâ€™s and Creative Gourmet...

The Moment Trumps the Selfie

This Dream Wasnâ€™t Meant for Me

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Image credit: Self Discovery by Rita Loyd I am a Korean-American immigrant. My family came to the US in 1988. I...

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5 Happiness Practices to Increase Levels of Joy

Many of us hold onto things that serve little to no purpose for us. Letâ€™s call them safety blankets. These...

What weâ€™re finding is that it is not necessarily the reality that shapes us, but the lens through which...

Dear Boston, Mind Your Mannahs!

Health care registration deadline extended for some

I feel your pain. Enough already with this white stuff. The first blizzard nearly flattened us, and after 11 (yes,...

How the mind processes complex spatial information EVANSTON, Ill. â€” Northwestern Universityâ€™s David H. Uttal will discuss a program that has enhanced studentsâ€™...

WASHINGTON â€“The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will extend Sundayâ€™s registration deadline...

Researchers synthesize material for efficient plasmonic devices in midinfrared range A research team led by North Carolina State University has identified and synthesized a material that can be used to create...

Molecular evidence for the loss of 3 basic tastes in penguins

Genetic evidence shows penguins have â€˜bad tasteâ€™

ANN ARBORâ€“A University of Michigan-led study of penguin genetics has concluded that the flightless aquatic birds lost...

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Death toll rises to 28 in Mozambique cholera epidemic

How to Tell If Winter Blues Are Seasonal Affective Disorder

Maputo (AFP) â€“ The death toll from a cholera epidemic in Mozambique that broke out after widespread flooding...

Itâ€™s that time of year again. The holidays are long over, the frigid weather seems endless, and itâ€™s...

Lab progress towards drug for autoimmune disease

Natural ways to ease depression symptoms

Paris (AFP) â€“ Researchers said Monday they had pinpointed two compounds â€” one naturally derived from...

One out of every 10 people suffers from depression in the United States, according to estimates. Â While there are many...

New therapeutic strategy discovered for ovarian cancer

Anti-inflammatory mechanism of dieting and fasting revealed

Ovarian cancer is the deadliest of all cancers affecting the female reproductive system with very few effective treatments...

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that a compound produced by the body when dieting or fasting can block...

Mindfulness meditation appears to help improve sleep quality

Hot flashes, night sweats last for 7+ years in many midlife women

Mindfulness meditation practices resulted in improved sleep quality for older adults with moderate sleep disturbance in...

Frequent menopausal vasomotor symptoms (VMS), including hot flashes and night sweats, lasted for more than seven years during...

Lack of RNA â€˜editingâ€™ leads to melanoma growth and metastasis

Research findings may point to new treatment for patients with Mitofusin 2 deficiency

The importance of RNA editing in melanoma has been demonstrated by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer...

Breath test could detect Parkinsonâ€™s

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Glencoe Software announces completion of Seed Investment Round

Qâ€™SAI announces formation of new U.S. subsidiary

Glencoe Software, Inc.

Celebrating 50 years serving the healthy lifestyles of the Japanese, Qâ€™SAI Co., Ltd., announces the formation of Qâ€™SAI...

Unemployment linked with around 45 000 deaths by suicide every year

Nearly Half Of Low-Income Kids Donâ€™t Eat Breakfast. Hereâ€™s 1 Way To Fix That

Unemployment might account for nine times as many deaths by suicide every year (about 45 000) as the recent economic crisis...

How To Tell If Your Stress Level Is Normal Do you handle your worries well, or do you let them spiral into something more? We all encounter bouts of stress...

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Hunger is on the rise among children in the U.S., and though there are systems in place to make sure low-income...

Chagaâ€™s Moment: Alaska Businesses Ride Wave of Health Hype for Birch Fungus Chaga may not look like much â€” itâ€™s a lumpy, charcoal-colored bulb protruding from birch trees â€”...

Freak Pilates injury causes brain fluid leak

Amid measles outbreak, few rules on teacher vaccinations

A woman who had persistent headaches found there was a strange culprit for her pain: a Pilates class that caused her brain...

LOS ANGELES (AP) â€” While much of the attention in the ongoing measles outbreak has focused on student vaccination...

28 and Counting: Expanding Medicaid Makes Sense

Scientists find new, aggressive strain of HIV in Cuba

States that have not expanded Medicaid are nonsensically denying millions of uninsured individuals health care coverage....

HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, particles in purple, cause the disease AIDS.Â (CDC/ Dr. A. Harrison; Dr. P. Feorino) Scientists...

Researchers test device to help deaf children detect sounds

Study reveals possible treatment for diseases caused by Mitofusin 2 deficiency

In this photo taken Feb. 11, 2015, Angelica Lopez, 3, smiles during a therapy session at the University of Southern California...

Marital â€˜long-timersâ€™ have a â€˜modest reboundâ€™ in sexual frequency after 50 years While people in the early years of marriage have sex more frequently, and their sexual activity tapers off over time, a...

Researchers have discovered a novel role for Mitofusin 2, and the findings may point to a new treatment for patients with...

New ovarian cancer drug Lynparza one step closer Ovarian cancer patients throughout Europe and the United States could soon be treated with a new drug discovered through...

Unemployment changes your core personality, according to study

Schools reopen as Liberia turns page on Ebola epidemic

The psychological damage caused by unemployment is greater than previously thought, according to a study led by researchers...

Children began returning to school in Liberia on Monday after lessons were delayed for months by the deadly Ebola outbreak,...

Microbes prevent malnutrition in fruit flies

Achilles tendon can adapt to uphill and downhill running better than previously thought: Study

Microbes, small and ancient life forms, play a key role in maintaining life on Earth. As has often been pointed out, without...

Harmless plant extract can help treat Cushing Disease Cushing Disease, not to be confused with Cushingâ€™s Syndrome, is caused by a tumour in the pituitary gland in the brain....

Like many runners, former BYU track star Katy Andrews Neves has had her share of injuries. Unlike most runners, one of those...

Report: Proposed SDGs may not achieve policy objectives without clearer, more measurable targets The proposed UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) â€“ a universal set of goals to guide

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Novartisâ€™ heart failure medicine LCZ696 granted FDA priority review

Poll: Half of parents support delayed school start times for adolescents

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Should teenagers be able to hit the snooze button one more time before school? Ask their parents and half say they would...

Artificial proteins could bring the next biological revolution â€“ starting with MRI

California Readies Another Assault On Sugary Drinks

Scientists and engineers have looked to nature for their inspiration for centuries. The field of biomimetics uses...

If the soft drink industry thought its fight with health reformers ended in the San Francisco Bay Area last election...

Why U.S. teens are more sleep deprived than ever

AIRBarre dance-based fitness classes defy gravity

U.S. teens are getting sleepier: Many lack even seven hours of shut-eye each night and the problem has worsened over two...

By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ AIRBarre, a new group fitness class, combines the...

Psychosis five times more likely for cannabis users: study

Children whose parents have a positive attitude less likely to have cavities, study says

London (AFP) â€“ A British study released Monday suggested that the risk of psychosis was five times higher...

While the first visit to the dentist can be scary for any child, a new study found that children with parents who displayed...

Leaking brain fluid traced to Pilates injury

Children whose parents have a positive attitude less likely to have cavities â€¦

Â (Copyright: Alina Solovyova-Vincent) A woman who had persistent headaches found there was a strange culprit for her pain:...

While the first visit to the dentist can be scary for any child, a new study found that children with parents who displayed...

Study shows treating patients en route to hospital saves heart muscle

Psychologist explains the research behind flagging libidos

Paul Armstrong has always found quiet satisfaction knowing his lifeâ€™s work has made a difference in the world. Armstrong,...

A UBC researcher explains why some lacy new lingerie might just do the trick Is your relationship going stale? UBC psychology...

Unraveling the complex puzzle of Alzheimerâ€™s disease

Talking cigarette pack discourages smoking

In the movie Still Alice, Julianne Moore plays a Columbia linguistics professor who is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimerâ€™s,...

Cigarette packets have long been emblazoned with warnings and graphic images of the dangers of tobacco. Now Edith Cowan...

Medicare Advantage enrollment increasing in rural areas

Discovery offers much needed information about how virulent insectborne diseases cause infection

More rural Americans are signing up for Medicare Advantage despite reductions in payments, according to new research from...

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For decades, scientists have thought the bacteria that cause the bubonic plague hijack host cells at the site of a fleabite...

Congressional briefing to focus on importance of including female subjects in medical research The Endocrine Society and Society for Womenâ€™s Health Research (SWHRÂ®) are cosponsoring a Congressional briefing...

Hospira announces launch of first biosimilar monoclonal antibody in Europe

Researchers demonstrate advantages of implanted defibrillator in preventing non-ischaemic heart failure

Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP), a world leader in the development of biosimilar therapies, today announced the launch of the first...

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NTU Singapore setting up new institute

New antibiotic holds promise against

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Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is setting up a new institute to advance research in the life sciences,...

Estimates of deaths from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the United States range upwards of...

Scientists Weigh In On What Can Mend A Broken Heart

ZMapp And The Fight Against Ebola

Anyone who has suffered a break up knows it can take time to get over it. While wallowing in self pity isnâ€™t a great...

Teens more sleep deprived than ever February 16, 2015, 5:52 AM|A new study found that sleep duration has dropped for all children since 1991. Also, marijuana...

In his final story for â€œ60 Minutes,â€ Bob Simon reports on the long and complicated development of ZMapp,...

Support for sleeping in? Half of parents favor later school start times for teens ANN ARBOR, Mich. â€” Should teenagers be able to hit the snooze button one more time before school? Ask their parents...

Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia target zero new Ebola cases in 60 days

Liberia schools reopen after 6-month Ebola closure

CONAKRY (Reuters) â€“ Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, the three states hardest hit by an epidemic of Ebola,...

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) â€” Students in Liberia began returning to the classroom Monday after a six-month closure...

Eye-opener: US teens getting less & less sleep, study shows

Adult survivors of childhood cancer at risk for pituitary hormone deficiencies

CHICAGO (AP) â€” U.S. teens are getting sleepier: Many lack even seven hours of shut-eye each night and the...

Decades after undergoing cranial irradiation for childhood cancer, St. Jude Childrenâ€™s Research Hospital investigators...

Short-term cognitive behavioral therapy reduces suicide attempts among at-risk soldiers

Research finding could lead to new therapeutic target for treating hypertension in males

Short-term cognitive behavioral therapy dramatically reduces suicide attempts among atrisk military personnel, according...

Higher levels of a â€œdangerâ€ molecule may be one reason males tend to become hypertensive earlier and more severely...

Study lays groundwork for building consensus on successful aging

R. Bryan Miller Symposium to spotlight special focus on rare disease research

Scholars have long debated what successful aging is, how to measure it, and how to promote it. But the latest issue of The...

The University of California, Davis Department of Chemistry will spotlight a special focus on rare disease research with...

Novartis receives priority review status from FDA for heart failure medicine LCZ696

American teenagers getting less and less sleep, study shows

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CHICAGO â€“ Â U.S. teens are getting sleepier: Many lack even seven hours of shut-eye each night and the problem has...

Study findings could help scientists better design silicon materials to improve chemotherapy drug delivery

Henry Ford physicians suction cancerous tumor from vein in metastatic kidney cancer patient

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Physicians at Henry Ford Hospital successfully suctioned a cancerous tumor from a major vein in a patient with metastatic...

New electronic model holds promise of revolutionizing shared decision-making in doctorâ€™s office

AARDA releases white paper to educate its members, patient community about biosimilar medicines

Traditional decision aids to help patient-doctor discussions have drawbacks, but a new electronic model developed by McMaster...

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Use of mind and body approaches to improve health, well-being remains high among Americans

TSRI scientists discover novel mechanism involved in Alzheimerâ€™s, Parkinsonâ€™s and ALS

More Americans of all ages are rolling out their yoga mats in an effort to improve their health. A large nationally representative...

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have for the first time discovered a killing...

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Is the medical marijuana debate even worth having? Given the recent thawing in political attitudes in NSW and Victoria towards so-called medical marijuana, one could be forgiven...

A randomized pilot trial of growth hormone with anastrozole versus growth hormone alone, starting at the very end of puberty in adolescents with idiopathic short stature International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2015, 2015:4Â doi:10.1186/1687-9856-2015-4 Published:...

Patterns of thyroid hormone levels in pediatric medullary thyroid carcinoma patients on vandetanib therapy International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2015, 2015:3Â doi:10.1186/1687-9856-2015-3 Published:...

Elimination of â€˜public optionâ€™ threw consumers to the insurance wolves When members of Congress caved to demands from the insurance industry and ditched their plan to establish a â€œpublic...

APNewsbreak: Democrats seek relief from health law penalties WASHINGTON (AP) â€” The official sign-up season for President Barack Obamaâ€™s health care law may be...

Researchers report new figures on two muscular dystrophy disorders Researchers in public health have reported in the first broad study in the United States the frequency of two muscle-weakness...

House Fires: Could Your Family Escape One In Time? In March 2011, Maureen Aissaâ€™s Binghamton, New York, home caught fire in the middle of the night with her...

More proof elections never end A heavy smoker for much of his life, former Sen. Wendell Ford, D-Ky., died last month at age 90 after a lengthy...

Teens increasingly sleep deprived Sufficient sleep is critical for adolescent health, yet the number of hours slept per night has decreased among teenagers...

Study shows that plant-based vegan diet may lower heart disease risk in obese children Obese children who begin a low-fat, plant-based vegan diet may lower their risk of heart disease through improvements in...

Study shows in-flight blood transfusions improve outcomes in trauma victims

Experts discuss therapeutic potential of medical cannabis in a symposium organized by MUHC

Air-lifted trauma victims who received blood transfusions in the helicopter before arriving at a trauma center had higher...

While debate about recreational marijuana use continues, researchers are investigating the effectiveness of cannabis for...

Copy number variation and brain structure: lessons learned from chromosome 16p11.2

Satellite images reveal ocean acidification from space

Given the neuropsychiatric risk and previously identified associations with head circumference 6], a clear next...

Researchers report new figures on 2 muscular dystrophy disorders Researchers in public health have reported in the first broad study in the United States the frequency of two muscle-weakness...

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Australian food company recalls berries after hepatitis A outbreak linked to China By Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) â€“ An Australian company has recalled its frozen berry products...

The ecosystem approach to health is a promising strategy in international development: lessons from Japan and Laos

1 Department of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, 4-1-1 Nukuikita, Koganei...

Niche partitioning among three treeclimbing bird species in subtropical mountain forest sites with different

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Detecting position dependent tremor with the Empirical mode decomposition

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Discharge diagnoses versus medical record review in the identification of community-acquired sepsis

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The nutrition transition in Colombia over a decade: a novel household classification system of anthropometric measures

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UNL researcher: More infectious diseases emerging because of climate change

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 15, 2015 â€” The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile...

Cold-blooded animals grow bigger in the warm on land, but smaller in warm water

The findings strongly support the idea that reduced oxygen availability in water causes aquatic animals to reduce their body...

Australian food company recalls berries after hep A outbreak linked to China

By Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) â€“ An Australian company has recalled its frozen berry products...

AstraZenecaâ€™s patent on asthma drug invalidated by U.S. court

NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ A U.S. federal judge ruled late on Friday that AstraZeneca PLCâ€™s patent on its...

Japanâ€™s economy emerges from recession, growth weaker than forecast

By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) â€“ Japanâ€™s economy rebounded from...

Health Check: ten ways to save 2,000 kilojoules and drop a clothes size

Want to drop a dress or pants size? Then losing five kilograms, or about 5% of your body weight will help that zipper start...

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Supranuclear Palsy, and spinocerebellar ataxia

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Incidence and outcome of inappropriate in-hospital empiric antibiotics for severe infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Effect of alendronate on post-traumatic osteoarthritis induced by anterior cruciate ligament rupture in mice

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Effect of alendronate on post-traumatic osteoarthritis induced by anterior cruciate ligament rupture in mice Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California-Davis Medical...

Starling curves and central venous pressure

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This Woman Lost 200 Pounds But Felt Miserable Inside (VIDEO)

In 1914 Starling used his isolated heartâ€“lung preparation to study cardiac output (FigureÂ 1). He performed...

When Jen Larsen decided to undergo a major and risky weight-loss surgery, she was convinced it was her only option....

This Woman Lost 200 Pounds But Felt Miserable Inside (VIDEO)

Ebola-hit nations pledge to eradicate virus in 60 days

When Jen Larsen decided to undergo a major and risky weight-loss surgery, she was convinced it was her only option....

The leaders of the countries devastated by the west African Ebola outbreak vowed at a summit in Guinea on Sunday to eradicate...

Why do starburst galaxies â€˜burstâ€™?

Study finds link between type 2 diabetes and reduction of certain cognitive abilities

IMAGE:Â What is the recipe for starburst? Astronomers studied NGC 253 with ALMA to find out. These new ALMA data reveal...

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For real health reform, turn the spotlight on specialistsâ€™ fees The impact of specialist fees on government and patient budgets has received little reform attention. This is despite the...

Can Being in Love Make You Fat? Plus, 10 Suggestions for Losing MarriageInduced Love Handles My married friends love to ask, â€œWhen are you and [insert boyfriendâ€™s name here] going to tie the knot...

8 Reasons Avocado Is a Perfect WeightLoss Food Avocado was all like, â€œLook at me, Iâ€™m the good fat!â€ and Butter was like, â€œShow-off!â€...

Type 2 diabetes is associated with worse performance on cognitive tests measuring abilities involved in the control of emotions,...

Researchers identify two cell-signaling molecules that appear critical to stalling cancerâ€™s spread In what is believed to be the largest epigenetic analysis to date of cell-signaling molecules in early-stage melanoma, researchers...

10 Words to Use Instead of â€˜Busyâ€™ Colleague: â€œHow are you?â€ You: â€œBUSY!â€ Sound familiar? We pride ourselves these days on...

Lessons From Our Lives: We Share the Same Story It is said that some of the simplest cultures on Earth are also the happiest. Does this mean that by not being...

8 Health Risks Of Sleeping Too Much Itâ€™s a little hard to believe thereâ€™s such a thing as sleeping too much, since so many of us feel...

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GDP data to show Japanâ€™s economy out of recession

An Italian cemetery may provide clues on choleraâ€™s evolution

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) â€“ Japanâ€™s economy likely rebounded from recession in...

A team of archaeologists and other researchers hope that an ancient graveyard in Italy can yield clues about the deadly...

Researchers develop novel strategy in fight against cancer

Scientists find seven new genes that can cause X-linked intellectual disability

A team of researchers led by Associate Professor Caroline Lee from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University...

X-linked intellectual disability is a disorder that predominantly affects men and can have highly variable clinical manifestations....

Door-to-door campaing encourages people to get tested for hepatitis C and to get linked to care

New technology can help identify patients at risk of second stroke

In Philadelphia, as in many cities, neighborhoods with high rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) often also have limited access...

Risk of recurrent stroke is higher in patients who have low blood flow to the back of the brain, a sixyear, multi-center...

Cervarix effective against other common cancer-causing HPVs

Researcher uses Gene Rank technique to capture, describe gene connectivity

According to a multinational clinical trial involving nearly 20,000 young women, the human papilloma virus vaccine, Cervarix,...

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7 Steps to True Forgiveness

The Small Things Are Killing Us

â€œI forgive youâ€ are three of the hardest words you can ever give to someone else. Forgiveness is extremely...

Today, I watched my father walk down the slippery porch steps in front of my mother and brush the cold snow from...

Deflated in Seattle

5 Barriers to Achieving Your Dreams and How to Overcome Them

The last two weeks have been rough in Seattle after â€œthe game.â€ Many of us canâ€™t even bring...

You have dreams for your life, yet it can sometimes feel impossible to make them real. You might know what to do...

5 Things You Probably Didnâ€™t Know About Gluten

Chinaâ€™s â€˜blood famineâ€™ drives patients to the black market

By Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD Thereâ€™s been a bit of gluten-free backlash lately, but this trend doesnâ€™t...

By Alexandra Harney SHANGHAI (Reuters) â€“ Chinaâ€™s rising demand for healthcare is exposing...

Flurry of sign-ups at health law deadline; web glitch fixed

OUP announces launch of new journal that focuses on worker aging and retirement

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” After a computer glitch was patched up, supporters of President Barack Obamaâ€™s health...

New Penn Medicine study reveals how sleep deprivation increases intake of fat

Oxford University Press (OUP) is pleased to announce the launch of a new interdisciplinary journal, Work, Aging and Retirement,...

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Experts have warned for years that insufficient sleep can lead to weight gain. A new Penn Medicine study found that not only...

UT Southwestern researchers identify common signaling mechanism that controls immune system

A*STARâ€™s GIS scientists develop new system that can predict treatment targets for cancer

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a common signaling mechanism to produce interferon â€“ one...

In recent months, several national initiatives for personalized medicine have been announced, including the recently launched...

Young women report greater stress than men after heart attack

Commercial Drone Rules To Limit Their Weight, Speed And Altitude

Young and middle-aged women experience more stress than their male counterparts, which could contribute to worse recovery...

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Episcopal Church Takes A Hard Look At Alcohol After Bishop Is Charged With Drunken Driving In 2010, Heather Cook was caught behind the wheel with a blood alcohol level of .27 â€” more than three times...

Researchers Test Device That Lets Deaf Children Hear For The First Time WASHINGTON (AP) â€” At age 3, Angelica Lopez is helping to break a sound barrier for deaf children. Born without...

4 Surprising Weight-Loss Tactics (That Donâ€™t Involve Exercise)

Yoga In A Club With A Live DJ Will Make You Feel Like An Actual Warrior

By Jan Bruce The longing for simple weight-loss solutions is everywhere, from punishing diets to grueling exercise...

This story is part of HuffPost Healthy Livingâ€™s We Tried It series. What We Tried: Deep House Yoga, a vinyasa...

Sleep Your Way to Slim: 10 Ways to Improve Sleep for Wellness and Weight Loss

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Engineer, physicist to turn the inner workings of living cells into â€˜molecular moviesâ€™ SAN JOSEâ€“What happens when a chemical engineer and a physicist walk into a bar? They forge a collaboration that could...

To be heartbroken is nothing more than a figure of speech â€¦ or is it? Hereâ€™s Susan Spencer of â€œ48 Hoursâ€: In...

Vast majority of scientists believe in engagement on public policy debates February 15, 2015-Scientists say they are facing a challenging time and 87% believe that scientists should take an active...

Pregnant Mom Tries To Induce Labor With Awesome â€˜Thrillerâ€™ Dance Routine

February 11 was her due date, but her baby boy wasnâ€™t showing any signs of emerging soon. So a pregnant Florida...

?Masters & Johnson: They wrote the book on having sex

It wasnâ€™t enough that Masters Johnson investigated all the questions about sex people were afraid to ask. As Martha...

Picky eating usually transient among preschool children

(HealthDay)â€”Picky eating is usually a transient behavior in early childhood, according to a study published online...

Electronic beats paper record in peds trauma resuscitations

(HealthDay)â€”Electronic documentation produces more complete records of pediatric trauma resuscitations than paper...

Bionic eyes offering better sight to blind

Limited evidence on management of dyslipidemia in HIV

A brighter ray of hope is on the horizon for the blind, as scientists improve electronic hardware that creates sight â€“...

(HealthDay)â€”A detailed guide has been presented for clinicians who manage dyslipidemia in HIV-infected patients....

Limited evidence on management of dyslipidemia in HIV

Ground-breaking lung cancer breath test in clinical trial

(HealthDay)â€”A detailed guide has been presented for clinicians who manage dyslipidemia in HIV-infected patients....

University of Leicester and Leicesterâ€™s Hospitals to evaluate revolutionary device which detects lung cancer in early...

Ground-breaking lung cancer breath test in clinical trial

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Antifungal properties of a new terpernoid saponin and other compounds from the stem bark of Polyscias fulva Hiern (Araliaceae)

Assessment and topographic characterization of locoregional recurrences in head and neck tumours

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Adjuvant low-frequency rTMS in treating auditory hallucinations in recent-onset schizophrenia: a randomized controlled study investigating the effect of highfrequency priming stimulation 1 Department of Psychiatry, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan 713101, West Bengal,...

The influence of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy on intestinal mucosal barrier in a porcine model for post-traumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2015, 10:20Â doi:10.1186/s13019-015-0211-3 Ling Ni and Qiyi Chen contributed equally...

Distribution pattern of lymph node metastases and its implication in individualized radiotherapeutic clinical target volume delineation of regional lymph nodes in patients with stage IA to IIA cervical cancer

Singapore PM Lee has prostate cancer, to take medical leave SINGAPORE (Reuters) â€“ Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and...

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Singapore PM Lee has prostate cancer, to take medical leave

Navy Funds A Small Robot Army To Study The Arctic

SINGAPORE (Reuters) â€“ Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and...

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Navy Funds A Small Robot Army To Study The Arctic

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Frostbite: Know the signs and symptoms

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Frostbite: Know the signs and symptoms

Homeopathy: A natural alternative for pregnancy & postpartum issues

When old man winter comes to town, itâ€™s important to make sure you and your family are ready for more than just...

Morning sickness, heartburn and back pain are normal during pregnancy, but finding a solution isnâ€™t always so easy....

Homeopathy: A natural alternative for pregnancy & postpartum issues

Human neural stem cells restore cognitive functions impaired by chemotherapy

Morning sickness, heartburn and back pain are normal during pregnancy, but finding a solution isnâ€™t always so easy....

Filariasis serosurvey, New Caledonia, South Pacific, 2013 1 Health Action Service, New Caledonia Health Department, NoumÃ©a cÃ©dex,...

Human neural stem cell treatments are showing promise for reversing learning and memory deficits after chemotherapy, according...

A cross-sectional, population-based study of HIV physicians and outpatient health care use by people with HIV in Ontario 1 C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, BruyÃ¨re Research Institute,...

Assessment of medical studentsâ€™ attitudes on social media use in medicine: a cross-sectional study

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Can we respect the principles of oncologic resection in an emergency surgery to treat colon cancer?

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CONAKRY (Reuters) â€“ Crowds destroyed an Ebola facility and attacked health workers in central Guinea on rumors...

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Arizona baby born premature gets heart transplant PHOENIX (AP) â€” Caylyn Otto bought a bracelet for her unborn son, but not for his baptism. â€œI pictured...

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Itâ€™s taken just a few decades for the Internet to sweep the globe as an economic, cultural, and political force. The...

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Finding winners and losers in global land use

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PARIS (Reuters) â€“ Canadaâ€™s discovery of a case of mad cow disease is in line with its â€œcontrolled...

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â€˜Earliestâ€™ characteristics presaging drusen-associated atrophy identified

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Choroidal thickness reduced in diabetic macular oedema patients

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Retinal venular calibre predicts ranibizumab vision improvement

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Effect of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on the cytoskeleton: an openlabel intervention study

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Aquatic adaptation and the evolution of smell and taste in whales

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Limited impacts of extensive human land use on dominance, specialization, and biotic homogenization in boreal plant communities

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Diagnosis and management of hyponatraemia: AGREEing the guidelines

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This Initiative Could Help 60,000 Poor Farmers

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After more than 20 years of marriage, progressive pastor Rob Bell and his wife, Kristen, have learned quite a few...

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Those blonde braids. That nude swimsuit. Bo Derekâ€™s slow motion jog along the beach in the 1979 movie â€œTenâ€...

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What the Sandy Hook report says about mental health

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Most women in menopause who opt to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to manage symptoms that the â€œchange of lifeâ€...

Heart transplant patient on the mend with dogâ€™s help

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Survivors of childhood cancer at risk for developing hormone deficiencies as adults

Thames study: Rivers can be a source antibiotic resistance

(MEMPHIS, Tenn. â€“ February 13, 2015) Decades after undergoing cranial irradiation for childhood cancer, St. Jude Childrenâ€™s...

Rivers and streams could be a major source of antibiotic resistance in the environment. The discovery comes following a study...

Distant species produce love child after 60 million year breakup

Silver-glass sandwich structure acts as inexpensive color filter

IMAGE:Â Found on a forest floor in the French Pyrenees, this shin-high fern is the offspring of two distantly related...

The engineering world just became even more colorful. Northwestern University researchers have created a new technique that...

Canada confirms case of mad cow disease, confident exports safe

CDC: Nasty flu season has peaked, is retreating

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA/CALGARY (Reuters) â€“ Canada confirmed its first case of mad cow disease...

NEW YORK (AP) â€” A new report shows this winterâ€™s nasty flu season has peaked and is clearly retreating. The...

Sierra Leone locks down part of capital after spike in Ebola cases

Nurses Bring Date Night to Oncology Unit

DAKAR (Reuters) â€“ Sierra Leone has locked down a neighborhood in the capital Freetown following a spike in...

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U.S. approves biotech apple that resists browning

Over-the-counter drug may work well for arthritis

By Carey Gillam (Reuters) â€“ U.S. regulators on Friday approved two genetically engineered apple...

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) â€“ Three daily doses of glucosamine and chondroitin may provide...

While driving, pot smokers â€˜saferâ€™ than drunk drivers, study says

Teen has surgery to make his penis smaller

File photo of cars.Â (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) As more states push to legalize marijuana, scientists have started to turn...

A Florida teen had no need for these blue pills.Â (AP Photo/Toby Talbot) Yes, a Florida teenager has undergone what surgeons...

Routine dental checkup may have saved girlâ€™s life

Hormone replacement therapy linked to increased risk of ovarian cancer, study finds

Â (YouCaring) Sometimes, that trip to the dentist pays off in unexpected ways. When 11-year-old Journee Woodard went in...

An analysis of over 50 studies suggests an association between short-term use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) during...

Student loans may be bad for young adultsâ€™ mental health

HRT increases ovarian cancer risk by small amount

College takes a heavy toll on a studentâ€™s mental health. The pressure of graduating on time, studying for exams and...

Friday February 13 2015 Risks of HRT should be put in context â€œHRT nearly doubles the risk of ovarian cancer,â€...

Hormones â€˜play a roleâ€™ in female sexual arousal

Kettlebells may improve aerobic fitness

Friday February 13 2015 â€œNot tonight dear, itâ€™s my hormonesâ€ With Valentineâ€™s Day fast...

Parents take children out of school in Guinea over Ebola fears: Red Cross CONAKRY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Parents have taken their children out of school in some parts of the Guinean...

Why exercise and diet changes may not be enough to treat obesity

(Reuters Health) â€“ Swinging heavy kettlebells may offer an aerobic workout in addition to strength improvements,...

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Doctors who treat Ebola feel more socially isolated

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A doctor works in a laboratory on collected samples of the Ebola virus at the Centre for Disease Control in Entebbe, about...

Women often ignore common precursor to heart attacks

Promising results for new Alzheimer therapy

As caretakers, women often donâ€™t stop and take time for themselves when it comes to matters of the heart. But with...

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet have evaluated a new Alzheimerâ€™s therapy in which the patients receive an implant...

Novel image-analysis technique improves breast cancer detection and diagnosis

Declarative memory helps individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders compensate for dysfunction

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma have developed an image-analysis technique that is designed to improve breast cancer...

Individuals with five neurodevelopmental disorders â€” autism spectrum disorder, obsessivecompulsive disorder, Tourette...

Background noise in the brain shapes neuron growth

Biomedical use of gold nanotubes demonstrated in mouse model of human cancer

A process previously thought to be mere background noise in the brain has been found to shape the growth of neurons as the...

Immune system exploits flu virusâ€™ dependence on hostâ€™s machinery Viruses are masters of outsourcing, entrusting their fundamental function â€“ reproduction â€“ to the host cells...

Scientists have shown that gold nanotubes have many applications in fighting cancer: internal nanoprobes for high-resolution...

Camp Twinkletoes improves lives of children suffering from juvenile arthritis Throughout NSW, there are more than 6,000 children suffering from the extreme pain and fatigue of juvenile arthritis. Usually...

How Naps Do Your Brain (And Body) Good

How To Intentionally Design A Happier Life

Running seriously low on sleep? A nap can not only make you feel better, but can reverse the effects of poor sleep...

Most people assume that they know whether they are happy or not, but in reality, judging our own happiness can be...

What Everyone Gets Wrong About ADHD

8 Of The Best Exercises For Your Lower Abs

Despite an increase in diagnoses, plenty of stigma still surrounds attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or...

By Amy Marturana for YouBeauty.com Traditional core exercises, like crunches or bicycles, are great for sculpting...

The Hidden Reason You Might Be Tired All The Time

One more donor needed for twin sisters with liver failure

What if the reason youâ€™re always tired isnâ€™t because of lifeâ€™s many stresses and demands, but...

February 13, 2015, 8:34 AM|A Canadian man and his daughter are recovering after life-saving liver transplant. Michael Wagner...

Interstellar technology throws light on spinning black holes

The Lancet: Short-term use of hormone replacement therapy associated with increased ovarian cancer risk

The team responsible for the Oscar-nominated visual effects at the centre of Christopher Nolanâ€™s epic, Interstellar,...

Taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for the menopause, even for just a few years, is associated with a significantly...

Spontaneous activity shapes neuron development

New film footage reveals potential â€˜killer blowâ€™ to King Richard III

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Warming pushes Western US toward driest period in 1,000 years

Clinically inappropriate patient demands of oncologists happen infrequently

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While many physicians will cite â€œdemanding patientsâ€ as the reason for high medical costs due to unnecessary...

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UK professionals face dismissal for failure to report child FGM

N. Korea warns diplomats under Ebola quarantine: no more parties

By Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Healthcare professionals and teachers...

By James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) â€“ North Korea has sent a note to foreign diplomats and organizations...

Berlin measles traced to refugees, but 2 cases linked to US

Clinical trials may underreport side effects of cancer drugs

BERLIN (AP) â€” Authorities in Berlin say a spike in measles infections has been traced to unvaccinated refugees...

Researchers may not realize how badly new cancer drugs make patients feel because physicians donâ€™t always accurately...

India sees rapid rise in swine flu deaths and cases

Stem cells offer promising key to new malaria drugs: U.S. research

NEW DELHI (Reuters) â€“ India has seen a sharp rise in the number of swine flu deaths and reported cases this year,...

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Human stem cells engineered to produce renewable sources of mature, liver-like...

Eleven people linked to Philippines MERS case show symptoms: WHO

Disney gave input on measles health messages, documents show

GENEVA (Reuters) â€“ Eleven people who had contact with the Philippinesâ€™ first confirmed case of Middle East...

Nov. 20, 209: Sleeping Beautyâ€™s Castle in winter dress with the iconic â€œPartnersâ€ statue featuring images...

Dogs only non-human mammal that recognize facial expressions, study says

New study reveals the dos and donâ€™ts of an online dating profile

If you ever get the impression that your dog can â€œtellâ€ whether you look content or annoyed, you may be onto...

Six-day-old baby has youngest US heart transplant (Update) A six-day old premature baby has become the youngest infant to receive a heart transplant at a US hospital, doctors and...

â€˜Mad Cowâ€™ discovery points to possible neuron killing mechanism behind alzheimerâ€™s and parkinsonâ€™s diseases $1.4 Million Grant Will Enable Team to Follow Up with Search for Drug Candidates Scientists from the Florida campus of The...

Online dating has become the norm rather than a rarity, with statistics showing one in ten Americans have used an online...

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Mesothelioma Compensation Center educates individuals about mesothelioma compensation claim The Mesothelioma Compensation Center is doing everything possible to educate all diagnosed victims of mesothelioma and their...

Jazz Pharmaceuticals to present defibrotide results for hepatic VOD at BMT Tandem meetings

Clinical trial proves â€˜inside the arteryâ€™ therapy improves patient outcomes after stroke

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) announced today that researchers will present data on the use of defibrotide, an...

â€œThis clinical trial proves beyond any doubt that inside the artery therapy is the best possible treatment for patients...

Great Basin Scientific begins clinical trial for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli diagnostic test

Scientists shed light on controversial theory of protein structure

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mRNA expression of somatostatin receptor subtypes SSTR-2, SSTR-3, and SSTR-5 and its significance in pancreatic cancer 1 Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University,...

Diet and exercise not enough, obesity experts say

A team of chemists, biochemists and mathematicians at the University of Bristol have published a paper in the journal...

Spatial, temporal and genetic dynamics of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in China 1 State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, College of Global Change...

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Microbes in the ocean take up massive amounts of carbon dioxide, contributing to the global carbon cycle and affecting climate...

Moffitt physicians promote screening strategies for those at high-risk for melanoma

NIST shows crystal pattern mapping can recover obliterated serial numbers in metals

Melanoma, the most deadly type of skin cancer, was to blame for approximately 9,700 deaths in 2014. And with the number of...

IMAGE:Â For an experiment to recover serial numbers that have been destroyed, NIST researchers hand-stamped X imprints...

NOAA announces new National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Policy

Study recommends closing the high seas to fishing

Today at the annual ProgressiveÂ® Insurance Miami Boat Show, NOAA Fisheries Administrator Eileen Sobeck announced a new...

SFU biologist Isabelle CÃ´tÃ© has co-authored a new study that finds little would be lost by eliminating high seas fishing. The...

Screen name matters in the online dating game

Canada confirms case of mad cow disease, first since 2011

Choosing a screen name with a letter starting in the top half of the alphabet is as important as an attractive photo and...

OTTAWA (Reuters) â€“ Canada confirmed on Friday that it had found a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy...

Obesity weighs on Latin America after success in fight against hunger

Hormone drugs boost ovarian cancer risk by 40%: study

By Anastasia Moloney and Chris Arsenault BOGOTA/ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Ordering...

Menopausal women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) boost the risk of ovarian cancer by 40 percent, even...

China must cut pollution by half before environment improves: official

Fraud case puts spotlight on Medicare Advantage plans

BEIJING (Reuters) â€“ China needs to slash emission levels by as much as half before any obvious improvements...

As the Medicare Advantage industry scrambles to stave off proposed government funding cuts, federal prosecutors...

The costly risk of not following your prescription

3 ways to heighten your partnerâ€™s senses for better sex this Valentineâ€™s Day

In between jobs and without insurance, Toby, 36, a restaurant worker from Kansas, had to resort to dangerous measures when...

While a fancy meal and hand-picked gifts can surely make Valentineâ€™s Day special, the holiday of love is really about...

The brain trick that boosts memory recall

China officialâ€™s mandatory â€˜two childrenâ€™ proposal draws rebuke

There are distinct momentsâ€”at a work meeting, in a heated debate with your guyâ€”when you realize that itâ€™s...

China should roll back its one-child policy and instead mandate that all couples have two children, a family planning official...

Off the wagon: Vietnamâ€™s bingedrinking problem

Short-term use of hormone replacement therapy associated with increased ovarian cancer risk

A scantily clad DJ gyrates to ear-splitting music as the crowd of drinkers orders more towers of lager: welcome to The Hangover,...

New research shows possibility of cure for HPV positive throat cancer patients Patients with cancer of the throat caused by the Human Papilloma virus (HPV+) have a better prognosis than those who are...

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Taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for the menopause, even for just a few years, is associated with a significantly...

New radiotracer helps avoid neck dissection in patients with early head and neck cancer The discovery that the identification and biopsy of the first lymph node to which a cancer spreads (the sentinel node) can...

Elusys presents positive results of obiltoxaximab for treating inhalational anthrax, post-exposure prophylaxis Elusys Therapeutics, Inc.

Medflow 2.0 EHR, Release 10 gets ONC

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Medflow, Inc., Medflow 2.0 EHR, Release 10 has achieved ONC HIT 2014 Edition COMPLETE EHR certification, which designates...

Adolescents who chronically use methamphetamine suffer greater and more widespread alterations in their brain than adults...

DaVita HealthCare Partners announces financial results for fourth quarter 2014

Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network saves record number of lives in 2014

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February 14th is National Donor Day. To celebrate, Gift of Hope Organ Tissue Donor Network announced a record number of...

Can A Computer Change The Essence Of Who You Are? i For the past month and a half, weâ€™ve been exploring the invisible forces that shape our lives in NPRâ€™s...

Natural Besnoitia besnoiti infections in cattle: hematological alterations and changes in serum chemistry and enzyme activities 1 Institute of Veterinary Pathology at the Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine,...

Factors affecting institutional delivery in rural Chitwan District of Nepal: a community-based cross-sectional study

Factors associated with childbirth selfefficacy in Australian childbearing women

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Some Obama fun irks GOP

Hereâ€™s looking at you

February 12, 2015, 9:46 PM|President appeared in BuzzFeed video in which he made a few funny faces and used a selfie stick,...

Dogs can discriminate human faces on pictures. This was demonstrated by Ludwig Huber and colleagues at the Messerli Research...

Analogue quantum computers: Still wishful thinking?

Make like a squid and transform

Traditional computational tools are simply not powerful enough to solve some complex optimisation problems, like, for example,...

The principle of adaptation â€” the gradual modification of a speciesâ€™ structures and features â€” is one...

Ebola has lessons for local health departmentsâ€™ role in health crises

High seas fishing ban could boost global catches, equality

February 12, 2015 â€“ Experience with the Ebola outbreak highlights local health departmentsâ€™ essential role...

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Mismatched twin stars spotted in the delivery room

North Korea warns diplomats under Ebola quarantine: no more parties

The majority of stars in our galaxy come in pairs. In particular, the most massive stars usually have a companion. These...

By James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) â€“ North Korea has sent a note to foreign diplomats and organizations...

Expecting? The Process of Creating a Physiological Birth.

Got Science? Vaccinating Ourselves Against Misinformation

As an advocate for natural health, I hope to educate those of you who are pregnant, or may be thinking of starting...

It is dismaying that fears and misinformation about vaccines have led the scourge of measles to return in the United...

Action needed to standardize methods for the measurement of cigarette smoke constituents

Large numbers of teenage girls experience sexual coercion in relationships

Proposals to regulate cigarette smoke constituents will only be possible if the methods used to measure them are consistent....

More than four in ten teenage schoolgirls in England* have experienced sexual coercion, new research launched today [11 February]...

Two cell-signaling molecules found to suppress the spread of melanoma

Why do roses smell so sweet? (video)

In what is believed to be the largest epigenetic analysis to date of cell-signaling molecules in early-stage melanoma, researchers...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2015 â€” Valentineâ€™s Day is Saturday, and people will be spending billions on their sweethearts....

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Making teeth tough: Beavers show way to improve our enamel IMAGE:Â Northwestern University researchers found that the pigmented enamel of beavers, which contains iron, is both...

New data shows iRhythm reduces cost of arrhythmia detection compared to standard methods iRhythm Technologies, Inc., a leading digital health care solutions company focusing on the advancement of cardiac care,...

Me Time Shouldnâ€™t Be This Hard, Should It?

Lawsuits say Harvard, MIT webcasts leave out deaf Americans

Yesterday was the kind of day that triggers my need for time, or more sinister, ignites my sense that I donâ€™t...

By Scott Malone CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) â€“ An advocacy group for the deaf on Thursday sued...

Ebola-hit Guinea asks for funds for creaking health sector: TRFN

Family walking from Disneyland to Disney World to honor sister who died of cancer

By Misha Hussain CONAKRY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ International donors wishing to help...

Julia Cobb died following a battle with Ewingâ€™s Sarcoma.Â (MyFoxAustin.com) A Houston family walking from Californiaâ€™s...

Doctorâ€™s Best adds three new sports nutrition powders to its sciencebased supplement portfolio

Biosensorsâ€™ total revenue decreases 6.06% to of $77.5 million in Q3 FY15

Doctorâ€™s Best has introduced three new sports nutrition powders â€“ Creatine, Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAA)...

Biosensors International Group, Ltd. (â€œBiosensorsâ€ or the â€œCompanyâ€œ, Bloomberg: BIG SP; Reuters:...

Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare awards grants to support MIHS programs

IGI Global publishes bioinformatics book authored by Waynesburg University Professor

The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare announced today that it awarded $50,000 in community impact grants to help...

IGI Global, an international publishing company of progressive academic research, books and journals, recently accepted and...

Astute Medical previews upcoming AKI & CRRT 2015 conference to be held in San Diego

GoAnywhere file transfer solution helps AnMed Health achieve considerable IT cost savings

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Urinary cortisol and depression in early pregnancy: role of adiposity and race

Examining the teaching roles and experiences of non-physician health care providers in family medicine education: a qualitative study

1 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Pittsburgh,...

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Stress matters! Psychophysiological and emotional loadings of pregnant women undergoing fetal magnetic resonance imaging

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1 Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, RWTH Aachen...

In vitro dynamic pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic(PK/PD) modeling and PK/PD cutoff of cefquinome against Haemophilus parasuis

How a wedding engagement changes Twitter feeds A researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology has used Twitter as a lens to look into the lives of nearly 1,000 people...

1 College of Veterinary Medicine, National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary...

One in four Saudis heading for heart attack in 10 years

Bubonic bottleneck: UNC scientists overturn dogma on the plague

This news release is available in Arabic. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 13 February 2015: One in four adults in Saudi Arabia is...

IMAGE:Â Researchers discover that the accepted theory of how Yersinia pestis microbes travel from fleabite to lymph...

iSpot: Research finds crowdsourcing

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Study in Lancet Oncology sheds light on YONDELIS prolonged therapy in softtissue sarcoma PharmaMar announces that data in The Lancet Oncology recommend continuation of YONDELISÂ® (trabectedin) for advanced softtissue...

Maternal smoking linked to shorter fetal telomere length (HealthDay)â€”Prenatal exposure to tobacco is associated with shorter fetal telomere length, according to research...

underpinning Alzheimerâ€™s and Parkinsonâ€™s diseases IMAGE:Â Professor Corinne LasmÃ©sas (right) and Staff Scientist Minghai Zhou of The Scripps Research Instituteâ€™s...

S. Korea cracks down on foreignfocused plastic surgery clinics South Korea on Friday announced a crackdown on illegal brokers and unregistered clinics in a bid to protect medical...

Study provides insights on enzyme that helps direct the immune response to kidney injury An enzyme known to be important in the bodyâ€™s response to kidney injury exerts its protective effects, in part, by...

A high acid diet may have negative effects on kidney health

Defensive neurosurgery up in states with high liability risk

For patients with chronic kidney disease, diets with a high acid content may increase their risk of developing kidney failure....

(HealthDay)â€”Neurosurgeons are more likely to practice defensive medicine in states with high state-level liability...

Number of hip replacements has skyrocketed, US report shows

Darling, I love you â€¦ from the bottom of my brain

(HealthDay)â€”The number of hip replacements performed in the United States has increased substantially, and the procedure...

In William Shakespeareâ€™s comedy Merchant of Venice, the playâ€™s heroine Portia sings: Tell me where is fancy...

Childhood Cancer: Collinâ€™s Epic Journey

Top Five Relationship Killers

Co-authored by Collin Davis, childhood cancer survivor, Boy Scout, Honor Roll student, and fundraiser At first...

9 Characteristics of a Good Mentoring Relationship A good mentor is a gift from the Universe. If you find one, do everything you can to convince them that it is worth...

Yesterday was â€œRed Tuesdayâ€ â€” the busiest day for breakups. Letâ€™s face it. Issues will...

Simply 100: A Quick Abdominal Blast Sometimes you just donâ€™t even have 10 minutes to work out but you want to give yourself a feeling of achievement...

Ready to Make a Change? 5 Signs Itâ€™s Time to Move On

Obama makes funny faces, uses selfie stick in new video

As you may have heard, Jon Stewart announced that he is leaving The Daily Show, a popular program that he has helmed...

February 12, 2015, 9:46 PM|President Obama appeared in a special BuzzFeed video where he made a few funny faces and used...

Research defines more behaviors that reveal romantic attraction

â€˜Megadroughtâ€™ likely for western US by end of century

LAWRENCE â€” If you want to know whether people are flirting with you, look at what they say and do. Each person has...

The consequences of climate change paint a bleak picture for the Southwest and much of Americaâ€™s breadbasket, the...

Urban pollinators get the job done, SF State study finds

Juvenile gang members in US top 1 million, new study finds

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Ants are more than just convenience food to young spiders

Reality is distorted in brainâ€™s maps

Harvester ants are more than just a convenient snack for the southern European spider, Euryopis episinoides. The young spiderlings...

The brainâ€™s GPS would be worthless if it simply contained maps of our surroundings that were not aligned to the real...

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Jackie Chanâ€™s son released from jail in China after drugs charge

Training accident injures 22 Marines at base in California

BEIJING (Reuters) â€“ Jaycee Chan, the son of kung fu movie star Jackie Chan, was released from jail in China...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) â€“ Twenty-two U.S. Marines were injured on Thursday in a training exercise at Twentynine...

Battle lines emerge in Congress over Obama Islamic state war plan

7-Year-Old Leukemia Survivor Makes Plea for Vaccinations

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said...

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U.S. slams Sudan for blocking Darfur mass rape investigation

Five Healthy Habits for Women in Business

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) â€“ The United States on Thursday sharply criticized...

Image via Death to the Stock Photo One thing we all have in common as women in business is that there are only...

Scientists tackle issue of how to get a first date in a digital world

Proposed dietary guidelines not a green light to eat what you want

Choosing a screen name with a letter starting in the top half of the alphabet is as important as an attractive photo and...

(HealthDay)â€”People who follow a heart-healthy diet wonâ€™t see much change in their eating habits if, as reported,...

Researchers identify RGS6 protein that controls both alcohol-seeking behavior and organ damage

Mediterranean diet may lower stroke risk, study finds

The company you keep: Scientists reveal dual role for key T cell factor

A Former A**hole Answers for His Bad Behavior

When fighting chronic viral infections or cancers, a key division of the immune system, known as CD8 T cells, sometimes...

I used to treat some women pretty terribly. I was an a-hole, and it was at least vaguely intentional. Iâ€™m not proud...

Sex up Your Lookâ€”in 15 Minutes Tops

Get Envy-Inducing Abs with This Awesome Core Routine

Ah, the getting-ready scramble. Is there any panic quite like the one that settles in when you glance down at your phone...

Identification of viral and bacterial pathogens from hospitalized children with severe acute respiratory illness in Lusaka, Zambia, 2011â€“2012: a crosssectional study 1 Virology Laboratory, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, RW1X, Zambia ...

Breast cancer in 30-year-old or younger patients: clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian 116001, China ...

(HealthDay)â€”A Mediterranean diet may reduce your risk of one type of stroke, new research suggests. People who most...

You may know Jen Widerstrom as one of the lifechanging trainers on The Biggest Loser. Well, sheâ€™s got some movesÂ for...

Topographical distribution of blubber in finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri): a result from adapting to living in coastal waters 1 Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 South Donghu Road,...

Make Love Every Day Since this weekend we celebrate Valentineâ€™s Day, I thought it appropriate to talk about love. Yeah, thatâ€™s...

Recognizing When Your Giving Well Is Dry

4 Winter Dangers That Could Impact Your Family

â€œNicole, are you free?â€ â€œActually I am in the middle of something, are you okay?â€ â€œNo....

Earlier this month, the groundhog predicted something we already knew: Six more weeks of winter are on their way....

No One Stands Alone: The Power of Community

Is Your Child Ready for a Pet?

Earlier this year, nearly 2 million people gathered together in Paris to honor the 17 victims of the Charlie Hebdo...

Caring for a pet is a wonderful way to help your child learn what it means to be responsible for a dependent creature. A...

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A brain system that appears to compensate for autism, OCD, and dyslexia WASHINGTON â€” Individuals with five neurodevelopmental disorders â€” autism spectrum disorder, obsessive-compulsive...

Data-storage for eternity Scrolls thousands of years old provide us with a glimpse into long-forgotten cultures and the knowledge of our ancestors....

Gold nanotubes launch a threepronged attack on cancer cells

Universal access to physical activity could save billions in health costs

Scientists have shown that gold nanotubes have many applications in fighting cancer: internal nanoprobes for high-resolution...

A little more than half of family health teams in Ontario offer physical activity services such as classes or counselling...

Changing stereotypes key to getting girls interested in computer science

Curious monkeys share our thirst for knowledge

Stereotypes can be a powerful force in discouraging girls from pursuing careers in computer science. Two new University of...

Monkeys are notoriously curious, and new research has quantified just how eager they are to gain new information, even if...

Hormone drugs boost ovarian cancer risk by 40%

Exclusive: Shire moves to prepare Salix bid

Paris (AFP) â€“ Menopausal women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) boost the risk of ovarian cancer...

By Olivia Oran (Reuters) â€“ British pharmaceutical company Shire Plc SHP.L has taken initial steps towards...

Doctors warn of healthcare impact from Pacific trade pact

Exclusive: Shire Plc moves to prepare Salix bid

By Krista Hughes WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Doctors and health professionals from both sides of...

(Reuters) â€“ British pharmaceutical company Shire Plc has taken initial steps towards a bid for U.S. bowel...

AP Exclusive: Disney gave input on measles health messages

Civilians ready to take over Ebola fight: US army

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) â€” At the height of the measles outbreak, Disneyland executives sent a series of emails...

Dakar (AFP) â€“ The head of the United States army in Africa expressed confidence Thursday that civilians could...

Mammography rates down since 2009 USPSTF guidelines

MetS prevalent among seniors at risk of mobility disability

(HealthDay)â€”Since the publication of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines for mammography in 2009,...

(HealthDay)â€”For older adults at high risk of mobility disability, metabolic syndrome is highly prevalent, according...

20-year study finds ethnic differences in links between diabetes risk and levels of tyrosine and other amino acids

Specific NSAIDs increase nonfatal ischemic stroke risk

A study of white European and South Asian men in the UK has found that levels of the amino acid tyrosine, and several other...

(HealthDay)â€”Use of specific nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), diclofenac and aceclofenac, is associated...

Clot-busting drug may be safe for those with â€˜Wake-upâ€™ strokes

Space Station Astronauts In Star WarsThemed Crew Pic

(HealthDay)â€”The clot-busting drug known as tPA appears safe for those who wake up in the morning to find theyâ€™ve...

Somethingâ€™s definitely going on at NASA. Weâ€™re thinking someone in the public relations department is trying...

California food company to cease operations for repeated food safety violations

â€˜Because of the Adversity I Faced in Childhood, Thereâ€™s Nothing I Canâ€™t Do!â€™

A San Francisco, California-based food company, Fong Kee Tofu Co., Inc., and its owners, Jen Ying Fong, Suny Fong and Yan...

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What Spirituality Has Taught Me About Relationships

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Treating the uninjured side of the brain appears to aid stroke recovery

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HCLA supports reintroduction of Good Samaritan bill that protects patientsâ€™ access to critical care

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HCLA supports reintroduction of Good Samaritan bill that protects patientsâ€™ access to critical care

Studies show neurointerventional surgery reduces stroke mortality rate by 50%

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Two new clinical trials on the treatment of stroke (ESCAPE and EXTEND IA) demonstrate that neurointerventional surgery significantly...

Studies show neurointerventional surgery reduces stroke mortality rate by 50%

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OIB Program helps older Californians with blindness to live and work independently

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Seniorsâ€™ engagement with arts may suffer after hospitalization

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Study finds air pollution affects shortterm memory, IQ and brain metabolic ratios

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California boy who beat leukemia urges near-universal measles jabs By Alex Dobuzinskis (Reuters) â€“ A 7-year-old cancer survivor has made a public plea in Northern...

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UM study finds air pollution affects short-term memory, IQ and brain metabolic ratios

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February 11, 2015, 8:32 AM|A new study says that for certain people, a quick nap may be the right antidote for lack of sleep....

A cancer false alarm could discourage people from checking out future symptoms

Exercise ball used in delivery process decreases labor time, reduces number of C-sections

Cancer Research UK scientists have found that having a cancer false alarm could put people off checking out cancer symptoms...

PHOENIX, AZ (February 11, 2015) According to a new study by nurse researchers at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, a...

What makes the feather soar

New research sheds light on defense systems of the human body

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Wanted: The faces of the chemical crowd

VLA finds unexpected â€˜stormâ€™ at galaxyâ€™s core

IMAGE:Â Can individual components be precisely detected in the crowd of chemicals that make up a mixture? At the Institute...

Astronomers using the National Science Foundationâ€™s Very Large Array (VLA) found surprisingly energetic activity in...

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Congress to fight Islamic State By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ U.S. President Barack Obama sent Congress his text...

Transplant from Dad, Twin Sister Still Needs Donor A father and his 3-year-old daughter both are recovering after he successfully donated a portion of his liver to the...

Spread of plague slows in Madagascar, death toll at 71: WHO

Obama slams Staples, big companies on healthcare: â€˜Shame on themâ€™

GENEVA (Reuters) â€“ An outbreak of plague in Madagascar has slowed but 71 people among the 263 known to have...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ U.S. President Barack Obama singled out office supply giant Staples Inc as undercutting...

One Year Anniversary of Sochi Olympics

Indonesia lawmakers drop virginity tests for female students after uproar

My involvement in the Olympics was quite unintentional. U.S. Olympic bobsled driver Steven Holcomb, at the time...

By Alisa Tang BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Indonesian officials have dropped a plan...

Vaccine phobia and the autism â€˜epidemicâ€™

UK should resume flights to Ebola-hit nations: parliamentary watchdog

Â (iStock Photo) The current controversy over whether parents should be forced to have their children vaccinated for measles...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Britainâ€™s decision to stop direct flights to Ebolahit countries had...

Low vitamin D in youth linked to higher risk of heart issues in adulthood

3 things you probably didnâ€™t know about measles

May 23, 2014: In this file photo, grocery and dairy assistant Reyna DeLoge stocks dairy products that only use milk from...

In this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, photo, pediatrician Charles Goodman vaccinates 1-year-old Cameron Fierro with the measles-mumps-rubella...

Lesbians may be at heightened risk of cervical cancer, study says

Rethink your after-work routine to reduce stress, fatigue

Lesbians may be at higher risk of cervical cancer because they get fewer screenings than heterosexual women, due partly...

Â (Reuters) It is so easy to arrive home from work in a bad mood, cranky and frustrated.Â Our grandfathersâ€™ generation...

Lab creates potentially life saving heart cells

One-two punch catches cancer cells in vulnerable state

A group of Simon Fraser University researchersâ€™ cultivation of dozens of beating heart cells in Petrie dishes could...

Timing may be decisive when it comes to overcoming cancerâ€™s ability to evade treatment. By hitting breast cancer...

Researchers invent novel sock that can help prevent DVT, improve survival rates of patients

Jefferson, RMA of Philadelphia announce clinical partnership

Patients who are bedridden or unable to move their legs are often at risk of developing Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), a potentially...

Latino teens who experience discrimination-related stress more likely to experience mental health issues Latino adolescents who experience discriminationrelated stress are more likely to experience anxiety, depression, and issues...

Jefferson announced today its clinical partnership with RMA of Philadelphia, merging the expertise of two outstanding groups...

Researchers close to novel therapy to treat levodopa-induced dyskinesia Involuntary dyskinetic movements induced by treatment with levodopa (L-dopa) are a common problem for people with Parkinsonâ€™s...

Researchers propose changes to improve studies about value of health information technology

Research finds that mtDNA can move from healthy cell to dysfunctional tumour cell

Studies about the value of health information technology can be improved by broadening the reviews to include both costs...

Ground-breaking research from Griffith University on the Gold Coast has some scientists wondering if the entire study of...

Measurement of axial vertebral rotation using three-dimensional ultrasound images

Rib hump deformity assessment using the rib index in adolescent idiopathic scoliotics treated with full screw or hybrid constructs: aetiological

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The impact of the leg-lengthening total hip arthroplasty on the coronal alignment of the spine

Significance of peak height velocity as a predictive factor for curve progression in patients with idiopathic scoliosis

Background Coronal imbalance of the pelvis is recognized to lead to the development of degenerative lumbar scoliosis....

Immigrant womenâ€™s experiences of maternity-care services in Canada: a systematic review using a narrative synthesis Systematic Reviews 2015, 4:13Â doi:10.1186/2046-4053-4-13 Published: 11 February 2015

Scientists take first X-ray portraits of living bacteria at the LCLS Menlo Park, Calif. â€” Researchers working at the Department of Energyâ€™s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory...

Background Review of literature reveals that in Idiopathic Scoliosis (IS) children, the post-operative rib hump...

Background Much attention has been paid to peak height velocity (PHV) as a possible predictor of curve progression...

What a 30-minute nap can do for your health Brief daytime naps might protect you against the harmful health effects of a poor nightâ€™s sleep, a new study suggests. Specifically,...

The princess and the pea: Cellsâ€™ ultra-sensitivity for strong molecular forces IMAGE:Â Cells cultured on this surface are presented with two types of tension gauge tethers (TGT) simultaneously. Each...

Earthquake activity linked to injection wells may vary by region

Arachnid Rapunzel: Researchers spin spider silk proteins into artificial silk

SAN FRANCISCO â€“ The Williston Basin in north central U.S. produced fewer earthquakes caused by wastewater injection...

IMAGE:Â Incredibly tough, slightly stretchy spider silk is a lightweight, biodegradable wonder material with numerous...

Worms in space: Exploring health effects of microgravity

Novel â€˜smartâ€™ insulin automatically adjusts blood sugar in diabetic mouse model

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 10, 2015 â€” Humans may inevitably explore other planets, moons, and asteroids within our...

IMAGE:Â At time 0 mice with a diabetes-like condition were given a long-acting insulin that is currently prescribed...

Cholera outbreak kills 19 in flood-hit Mozambique

Google boosts health search with more medical sources

MAPUTO (Reuters) â€“ A cholera outbreak in parts of Mozambique hit by floods has killed 19 people, the government...

Google on Tuesday began tuning its mobile search application to better answer peopleâ€™s questions about common...

Bangkok tells young people to keep minds off sex on Valentineâ€™s Day

The delicious, healthy hazelnut

By Kaweewit Kaewjinda and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) â€“ Bangkok city officials are...

Â (iStock) An unusual find in Scotland in 1995 gave insight into the role that nuts, specifically hazelnuts, have played...

Eat your daily dose of happy: Diet rules to stave off seasonal depression

Death of the bake sale: New rules mean healthier fundraisers

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a form of depression that affects up to 10 percent of the U.S. population during the...

When it comes to school fundraisers, bake sale tables loaded with sugary goodies are out. Fun runs, auctions and sales of...

US to withdraw troops from Ebola mission in West Africa

Study supports more sustainable recovery for malnourished children

The US military plans to pull out most troops from West Africa that were deployed to help stem the outbreak of the deadly...

Children treated for moderate acute malnutrition â€” a condition suffered by an estimated 35 million children worldwide...

Blood pressure-lowering treatment lowers CVD, heart disease risks among type 2 diabetes patients

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Researchers generate new reporter system to study bone regeneration potential of embryonic stem cells

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Psychemedicsâ€™ revenue increases 4% to $6.8 million in fourth quarter 2014 Psychemedics Corporation (NASDAQ: PMD) today announced fourth quarter and year-end financial results for the period ended...

What are parents doing to reduce adolescent alcohol misuse? Evaluating concordance with parenting guidelines for adolescent alcohol use 1 School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia ...

Workplace standing time and the incidence of obesity and type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal study in adults 1 Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Childrenâ€™s Hospital...

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Know Your Exposure: A Cancer Quiz Over a lifetime, our risk for developing cancer is affected by our exposure to all kinds of things. Chemicals, X-ray radiation...

Prevalence of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis among patients with cough attending outpatient departments in Shashogo Woreda, Hadiya zone, Ethiopia 1 Shashogo Woreda Health Office, Hadiya Zone, Ethiopia ...

Electronics you can wrap around your finger IMAGE:Â This electron microscope image shows tiny nanoparticles of bismuth ferrite embedded in a polymer film. The film...

Drug targeting Ebola virus protein VP24 shows promise in monkeys WASHINGTON, DC â€“ February 10, 2015 â€“ An experimental medication that targets a protein in Ebola virus called...

Smartphone apps just as accurate as wearable devices for tracking physical activity

Size of biomarker associated with improved survival following transplantation

PHILADELPHIA â€“ Although wearable devices have received significant attention for their ability to track an individualâ€™s...

Among patients with severe aplastic anemia who received stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor, longer leukocyte (white...

Smartphone applications, wearable devices appear to be accurate in tracking step counts

News guide: Eating right still at core of dietary guidelines

The testing of 10 smartphone applications and wearable devices intended to track physical activity found that most were accurate...

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” Dietary advice can be confusing. Is it OK to eat meat and eggs? Is fat in or out? What...

Filipino nurse from Saudi Arabia tests positive for MERS virus

UK should resume flights to Ebola-hit nations: parliamentary watchdog: TRFN

MANILA (Reuters) â€“ A Filipino nurse, who arrived last week from Saudi Arabia, has tested positive for the...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Britainâ€™s decision to stop direct flights to Ebolahit countries...

Brother of Chinaâ€™s premier removed as deputy head of tobacco monopoly

Prison health provider agrees to changes in California

By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) â€“ China on Wednesday removed Premier Li Keqiangâ€™s brother...

By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) â€“ One of the largest U.S. for-profit prison healthcare...

Plain tobacco packaging less effective at prompting smokers to light up

UM one step closer to developing potential drug for treating brain cancer

Plain tobacco packaging may reduce the likelihood of smokers seeking to obtain cigarettes by almost 10% compared to branded...

University of Montana is one step closer to turning a discovery into a drug. Promentis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced...

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Short nap can reverse hormonal impact of poor nightâ€™s sleep

Infants can make sense of complex social situations

A short nap can help relieve stress and bolster the immune systems of men who slept only two hours the previous night, according...

In the social world, people constantly gather information through visual cues that are used to evaluate others and interact....

UNC researchers create new research tool to help crack the histone code

Study shows link between low vitamin D levels in childhood and occurrence of atherosclerosis in adulthood

University of North Carolina scientists have created a new research tool, based on the fruit fly, to help crack the histone...

Efficacy of multivalent, modified live virus (MLV) vaccines administered to early weaned beef calves subsequently challenged with virulent Bovine viral diarrhea virus type 2 1 Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University,...

Low prevalence of the transmitted HIV1 drug resistance among newly diagnosed HIV-1 individuals in Jiangsu Province, China during 2009â€“2011 Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 172 Jiangsu...

Assessing biomarkers and neuropsychological outcomes in rural populations exposed to organophosphate pesticides in Chile â€“ study design and protocol

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Fingerprint analysis of processed Rhizoma Chuanxiong by highperformance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array detection 1 School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special...

Barriers to modern contraceptive methods uptake among young women in Kenya: a qualitative study 1 Population Services Kenya (PS Kenya), Nairobi, 00400, Kenya ...

Chronic fatigue syndrome â€” Whatâ€™s in a name? Chronic fatigue syndrome â€“ Whatâ€™s in a name? A new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) presents...

1 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad CatÃ³lica...

New global â€˜ratings agencyâ€™ ranks the 500 institutions with power to end deforestation by 2020 11th February, 2015, Oxford, UK: On the heels of a year marked by bold zero deforestation commitments the first ever comprehensive...

The Lancet Psychiatry: Unemployment linked with around 45,000 deaths by suicide every year Unemployment might account for nine times as many deaths by suicide every year (about 45 000) as the recent economic crisis...

Power efficiency in the violin Some of the most prized violins in the world were crafted in the Italian workshops of Amati, Stradivari, and Guarneri â€”...

Dartmouth study shows brain area involved in eye movements, heading IMAGE:Â Dartmouth Professor Jeffrey Taubeâ€™s team has identified an area of the brain involved in eye movements...

Low childhood vitamin D linked to adult atherosclerosis

Missouri executes man convicted of 1990 murder

Washington, DCâ€“Low levels of 25-OH vitamin D in childhood were associated with subclinical atherosclerosis over 25...

By Carey Gillam (Reuters) â€“ Missouri on Wednesday executed a man convicted of murdering a neighbor...

UK should resume flights to Ebola-hit nations

Gilead expects big increase in Europeans treated with hep C drug

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Britainâ€™s decision to stop direct flights to Ebolahit countries...

By Bill Berkrot NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ Gilead Sciences Inc said on Tuesday it expects the number...

Redefining chronic fatigue with better diagnosis, new name

Eighth Infant Diagnosed With Measles at Illinois KinderCare

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” Doctors are getting a new way to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome â€” and influential...

Another infant has been diagnosed with measles at the Illinois daycare center where five babies were diagnosed with the...

Stress caused by discrimination linked

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to mental health issues among Latino teens Latino adolescents who experience discriminationrelated stress are more likely to experience anxiety, depression, and issues...

fatigue syndrome? (HealthDay)â€”Chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating illness affecting up to 2.5 million Americans, may soon get...

Is measlesâ€™ return the â€˜New normalâ€™?

Scientists identify new cellular pathway affected in cystinosis

(HealthDay)â€”Is measles really back? Thatâ€™s the question vexing everyone from pediatricians to policymakers...

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a new cellular pathway that is affected in cystinosis,...

Researchers suggest significant relationship between cannabis use and mania symptoms

Kaiser denies Prime Healthcare claims over purchase of Daughters of Charity Health System

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In a bizarre announcement, Prime Healthcare said on Monday that Kaiser Permanente was now supporting its purchase of Daughters...

Three leading research funders join forces to support brain disease research

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Three leading research funders from the UK and North America have joined forces to launch a new global initiative called...

St. John Hospital first in Michigan to offer new alternative treatment for acid reflux disease St. John Hospital is among the first in the state and the only site in southeast Michigan to offer a new alternative treatment...

Explainer: what is polycystic ovary syndrome? Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal condition that disrupts ovulation and the menstrual cycle. Itâ€™s the...

Practical remediation of the PCBcontaminated soils 1 Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology, Gifu Pharmaceutical...

Why a dedicated research fund for wind farms and health? The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) today released its long-awaited review of the evidence about whether...

The aetiology of community associated pneumonia in children in Nanjing, China and aetiological patterns associated with age and season 1 Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu,...

Identification of proteins associated with pyrethroid resistance by iTRAQbased quantitative proteomic analysis in Culex pipiens pallens 1 Department of Pathogen Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China ...

Role of adiponectin and free fatty acids on the association between abdominal visceral fat and insulin resistance 1 Endocrinology Department, National Institute of Cardiology â€œIgnacio...

Comparing the effects of sun exposure and vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D insufficiency, and immune and cardio-metabolic function: the Sun Exposure and Vitamin D Supplementation (SEDS) Study For all author emails, please log on.

Most U.S. troops fighting Ebola to be withdrawn from West Africa WASHINGTON â€” The United States is preparing to withdraw nearly all of its troops fighting the Ebola outbreak in West...

Elementary teachersâ€™ depression symptoms related to studentsâ€™ learning Teachers experience some of the highest levels of job-related stress, and such stress may leave them more vulnerable to depression....

Discrimination-related stress affects mental health of Latino teens born in the United States Latinos are the largest and fastest-growing ethnic minority in the United States, comprising 15 percent of the total U.S....

Avian malaria also affects wild birds in Austria In the summers of 2001 and 2004, blackbirds died on a massive scale in Austria. At that time, researchers at the Vetmeduni...

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DNA â€˜cageâ€™ could improve nanopore technology

Historic Indian sword was masterfully crafted

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] â€” Despite having a diameter tens of thousands of times smaller than a human hair,...

IMAGE:Â This is a 75-centimeter-long shamsheer from the late 18th or early 19th century made in India (Wallace Collection,...

Smoking thins vital part of brain

Brother of Chinaâ€™s premier steps down as deputy head of tobacco monopoly

IMAGE:Â Yellow/orange areas are regions where the thickness of the cortex at age 73 is associated with the amount of...

Police treat Bobbi Kristina Brown case as criminal investigation By Karen Brooks (Reuters) â€“ The discovery of Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of the late...

By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) â€“ Chinese Premier Li Keqiangâ€™s brother has stepped...

Dadâ€™s Heartfelt Plea to Congress After 2-Year-Old With Leukemia Exposed to Measles Dr. Timothy Jacks is an Arizona pediatrician on the front lines of the measles outbreak thatâ€™s sweeping the United...

One in five suicides is associated with unemployment

Drowned children do not benefit from resuscitation beyond 30 minutes

Every year, around 45,000 people take their own lives because they are out of work or someone close to them is affected...

Children who drown and suffer from cardiac arrest with hypothermia are significantly more likely to die or suffer severe...

Caution concerning the possible health benefits of alcohol

ABIM implements changes to MOC program

Any health benefits from alcohol may be limited to women aged 65 and over â€“ and even then may have been exaggerated...

(HealthDay)â€”The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has changed or suspended several of the recent revisions...

Urban design influences level of physical activity in Chinese cities

The Story of My Daughterâ€™s Birth

Chinese cities are different from many Western cities in relation to urban design, and far more densely populated. But a...

Want to Have the Perfect Posture? Rearrange Your Habits Habits â€” Good; Bad; Conscious; Unconscious â€” our daily lives are laden with them. You need to build...

Snow-Blanketed Buddha: A Meditation The snow falls, each flake it its appropriate place Zen Saying I live just north of Boston where apparently we...

It felt like I was in a movie â€” one of those scenes where the woman in labor screams in pain and squirms...

6 Ways To Ease Yourself Into Eating Vegan, According To A Professional Chef Chef Isa Chandra Moskowitz is behind Modern Love, a vegan restaurant in Omaha, Nebraska. (Isa Chandra/Post Punk...

Republicans And Democrats Agree: Science Behind Vaccines Is â€˜Indisputableâ€™ WASHINGTON â€” Despite a week of political controversy over childhood vaccinations, the American public remains...

?Everything you knew about cholesterol could change

Doctor blames discredited autism research for measles outbreak

Here we go again. Experts are changing their recommendations about what we should and shouldnâ€™t eat. A government...

The measles outbreak has grown to at least 166 cases in 18 states and the District of Columbia. Despite overwhelming evidence...

"?Measles parties" are not childâ€™s play

1 in 5 suicides is associated with unemployment

A childrenâ€™s party with cake, candy and a communicable virus. Sounds like fun, right? On Tuesday, California health...

Unemployment can drive people to suicide. Numerous studies have demonstrated that there is a relationship between unemployment...

New reporter system to study bonerelated regenerative medicine generated by UMN labs

Novel non-stick material joins portfolio of slippery surface technologies

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (2/10/2015) â€“ A new

(BOSTON) â€“ More than 80 percent of microbial infections in the human body are caused by a

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This week from AGU: Disappearing dinosaur exhibits, Ocean greenhouse gases, Ham radio ionosphere obs

NASA-JAXAâ€™s TRMM and GPM satellites measure rainfall rates in Typhoon Higos

From AGUâ€™s blogs: Are dinosaurs going extinct in museums? Some science museums are updating, or even removing,...

IMAGE:Â On Feb. 10, 2015 at 03:10 UTC NASAâ€™s Aqua satellite captured this visible image of Tropical Cyclone Higos...

Understanding how to teach â€˜intelligenceâ€™

Obama to bring back most U.S. troops fighting Ebola in Africa

More than ever, we need problem-solving skills to be able to adapt to our fast changing economies and societies. Researchers...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ President Barack Obama is set to announce on Wednesday that he will bring back nearly...

Alaska lawmaker wants to follow Arizona, Hawaii and drop daylight saving

Meningococcemia outbreak sickens three at the University of Oregon

By Steve Quinn JUNEAU (Reuters) â€“ An Alaska lawmaker on Tuesday said the state should ditch...

Missouri execution looms as questions over lethal drugs persist By Carey Gillam (Reuters) â€“ Missouri prepared for its first execution of the year on Tuesday...

45,000 suicides annually linked to unemployment Paris (AFP) â€“ Around 45,000 suicides each year are attributable to unemployment, according to a survey of...

By Courtney Sherwood PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) â€“ The University of Oregon is facing an outbreak...

Doctorsâ€™ assumptions on sex heighten lesbiansâ€™ cervical cancer risk: study SEATTLE (Reuters) â€“ Lesbians may be at higher risk of cervical cancer because they get fewer screenings than...

Effectiveness of implanted defibrillators may depend on patientâ€™s age (HealthDay)â€”Implantable cardioverterdefibrillators (ICDs) prolong survival among heart patients who face a high...

Mississippi, West Virginia toughest on school immunizations

US advisers rethink cholesterol risk from foods: report

With rampant diabetes and obesity, Mississippi and West Virginia have struggled with health crises. Yet when it comes to...

(HealthDay)â€”Decades-old advice to Americans against eating foods high in cholesterol likely will not appear in the...

Unwanted impact of antibiotics broader, more complex than previously known

New therapeutic principle for Parkinsonian dyskinesia shows clinical effect

Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered that antibiotics have an impact on the microorganisms that live in...

Get Your Makeup to Stay Putâ€”Even When Youâ€™re Crying as Hard as The Bachelorâ€˜s Ashley I. If thereâ€™s one contestant on The Bachelor with flawless makeup every week, itâ€™s Ashley I. (Have you seen...

Involuntary dyskinetic movements induced by treatment with levodopa (L-dopa) are a common problem for people with Parkinsonâ€™s...

The Shocking Thing Men Are Insecure About in Bed Itâ€™s not exactly news that penis size is a big deal to the male ego. Yet thereâ€™s another measurement that...

Report: This Type of Guy Supposedly Does More Housework

Californiaâ€™s Strawberry Feud Ends, But Who Will Breed New Berries?

Not many men or women look forward getting their mopping and dustingÂ on. But like taxes and sharing the TV, keeping...

i Albion strawberries, a variety created at UC Davis, grow on the Chino family farm in Rancho Santa Fe,...

Soâ€¦ Howâ€™s That New Yearâ€™s Resolution Going?

The Reality About Being â€˜Too Busyâ€™

Ever wondered why you break your New Yearâ€™s resolutions within days or weeks of starting them? Itâ€™s...

Back when I was a kid, I remember hearing adults always saying the words: â€œIâ€™m too busy.â€ â€œI...

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How I Learned Fearlessness From My Daughter

What Your Yoga Teacher Really Means: â€˜Root to Riseâ€™

My daughter is the bravest person that I know. She is still a baby to me, just 22 months old, but acts like she...

By Yoga Journal Alexandria Crow explains why a poseâ€™s foundation is so key and what your teacher wants you...

Taylor Swift Gives Advice To Heartbroken Fan, Makes Ultimate Breakup Playlist

Butter, red meat not so bad for you after all?

Itâ€™s no secret that Taylor Swift goes above and beyond for her fans. From private â€œ1989â€ listening...

EARTH Magazine: Pentagon report calls for military to prepare for climate change Alexandria, Va. â€” The U.S. Department of Defense has identified a new foe in the national security battle: climate...

Weâ€™ve been hearing the health warnings for years: avoid foods high in saturated fats like butter, whole milk and red...

Study: Urban design influences level of physical activity in Chinese cities Chinese cities are different from many Western cities in relation to urban design, and far more densely populated. But a...

Review finds â€˜significant linkâ€™ between cannabis use and onset of mania symptoms

2011 Houston heat wave led to significant rise in emergency department visits

Researchers from the University of Warwick have found evidence to suggest a significant relationship between cannabis use...

IMAGE:Â Kai Zhang, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics Environmental...

Geoengineering report: Scientists urge more research on climate intervention

Mesothelioma in southern Nevada likely result of asbestos in environment

ANN ARBORâ€“Deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, while necessary, may not happen soon enough to stave off climate...

DENVER â€“ Malignant mesothelioma has been found at higher than expected levels in women and in individuals younger...

Brazil entices Tinder users in covert safe-sex campaign

Dad Donates Liver to One Toddler Daughter, Twin Sister Still Waiting for Donor

BrasÃlia (AFP) â€“ â€œLooking for men and women for no-strings attached sex, preferably no condoms?â€...

Chef Marcus Samuelsson, Other Key Influencers Use Monday to Keep 2015 Healthy Happy February! Howâ€™s that New Yearâ€™s resolution going? If youâ€™re anything like the average...

The father of twin girls both in need of liver transplants donated a portion of his liver to one of the girls today. Michael...

Maine group seeks ballot initiative to legalize recreational pot By Dave Sherwood PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) â€“ Marijuana advocates have filed paperwork in Maine...

Time and activity linked to back pain risk

News guide: Dietary guidelines evolve, stay the same

By Andrew M. Seaman Factors that can trigger pain in the lower back include working in awkward positions,...

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” Dietary advice can be confusing. Is it OK to eat meat and eggs? Is fat in or out? What...

FDA Commissioner says measles outbreak â€˜alarmingâ€™

2 more infants from Illinois day care have measles, officials confirm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Describing the latest measles outbreak as â€œalarming,â€ Dr. Margaret Hamburg, outgoing...

Icicles line the exterior of KinderCare Learning Center on East Palatine Road, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, in Palatine, Ill....

Puerto Rico considers fining parents of obese children

Two more infants from Illinois day care have measles

Â (REUTERS/Rick Wilking) Legislators in Puerto Rico are debating a bill that would fine parents of obese children up to...

Health officials say two more infants from a suburban Chicago day care have measles, bringing the total number of confirmed...

90 percent approve of cancer screening but screening uptake is lower

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Nine in 10 people think that cancer screening is â€˜almost always a good ideaâ€™ despite the fact that screening...

16 (HPV16) seropositivity is relatively common before anal cancer diagnosis,...

Ageing gracefully: how women steer the line between inauthentic and old

Local knowledge about fodder plants in the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil

It doesnâ€™t matter how old you are, you can still look fabulous. This message is sold to us by magazines, newspapers,...

BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders reviewer acknowledgement 2014 Ilona Anderson Austria Minakshi Bhardwaj India Marc Braem Belgium Itzhak Brook USA JosÃ© Cameselle-Teijeiro Spain Peter...

Wild edible plant species utilized by a subsistence farming community in Obalanga sub-county, Amuria district, Uganda

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2015, 11:12Â doi:10.1186/1746-4269-11-12 Published: 10 February...

Shading during the grain filling period increases 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline content in fragrant rice Shading limits photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and can be a source of plant stress. Several studies have...

4 Steps to a Sincere Apology Ever have an apology leave you â€“ well, even more angry or hurt? There actually are some rules on how to apologize...

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2015, 11:7Â doi:10.1186/1746-4269-11-7 Published: 10 February...

Are You Really Listening? Communicating is more than just expressing yourself clearly; itâ€™s about listening clearly â€” paying...

Former NFL Player Marcellus Wiley: The League Didnâ€™t Save Us From Ourselves In a short new documentary film by Vice, former NFL player Marcellus Wiley goes into detail about his experience...

Super-Cheap Gadget Tests For HIV Using Your Smartphone

The Health Care Revolution You Havenâ€™t Heard About

Testing for HIV just got a whole lot easier. A team led by Samuel K. Sia, associate professor of biomedical engineering...

Throughout the country, a revolution is happening in health care. Frustrated by insurance regulations, increasing...

Predicting plant responses to drought

Advent of geoengineering may help lower temperature of debate over climate change

A new U.S. Geological Survey study shows how plantsâ€™ vulnerability to drought varies across the landscape; factors...

Geoengineering, an emerging technology aimed at counteracting the effects of human-caused climate change, also has the potential...

University of Tennessee study: Crocodiles just wanna have fun, too

Water ice renders short-lived molecule sustainable

Turns out we may have more in common with crocodiles than weâ€™d ever dream. According to research by a psychology professor...

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NASA-JAXAâ€™s GPM satellite catches Fundiâ€™s fadeout

NASA-NOAAâ€™s Suomi NPP gets an infrared look at Typhoon Higos

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NASA-NOAAâ€™s Suomi NPP gets an infrared look at Typhoon Higos

Molecular tag explains differences in brainâ€™s response to anger, fear

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When people perceive anger and fear in others, a region of the brain called the amygdala sends signals throughout the rest...

Molecular tag explains differences in brainâ€™s response to anger, fear

Friendly fungi â€” how they could help barley growers feed the world without chemicals

When people perceive anger and fear in others, a region of the brain called the amygdala sends signals throughout the rest...

Friendly fungi â€” how they could help barley growers feed the world without chemicals Dublin, IRELAND, February 9th, 2015 â€“ Botanists from Trinity College Dublin have made a breakthrough discovery that...

Dublin, IRELAND, February 9th, 2015 â€“ Botanists from Trinity College Dublin have made a breakthrough discovery that...

Breakthrough may lead to industrial production of graphene devices With properties that promise faster computers, better sensors and much more, graphene has been dubbed the â€˜miracle...

Breakthrough may lead to industrial production of graphene devices

Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim found guilty in sodomy trial

With properties that promise faster computers, better sensors and much more, graphene has been dubbed the â€˜miracle...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) â€“ Malaysiaâ€™s highest court found opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim guilty on...

Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim found guilty in sodomy trial

U.N. raises $500 million for South Sudan after "painful" visit

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) â€“ Malaysiaâ€™s highest court found opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim guilty on...

By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Donors pledged more than $500 million...

U.N. raises $500 million for South Sudan after "painful" visit

HPV vaccine not linked to riskier sex, STIs: study

By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Donors pledged more than $500 million...

Despite concerns among some parents, the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) does not cause riskier behavior...

HPV vaccine not linked to riskier sex, STIs: study

Women with a pregnancy history of spontaneous preterm delivery at higher risk of CVD

Despite concerns among some parents, the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) does not cause riskier behavior...

No link seen between oxytocin-assisted

A history of spontaneous preterm delivery appears to double a womanâ€™s risk of heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular...

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AMA provides key messages for patients about vaccination

Smoking impairs treatment response in inflammatory back arthritis

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Smoking impairs the response to biological drugs used to treat inflammatory arthritis affecting the lower back, known as...

The Past, Present, and Future of BabyMaking and Morality Debates

We Test-Rode Sex on 6 Different Mattresses

Old-fashioned baby-making is definitely more fun. ButÂ for many couples struggling with infertility, high-tech treatments...

Good sex is as much about connecting with your partner as it is about having a decent surface to grind on. But as someone...

How to De-Pill a Sweater Like a Laundry Genius

Air toxics and birth defects: a Bayesian hierarchical approach to evaluate multiple pollutants and spina bifida

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The Important Role Fathers Can Play in Eliminating Pediatric AIDS

Floods created home of Europeâ€™s biggest waterfall, study shows

A Malawian mother and father bring their infant to a postnatal check-up appointment at a health facility outside...

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New method to understand steel fracturing

Brain develops abnormally over lifespan of people who stutter

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A region of the brain thought to control speech production develops abnormally in children who stutterâ€“a pattern that...

Study links new genetic anomalies to breast cancer in African-American families

Lung screening guidelines improve on study findings

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Scientists devise breakthrough technique for mapping temperature in tiny devices Overheating is a major problem for the microprocessors that run our smartphones and computers. But a team of UCLA and USC...

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California confirms 107 cases of measles, 39 from Disneyland outbreak By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) â€“ A total of 107 cases of measles have been confirmed...

Experimental â€˜smartâ€™ insulin shows promise in mice

Persevering past roadblocks to build promising Ebola vaccine

Miami (AFP) â€“ An experimental â€œsmart insulinâ€ that acts for 14 hours has shown promise in mice...

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” It took 16 years of twists and turns. Over and over, Dr. Nancy Sullivan thought she was...

US measles count rises to 121; most linked to Disneyland

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NEW YORK (AP) â€” Health officials say the number of measles cases in the nation is up to 121 so far this year. All...

Correction: Measles-California story LOS ANGELES (AP) â€” In one version of a Feb. 6 story about vaccine requirements by the University of California...

Among the deadliest and cruelest corporate coverups in American history is the decades-long effort by...

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Residential treatment program helps obese kids lose weight, study finds

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(HealthDay)â€”Extremely obese kids in an intensive 10-month residential treatment program lost more weight than their...

Tobacco-smoking moms and dads increase diabetes risk for children in utero

Panel asks: What defines chronic fatigue syndrome?

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Plastic Surgeon Who Served In Vietnam Has Helped Provide Over 230 Surgeries For Veterans A plastic surgeon and Vietnam vet is helping to restore confidence in wounded veterans. For the past few years,...

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Tips to Prevent 5 Common Running Injuries Running a marathon is a great accomplishment, but it can be daunting, especially if youâ€™ve never ran one...

Life With a Traumatic Brain Injury

At Least You Have Your Healthâ€¦

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15 facts about the measles vaccine

Serotonin-deficient brains more vulnerable to social stress

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Nano-antioxidants prove their potential IMAGE:Â A polyethylene glycol-hydrophilic carbon cluster developed at Rice University has the potential to quench the...

DURHAM, N.C. â€” Mice genetically deficient in serotonin â€” a crucial brain chemical implicated in clinical depression...

ASTRO applauds CMSâ€™s decision to cover annual, LDCT screening for highrisk lung cancer patients Fairfax, Va., February 9, 2014 â€“ The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) commends the February 5, 2015,...

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Scientists at Rigshopitalet, Herlev Hospital and the University of Copenhagen identify a new biomarker that can predict the...

Commons Lab releases 2 new reports on key aspects of Citizen Science

Officials: 8 suburban Chicago residents have measles

Washington â€” Citizen Science is a rapidly growing set of techniques that harness the power of volunteers to assist...

CHICAGO (AP) â€” Health officials say three more cases of measles have been confirmed in suburban Chicago,...

McDonaldâ€™s India cuts salt, calories in burgers and fries

Senate approves ex-Mass. official Botticelli as US drug czar

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WASHINGTON (AP) â€” President Barack Obamaâ€™s nominee to serve as U.S. drug â€œczarâ€ won unanimous...

The fat fight: Study fuels row over UK, U.S. diet guidelines

Pfizer in $5 billion accelerated buyback deal with Goldman, Sachs & Co

By Kate Kelland Nutrition and health specialists criticised a study on Monday which argued that dietary...

(Reuters) â€“ Drugmaker Pfizer Inc said it entered into an agreement with Goldman, Sachs Co to buy back $5...

â€˜Sugeâ€™ Knight remains behind bars after bail hearing postponed

Blood vessel cells improve the conversion of pluripotent stem cells to blood lineages

By Daina Beth Solomon LOS ANGELES (Reuters) â€“ Rap mogul Marion â€œSugeâ€ Knight will...

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) can differentiate into all of the different types of cells that comprise the blood and immune...

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Infants with rare bone disease improve bone formation after cell transplantation

When skyscrapers go up, contractors rely on an infrastructure of steel beams and braces. Some cancers grow the same way,...

Recent research carried out by a team of researchers in Japan has investigated the use of bone marrow transplants (BMTs)...

Akt Pathway â€˜ramp upsâ€™ effects of transplanted umbilical cord cells used in stroke therapy

Could there be a gleevec for brain cancer?

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The drug Gleevec (imatinib mesylate) is well known not only for its effectiveness against chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)...

10 Times Women KILLED IT at the Grammys

Are You Doing This Dumbbell Move Wrong?

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You know what would be awesome? If we could all work out with a personal trainer every single time we hit the gym. Yeah,...

5 Habits of Women Who Orgasm Every Single Time

Shake, Rattle And Toll: Berkeleyâ€™s Bells Play Sounds Of Earth

While it may seem the stuff of mythical legends and daytime TV, there are women who do, indeed, reach that magical climax...

Most residents of the San Francisco Bay area prefer to forget what scientists know to be true: One of the major faults that...

In West Africa, Fewer New Ebola Cases But Epidemic Still Uncontained

Measles Outbreak, Measles Vaccine: Top Questions Answered

Robert Siegel speaks with Brice de le Vingne, director of operations dealing with the Ebola outbreak for Doctors without...

By: Tia Ghose, Rachael Rettner and Tanya Lewis Published: 02/06/2015 10:17 AM EST on LiveScience The U.S. measles...

Just Grin and Bear It

The Reason Why Construction Workers Often Make The Happiest Employees

For people who have never experienced depression or been close to someone who has, itâ€™s hard to understand....

A recent TINYpulse study found that construction workers are the happiest employees in the workforce, but that news...

Plus-Size Model Is Just Right, Right?

3 Steps to Deepening Gratitude

The media is filled with the â€œnewsâ€ that, for the very first time in the history of its swimsuit issues,...

If we are not careful, our gratitude practice becomes one more thing to check off of our to-do list. Did I make...

Canadian teen with Down syndrome a YouTube star

Brian Williams and the false memory phenomenon

Canadian teenager Madison Tevlin, 13, is challenging perceptions about people with Down syndrome. The teen, who says she...

The case of â€œNBC Nightly Newsâ€ anchor Brian Williams â€” under fire for allegedly fabricating a story about...

Beating high blood pressure with a combination of coconut oil and physical exercise

Study finds no reason for cancer survivors to be excluded in advanced stage lung cancer trials

This news release is available in French. Coconut oil is one of the few foods that can be classified as a â€œsuperfood.â€...

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JIPM offers rice growers a new resource against the rice water weevil

3-D printing with custom molecules creates low-cost mechanical sensor

IMAGE:Â The rice water weevil, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus, is the most harmful insect pest of rice in the United States,...

Imagine printing out molecules that can respond to their surroundings. A research project at the University of Washington...

NSU researchers discover DNA repair is high in heart, nonexistent in brain

LSU Health New Orleans research finds psychedelic drug prevents asthma development in mice

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After heart attack, women more stressed than men

D.C. has â€˜discussionâ€™ on legal pot on fear hearing illegal

By Kathryn Doyle Young women report more stress than men soon after a heart attack, which may explain...

By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ A planned District of Columbia city council hearing on...

Stay Away From â€˜Measles Partiesâ€™ Docs Warn Parents

Water manager faces discipline for urinating in reservoir

California health officials are warning parents not to hold â€œmeasles partiesâ€ that intentionally expose their...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â€” A water manager is facing discipline after he was caught urinating in an empty reservoir...

Men with prostate trouble should avoid some cold medicines

Measles Outbreak Swells to 121 Cases This Year, CDC Says

By Daniel Gaitan With cold and flu season in full swing, experts are warning men who have an enlarged...

The measles outbreak continues to grow with an additional 19 confirmed cases in the last week, bringing the total...

LGBT teens who come out at school have better self-esteem, study finds

Model of â€˜virtual bumpsâ€™ could lead to feeling a keyboard on your touchscreen

Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender adolescents who come out at school have higher self-esteem and lower levels of depression...

Blythâ€™s Silver Star Brands business unit acquires Native Remedies assets Blyth, Inc.

What if the touchscreen of your smartphone or tablet could touch you back? What if touch was as integrated into our ubiquitous...

HIMSS to honor Elsevierâ€™s Michelle Troseth with Nursing Informatics Leadership Award Trosethâ€™s work and leadership with TIGER recognized by leading healthcare technology society The Healthcare Information...

Abbott redux needs to revisit â€˜sustainableâ€™ health spending

A New Era in Mental Health and Addictions Begins in America

The Abbott government â€œresetâ€ yesterday provides a valuable opportunity to reconsider health policies based on...

This was a good week in the United States for mental health, addictions and social justice. On Feb. 3, 2015, The...

The Keys To Aging In Happy And Healthy Ways, from Dr. Christiane Northrup

A Surprising Secret To Staying In Great Health, From Dr. Christiane Northrup (VIDEO)

What are the keys to aging happily? Dr. Christiane Northrup says that getting older increases our value...

The Natural Secrets For Hormone Replacement, From Dr. Christiane Northrup (VIDEO)

What are the most important things to do in order to stay in great health? Dr. Christiane Northrupâ€™s...

Our Little Walk Through the Fear Pile Stupid, freakinâ€™ fear. I hate it. And, sad to say, Iâ€™m walking in a big, glumpy pile of it as I write...

If youâ€™re just starting menopause and donâ€™t want to resort to hormone replacement therapy,...

HPV vaccine doesnâ€™t prompt teen sex, study finds

Parents using elderberries to treat colds and flu

Contrary to what some parents might fear, girls who get vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV) do not treat it...

February 9, 2015, 11:49 AM|Elderberry syrup is gaining popularity as an herbal remedy used to treat colds and the flu. As...

Chili peppers may fire up weight loss

Guidance to report on land use, landuse change and forestry emissions

If you like your chili peppers flaming hot, you may be in for a slimming surprise. A group of researchers at the University...

A recent JRC report finds that EU Member States will face some challenges in meeting the new reporting and accounting requirements...

Many would rather buy generic clothes than stand out with designer brands

Study finds Midwest flooding more frequent

COLUMBIA, Mo. â€“ Many people buy and wear clothing from prestigious brands as a way to

The U.S. Midwest and surrounding states have endured increasingly more frequent flood episodes

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Buckyballs offer environmental benefits

Valentineâ€™s Day gift-giving strategy for the hopeless romantic

Treated buckyballs not only remove valuable but potentially toxic metal particles from water and other liquids, but also...

IMAGE:Â University of Cincinnati research by Mary Steffel shows that thoughtful gift giversâ€™ desire to show off...

New design tool for metamaterials

U.S. government says Obamacare subsidies averaging $268 a month

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ The Obama administration said on Monday that 2015 Obamacare subsidies are averaging...

HPV Vaccine Not Linked to Increase in Unsafe Sex

Twenty-nine migrants die of cold on Italian coast guard boats

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By Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) â€“ Twenty-nine migrants died of hypothermia aboard Italian coast...

Infant in Georgia diagnosed with measles

Is your doctorâ€™s office the most dangerous place for data?

By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) â€“ An infant in Georgia has been diagnosed with measles,...

Everyone worries about stolen credit cards or hacked bank accounts, but just visiting the doctor may put you at...

Pennsylvania launches Medicaid expansion: governor

Cancer study pinpoints 8 signs death is nigh

NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ The state of Pennsylvania has launched an expansion of the Medicaid health insurance...

Â (AP Photo/Melissa Sloan) Itâ€™s possible to know when a cancer patientâ€™s death is imminent, according to...

Michigan mom, dad both fighting cancer as family looks after their two young daughters

Mumps outbreak linked to Idaho university spreads to Washington state

Â (Photo courtesy Fox 17) A Michigan couple fighting cancer is determined to beat their diagnoses not only for themselves,...

SEATTLE (Reuters) â€“ An outbreak of mumps that started at an Idaho university and infected 21 people across the state...

Michigan mom, dad both fighting cancer as family looks after their two young â€¦

Researchers develop â€˜smartâ€™ insulin that automatically adjusts blood sugar

Â (Photo courtesy Fox 17) A Michigan couple fighting cancer is determined to beat their diagnoses not only for themselves,...

For type 1 diabetics, monitoring blood sugar levels can be difficult, time consuming and even dangerous if a dose is miscalculated....

Clinical Innovations introduces traxi Panniculus Retractor with Retentus Technology

FDA clears system to reduce stroke risk during stent and angioplasty procedures

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Impact of precise modulation of reactive oxygen species levels on spermatozoa proteins in infertile men

Why Your Next Retreat Should Be at the Esalen Institute

Clinical Proteomics 2015, 12:4Â doi:10.1186/15590275-12-4 Published: 9 February 2015

You could read the Esalen catalog forwards and backwards one hundred times and still only get the faintest glimpse...

Threats And Targeted Intimidation Against Abortion Clinic Staff Have Significantly Increased Since 2010

3 Energy Draining Habits That Successful People Totally Avoid, and How to Change Them

Life for abortion clinic staff has become increasingly dangerous since 2010. Published in October 2014, the Feminist...

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Can a pepper a day keep the fat away?

Can elderberry help treat colds and flu?

February 9, 2015, 12:24 PM|Adding some spice to your diet may keep you from gaining weight. CBSNâ€™s Michelle Miller...

An ancient herbal remedy is getting fresh attention this cold and flu season. Some parents and even pediatricians believe...

Satellite eyes New England winter storm breaking records

Does alcohol-related activity on Facebook promote drinking?

Another large snowstorm affecting New England was dropping more snow on the region and breaking records on February 9, as...

The more a Facebook user gets involved in alcohol-related pages or posts â€“ whether itâ€™s a like, share or comment...

Do clothes make the doctor? Researchers report on patient perceptions based on attire

The Sunâ€™s activity in the 18th century was similar to that now

ANN ARBOR, Mich. â€” What should doctors wear? And how does something as simple as their choice of a suit, scrubs or...

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Chronic narcotic use is high among kids with IBD

Both liberals, conservatives can have science bias

Bethesda, MD (Feb. 9, 2015) â€” Chronic narcotic use is more than twice as prevalent in children with inflammatory bowel...

COLUMBUS, Ohio â€“ New research suggests that liberals, as well as conservatives, can be biased against science that...

Research misconduct often unreported in published studies

Baby Girl Born With Possible Absorbed Twins Inside Her

By Andrew M. Seaman When U.S. health regulators find serious problems with how medical researchers...

A baby girl born in Hong Kong appeared to have a growth of some kind in her left side, but doctors soon discovered...

Promising data bodes well for allAchillion hep C treatment

At least 29 migrants die of cold on Italian coast guard boats

By Natalie Grover (Reuters) â€“ Achillion Pharmaceuticals Incâ€™s experimental hepatitis...

By Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) â€“ At least 29 migrants died of hypothermia aboard Italian coast...

Michigan governor leaves hospital after blood clot treatment

In the Loop with Bill Tai: A Story About Extreme Impact!

(Reuters) â€“ Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was released from an Ann Arbor-area hospital on Monday after spending...

1. The Vision! It all starts with â€œliving life in a very authentic way,â€ says Bill Tai, over our conversation...

Georgia girl recovering after receiving life-saving bone marrow transplant from sister

Is it too late to get a measles vaccination?

Angelique Walker, 4, is sickle cell free after a lifesaving bone marrow transplant from her sister.Â (MyFoxAtlanta.com) A...

The current measles outbreak in the United States has highlighted the dangers of skipped vaccinations, and some people may...

Woman goes to bathroom, delivers surprise baby in tub

Mother denies abandoning baby with Down syndrome

Nicole Harris went into her bathroom Wednesday night???and walked out with an unexpected baby in her arms.Â (AP Photo/Best...

Leo Forrest was born on Jan. 21, 2015 with Down Syndrome, in Armenia.Â (Bring Leo Home GoFundMe) An Armenian woman whose...

Baby born pregnant with twin fetuses

Type 1 diabetes â€˜more dangerousâ€™ in women

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Monday February 9 2015 Diabetes control is important for both genders â€œType 1 diabetes is more dangerous...

Do men have greater chewing power than women?

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Cohera Medical gets FDA approval to distribute TissuGlu Surgical Adhesive in US

Light-activated genes might be precisely controlled and targeted

Cohera Medical, Inc.Â®, a leading innovator and developer of surgical adhesives and sealants, announced today that the...

TLR9: Two rings to bind them? University of Tokyo researchers have elucidated how Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) binds to pathogen DNA, activating...

Duke University researchers have devised a method to activate genes in any specific location or pattern in a lab dish...

An ecohealth assessment of poultry production clusters (PPCs) for the livelihood and biosecurity improvement of small poultry producers in Asia Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2015, 4:6Â doi:10.1186/2049-9957-4-6 Published: 9 February 2015

The cerebral embolism evoked by intraarterial delivery of allogeneic bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in rats is related to cell dose and infusion velocity

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Twists, Turns, Eventually Lead To Promising Ebola Vaccine

Fight Cold-Weather Blues and Blahs With a Wintervention

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(C)Myra Brizendine-Wilson The recent blizzard, snowfall, and brutal cold blanketing much of the nation reminded...

How To Stop The Ringing In Your Ears

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The Ambivalence of an Addict The Ambivalence Of An Addict By Andrea Wachter, LMFT If you are one of the millions of people who struggle with...

When you feel pain in your knees, even something as simple as crossing your legs can become an excruciating task....

Florida mom gives birth to 14-pound baby TAMPA, Fla. â€“ Maxxzandra Ford said she realized during delivery that her third child was even bigger than the 9- and...

Florida baby makes big entrance, sets hospital record at 14 pounds

World thunderstorm â€˜mapâ€™ key to assessing climate change

February 9, 2015, 8:51 AM|At over 14 pounds, Florida baby Avery Denton set a record, becoming the heaviest baby ever born...

The Doomsday Clock, which measures the likelihood of global catastrophe, last week ticked a minute closer to â€œmidnightâ€â€”...

Controlling genes with light

Reduced rainfall in the northern tropics linked to industrial emissions, research suggests

IMAGE:Â Light-activated genetic manipulation is demonstrated by shining light through a stencil to turn on fluorescent...

Pick a card, any card Magicians have astonished audiences for centuries by subtly, yet powerfully, influencing their decisions. But there has been...

Immune biomarkers help predict early death, complications in HIV patients with TB PHILADELPHIAâ€“Doctors treating patients battling both HIV and tuberculosis (TB)â€“many of whom

Scientists have produced a rainfall record strongly suggesting that man-made industrial emissions have contributed to less...

Scientists at Mainz University identify a new population of regulatory T-cells When the mucosal surfaces in the lungs of healthy people come into contact with allergenic substances, so-called regulatory...

British biotech firm sets crowdfunding record with heart drug LONDON (Reuters) â€“ A British biotech company founded by a Nobel prize winner has raised what it says is a...

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At least 25 migrants die after being picked up by Italian coast guard

Teen HPV vaccine does not spur riskier sex

By Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) â€“ At least 25 migrants died of hypothermia aboard Italian coast...

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) â€“ Counter to the fears of some parents (and a few doctors),...

HPV Vaccine Does Not Increase Likelihood of Unsafe Sex for Girls, Study Says

â€˜American Sniperâ€™ Texas murder trial nears as jurorsâ€™ screening completed

The vaccine used to guard against the human papillomavirus does not lead young people and teens to engage in more unsafe...

By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) â€“ Final jury selection began on Monday in a Texas...

New York plans cybersecurity reviews of insurers after breach

David Beckham launches â€˜7â€™ fund for kids in danger around the world

BOSTON (Reuters) â€“ New Yorkâ€™s Financial Services Department said on Monday it planned to do regular...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Soccer legend David Beckham pledged to change the lives of millions of children...

Canada reports H5N1 bird flu virus in British Columbia: OIE

Preemies may be more likely to develop psychiatric disorders, study suggests

PARIS (Reuters) â€“ Canada reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic bird flu virus H5N1 in the province of British...

Preemies may be at a lower risk of developing drug and alcohol problems as adults, but they may be more likely to have psychiatric...

Human cadavers provide new skin for chronic wounds

Secondhand smoke exposure falls but unevenly

Human skin from cadavers that has had its cells removed can help treat wounds, researchers say. This new treatment could...

Half as many American nonsmokers are exposed to secondhand smoke now as a decade ago, but federal researchers remain concerned...

Virginia Hospital Center joins Mayo Clinic Care Network

Artificial mini-organism: An alternative to animal testing

Mayo Clinic and Virginia Hospital Center today announced Virginia Hospital Center as a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network,...

No one wishes to dispense with the blessings of modern medicine, which took away the dread of many diseases. The flipside...

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i Barbara Marder waits to receive immunotherapy treatment for cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore,...

By Kizito Makoye TURA, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ As darkness falls, Dora Mjungu...

Republican â€˜alternativeâ€™ to Obamacare really no alternative at all

13 ways to control your blood pressure without medication

We got a glimpse last week of what would happen to our health care system if Republicans increase their control...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is not just a health condition, itâ€™s a disease. Blood pressure is the bodyâ€™s...

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Study yields insight into generating antibodies that target different strains of HIV

A new system of wireless microelectrodes aims to detect the location of epilepsy in the brain with high precision. This...

Through an investigation of a fundamental process that guides the maturation of immune cells, researchers have revealed...

Study counters stereotypes of black men most at risk for HIV/AIDS

Chili peppers show promise as dietbased supplement

A new study by researchers at Yale School of Public Health and George Mason University provides an in-depth look at the...

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Physical, psychosocial factors can significantly increase risk of low back pain

Risks and benefits of fecal microbiota transplant

New research reveals the physical and psychosocial factors that significantly increase the

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Discovery improves understanding of factors that trigger allergic asthma

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Study: Modulation of alpha waves influences speech comprehension in everyday hearing situations

Long-term storage of digital information in DNA is possible

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Nanopublications for exposing experimental data in the life-sciences: a Huntingtonâ€™s Disease case study Journal of Biomedical Semantics 2015, 6:5Â doi:10.1186/2041-1480-6-5 Published: 9 February 2015

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U.S. schools turn to new programs to warn teens of drug risks

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Achillion, Gilead drug cocktail cures hepatitis C in six weeks

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Doctors work to ease vaccine fears

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Drunk driving wanes in US, drug use by drivers rises, report says

How anti-vaccination trends vex herd immunity

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When large segments of a population are immunized against measles, it reduces the risk of exposure for everyone in the community,...

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ACS stresses the importance of designating trauma centers based upon regional population need

An examination of process measures endorsed by the National Quality Forum finds that these measures focus predominantly on...

St. Jude Childrenâ€™s Research Hospital to host dedication ceremony of newly renovated Tri Delta Place

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Traumatic experiences and revictimization of female inmates undergoing treatment for substance abuse

Lead toxicity among traffic wardens: a high risk group exposed to atmospheric lead, is it still a cause for concern?

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015, 10:5Â doi:10.1186/1747-597X-10-5 Published:...

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New spastic paraplegia phenotype associated to mutation of NFU1

Antioxidant polyphenol-rich extracts from the medicinal plants Antirhea borbonica, Doratoxylon apetalum and Gouania mauritiana protect 3T3-L1 preadipocytes against H2O2, TNF? and LPS inflammatory mediators by regulating the expression of superoxide dismutase and NF-?B genes

Wealth and under-nourishment among married women in two impoverished nations: evidence from Burkina Faso and Congo Democratic Republic

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Study identifies 8 signs associated with impending death in cancer patients

Preemies may have psychiatric problems as adults

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Hamilton, ON (Feb. 9, 2015) â€“ The good news is that people born as extremely low birth weight babies are less likely...

Study identifies clinical signs suggestive of impending death in patients with advanced cancer

Awkward positions, distractions and fatigue may trigger low back pain

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U.S. companies may not be fleeing due to high tax rate, Reuters analysis shows

Factbox: U.S. Companies doing tax inversions have wide-ranging motives

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Some critics blame the 35-percent U.S. statutory corporate income tax rate for a recent...

Indian â€˜womanâ€™ has twins despite discovery she is mostly male

Study identifies eight signs associated with impending death in cancer patients

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Risk of rehospitalization for older heart patient remains high for up to a year / no comments Yale University

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified eight highly specific physical and cognitive...

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Colored electronic wristbands speed up triage of victims during mass casualty incidents

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Aberrant Epstein-Barr virus antibody patterns and chronic lymphocytic leukemia in a Spanish multicentric case-control study

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Loss of posidonia reduces CO2 storage areas and could contribute to gas emissions

Egyptâ€™s SODIC says plans about 2.3 bln Egyptian pounds in investments in 2015

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CAIRO (Reuters) â€“ SODIC, Egyptâ€™s thirdlargest listed property group, plans about 2.3 billion Egyptian...

German drugmaker Stada to launch rapid test for Ebola

Strong dollar vexes mid-sized U.S. exporters, local demand helps

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Britain becomes first country to donate to IMF Ebola debt relief fund LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Britain said on Monday it would contribute 50 million dollars to a new IMF fund to help...

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Immediate access arteriovenous grafts versus tunnelled central venous catheters: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial 1 Department of Renal Surgery, Western Infirmary, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11...

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Teens who use tobacco products are likely to use more than one product, including e-cigarettes, hookahs and pipes, and smokeless...

UVA researchers find biological trigger for protective form of immune response to spinal cord injury

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Fungal inflammatory mass masquerading as colorectal cancer: a case report 1 Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson...

Lactose-free milk for infants with acute gastroenteritis in a developing country: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial 1 Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American...

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11 Surprising Reasons You Should Smile Every Day

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Teenager charged for shooting in mall near Pittsburgh

RPB co-sponsors major IOM study to promote eye health

(Reuters) â€“ Pennsylvania police have arrested a 17-year-old in connection with a shooting that wounded three...

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Molecular physiopathogenetic mechanisms and development of new potential therapeutic strategies in persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) â€“ A jailed Mexican drug smuggler known as the â€œQueen of the Pacificâ€ is...

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6 Qualities That Lead to Living a Meaningful Life Now that science is showing that meditation is valuable to our sense of well being, more and more people are beginning...

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Christina Wang, MD, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) lead researcher, has received a top honor for her...

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/ no comments Montana State University

New compound may lead to development of potential therapeutics

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for neuropathic pain A new compound discovered by a team of UC Davis investigators has potent actions against production of a chemical that which...

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Why The AIDS Epidemic Matters To Black Lives

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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health reviewer acknowledgement 2014

Deep RNA sequencing reveals a high frequency of alternative splicing events in the fungus Trichoderma longibrachiatum

Marc Allroggen Germany Martijn Arns Netherlands Josephine Barbaro Australia Claus Barkmann Greenland Sheri Bauman United...

â€˜Spiritual, Emotional And Physical Bankruptcy': One Womanâ€™s Journey Back From Burnout For the longest time, Lauren Stahl lived her life according to the traditional definition of success, one that those...

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Relearning the Horrors of Measles This piece was originally published here in the Dallas Morning News. I expected to battle rare and exotic diseases...

When You Feel Like You Donâ€™t Make a Difference, Remember This

In the â€˜New Normal,â€™ Children Still Have the Same 4 Basic Needs

The way your childâ€™s eyes light up when you pick him up from school. How you know just the right way to tuck...

Over the years, weâ€™ve seen family structures move to less Leave It to Beaver and more Modern Family. In fact,...

Alaska man embarks 50-mile nighttime walk between remote villagesâ€“at 30 below

Reining in the yeast tree of life

A man was found unharmed after walking nearly 50 miles from the Interior Alaska community of Birch Creek to Fort...

Members of IFRâ€™s National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC) have joined forces with computer scientists at the University...

Cow immune system inspires potential new therapies

Inducing or augmenting labor not associated with increase in autism

LA JOLLA, CA â€“ February 6, 2015 â€“ To help people with hormone deficiencies, scientists at The Scripps Research...

A research collaboration between Intermountain Healthcare, the University of Utahâ€™s Obstetrics and Gynecology Department,...

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Precision growth of light-emitting nanowires IMAGE:Â These are nanowires grown using catalyst rich in gold (top) and nickel (bottom). view more Credit: Berkeley...

A nanoscale solution to the big problem of overheating in microelectronic devices IMAGE:Â This composite image shows density (grey) and temperature (color) maps of a 100 nmwide polycrystalline aluminum...

Ebola: New studies model a deadly epidemic

Canada court overturns ban on physician-assisted suicide

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OTTAWA (Reuters) â€“ The Supreme Court of Canada overturned a ban on physician-assisted suicide on Friday,...

Guineaâ€™s Muslim clerics call for end to FGM to help stop Ebola: TRFN

Clubs need long-term mental health plan: FIFPro

By Misha Hussain GUECKEDOU, Guinea (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Muslim leaders in Guinea...

By Philip Oâ€™Connor (Reuters) â€“ Soccer clubs need to take a longer-term approach to the...

Fears over abandoned Ebola orphans allayed, say UNICEF

Soccer-Clubs need long-term mental health plan

Dakar (AFP) â€“ Almost every child who has lost parents to Ebola is being cared for in their community, UNICEF...

By Philip Oâ€™Connor Feb 6 (Reuters) â€“ Soccer clubs need to take a longer-term approach...

U.S. women at risk of FGM more than double since 2000: research

Woman first in world to give birth after ovarian tissue transplanted into abdomen

By Lisa Anderson NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ The number of women and girls in the...

ABFM: no change to maintenance of certification requirements (HealthDay)â€”In response to the announcement of changes to the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirements from...

Thirty-six-year-old Vali Creus, of Victoria, Australia, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 19. But she didnâ€™t...

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ACA offers simple walking tips to improve cardiovascular and muscle health

New study provides better understanding of how stem cells give rise to tumors

Sedentary lifestyles are the root cause of many obesity-related diseases and neuromuscular conditions. Research shows an...

Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) have discovered a precise stem cell signaling...

Researchers develop new MRI-based technique to better detect NAFLD in children

Marken launches new marketing campaign to solidify its place as industryâ€™s only Clinical Logistics Organization

Between 5 and 8 million children in the United States have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), yet most cases go undiagnosed....

Davita Kidney Care exceeds its own previous immunization rates for both dialysis patients and teammates

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Listeners To NPR: Why Donâ€™t We Track Planes Like We Do Ships?

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i SkyTruth followed the ship Shin Jyi Chyuu 33 during one week last month. Planes are connected to a satellite...

Myocardial T2 mapping reveals ageand sex-related differences in volunteers

?-Actin plays a key role in endothelial cell motility and neovessel maintenance

The ethical board of Heinrich Heine University DÃ¼sseldorf approved the present study (application number 4307)....

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Surveillance of moderate-size aneurysms of the thoracic aorta

Impact of smoking on early clinical outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

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Hematology research output from Chinese authors and other countries: a 10-year survey of the literature

Study: More expensive emergency care does yield better results

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Because Americans spend more per capita on health care than residents of any country, debate has rumbled on for years about...

Seafloor volcano pulses may alter climate

IUD, implant contraception effective beyond FDA-approved use

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Learning with all the senses

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology: Women with type 1 diabetes at significantly higher risk of dying compared with men

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Women with type 1 diabetes [1] face a 40% increased excess risk of death from all causes [2], and have more than twice the...

Study reveals how oxygen is like kryptonite to titanium

Celebrated Los Angeles school food executive removed from job

Berkeley â€” Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have found the mechanism by which titanium, prized...

(Reuters) â€“ A Los Angeles school food executive, who took salt and fat out of school meals and was praised...

UNICEF says 300,000 displaced by Malawi floods, double previous estimate: TRFN

U.S. states probe massive data breach at health insurer Anthem

By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ More than 300,000 people have been...

How your doctor might accidentally make your symptoms worse Ever try to explain to your doctors exactly what that weird symptom you are experiencing feels like, and sense they arenâ€™t...

By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ Several U.S. states are investigating a massive cyberattack on No....

How tuna stay warm with cold hearts Scientists at The University of Manchester, working with colleagues at Stanford University in America, have discovered how...

Gene therapy pioneers Richard C. Mulligan and A. Dusty Miller reflect on their groundbreaking discovery

Two major studies strengthen case for prostate cancer drug before chemotherapy

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Pioneering prostate cancer drug abiraterone significantly extends the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer if given...

Turing also present at the nanoscale

Taking immunosuppressives, anticancer drugs may reactivate hepatitis B

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Individuals previously infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) who receive chemotherapy or immunosuppressive treatment...

Vaccine skeptics find unexpected allies in conservative GOP

Caribbean blues: Mosquito virus is sickening more travelers

(AP)â€”As vaccine skeptics fight laws that would force more parents to inoculate their kids, they are finding unexpected...

Thousands of travelers to the Caribbean and nearby regions are coming home with an unwanted souvenir: a mosquito-borne virus...

Women with type 1 diabetes at significantly higher risk of dying compared with men

New study shows that the bodyâ€™s immune system may be able to clear Alzheimerâ€™s-associated plaques

Women with type 1 diabetes face a 40% increased excess risk of death from all causes, and have more than twice the risk...

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Study gives better look at how parents experience stress In stressful family circumstances, parenthood sometimes take a bigger toll on fathersâ€™ mental health. Scholars at...

Joyce and Don Massey Family Foundation supports U-Mâ€™s TBI care and research A tragic accident 32 years ago forever altered the lives of an entire prominent Michigan auto industry family, as a beloved...

GWU Medical Center researcher named recipient of A.S.P.E.N.â€™s Research Trainee Award

National #KnowBetterDoBetter movement comes to Bay Area to eliminate HIV and AIDS

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The national #KnowBetterDoBetter movement led by the Black AIDS Institute (BAI) is coming to the Bay Area and the message...

Decades of progress save countless lives, but biggest research challenges lie ahead

A laboratory test based on determination of cytokine profiles: a promising assay to identify exposition to contact allergens and predict the clinical outcome in occupational allergic contact dermatitis

The 2015 Heart and Stroke Foundation Report on the Health of Canadians looks back on 60 years of life-saving, ground-breaking...

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Development of chromosome-specific markers with high polymorphism for allotetraploid cotton based on genomewide characterization of simple sequence repeats in diploid cottons (Gossypium arboreum L. and Gossypium raimondii Ulbrich)

Transient transformation of Podosphaera xanthii by electroporation of conidia 1 Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y MediterrÃ¡nea â€œLa Mayoraâ€,...

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Functional outcome, cognition and quality of life after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and therapeutic hypothermia: data from a randomized controlled trial Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2015, 23:12Â doi:10.1186/s13049-014-0084-9 ...

Scientists find potential way of controlling leaf blotch disease in wheat

Text messages a new tool in the fight to prevent skin cancer

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Australiansâ€™ love affair with mobile phones could save their life according to a joint QUT, Cancer Council Queensland...

Not candy crush â€” scientists identify nature of candy sculpture

Stars are younger

A team of scientists has identified the complex process by which materials are shaped and ultimately dissolved by surrounding...

The highly anticipated update of the analysis of data from the European Space Agencyâ€™s Planck satellite starts with...

Analysis: High-cost blood cancer drugs deliver high value

Lyme disease costs up to $1.3 billion per year to treat, study finds

(WASHINGTON, February 5, 2015) â€“ Amid the growing debate about the high price of powerful new drugs in the United...

Lyme disease, transmitted by a bite from a tick infected by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, had long been considered easy...

Secret burials thwarting efforts to stamp out Ebola

A look at some vaccine-related legislation in several states

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) â€“ Efforts to stamp out West Africaâ€™s Ebola epidemic...

Several state legislatures are debating vaccinerelated measures as dozens of people have fallen ill from a measles...

Capita to provide services for Britainâ€™s National Health Service

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LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Outsourcing company Capita has been chosen by Britainâ€™s statefunded healthcare...

(Reuters) â€“ A Wisconsin mother filed a $5-million lawsuit against the Pop Warner youth football organization...

Virgin Active warms up to Johannesburg IPO: Sky News

Gap in US deaths narrows for blacks, whites with HIV

(Reuters) â€“ Virgin Active has hired South Africabased Standard Bank Group Ltd to list the British health...

(AP)â€”The gap appears to be closing between death rates for black and white Americans infected with the AIDS virus. A...

Study highlights brain cellsâ€™ role in navigating environment

Pentagon study claimed Putin has Aspergerâ€™s syndrome

A new Dartmouth College study sheds light on the brain cells that function in establishing oneâ€™s location and direction....

A Pentagon study from 2008 claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has Aspergerâ€™s syndrome, giving him a need...

Explainer: what is insomnia and what can you do about it?

Can We Actually Talk About Recovery This Year?

We all have a poor nightâ€™s sleep from time to time: those nights when you lie awake for hours trying desperately to...

Here we are in early February, just over a month since many of us resolved to make dramatic personal overhauls of...

Novel method projects growth potential of new firms

Neanderthals disappeared from the Iberian Peninsula before than from the rest of Europe

New businesses spring up all the time in the U.S. But which ones have the greatest ability to become big? A method developed...

NASA-NOAAâ€™s Suomi NPP satellite sees pollution from fires in Southwestern Australia On February 5, 2015, several bushfires were raging near the city of Northcliff, located in southern Western Australia, triggering...

Until a few months ago different scientific articles, including those published in â€˜Natureâ€˜, dated the disappearance...

Norwegian lemmings dress loudly and scream even louder to survive The conspicuous, bold colors of the Norwegian lemmingâ€™s fur and its loud barks serve as warnings to predators that...

An â€˜ambulanceâ€™ for the brain

Do cops need college?

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IMAGE:Â Michigan State University criminologist William Terrill is conducting the most comprehensive research to date...

Hospital crisis stokes anger in preelection Britain

Emotions, not science, rule U.S. climate change debate: study

Stafford (United Kingdom) (AFP) â€“ The protest tents are being taken down but resentment burns on in Stafford,...

By Chris Arsenault ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Despite a scientific consensus that...

Meaning-centered group therapy beneficial in advanced cancer

Another breastfeeding benefit: Preparing babyâ€™s belly for solid food

(HealthDay)â€”Meaning-centered group psychotherapy (MCGP) is effective for reducing psychological distress and improving...

The moment of birth marks the beginning of a beautiful, lifelong relationship between a baby and the billions of microbes...

Simplified lung ultrasound protocol shows excellent prediction of extravascular lung water in ventilated intensive care patients

Loss of sclerostin promotes osteoarthritis in mice via ?-catenindependent and -independent Wnt pathways

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10 Commitments to Make to Become a Happy, Successful Woman

The One Thing You Must Know to End Emotional Eating for Good

Commandments come from the outside and they are things we have to do. Commitments come from the inside, stemming...

How many times have you sworn on everything youâ€™ve ever owned that you would stop binging on the weekends,...

Why Happiness Comes From Within

3 Ancient Parables to Challenge and Shift Your Perspective

Seeking happiness outside of ourselves is like

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Malawiâ€™s Child Mortality Rate Dropped 72% With A Program Any Poor Country Can Replicate

Retired CIA agent uses spy skills for new healing mission

A new report found that 78 percent of surveyed countries face overwhelming obstacles in reducing deaths in children....

ASHBURN, Va. â€” To the naked eye itâ€™s nearly impossible to tell what has Eric Brenner so excited. For the first...

Anthem hack highlights desirability of stolen health records

Could working at a treadmill desk make you smarter?

Anthem, the nationâ€™s second largest health insurer, has warned up to 80 million Americans that their health care records...

Itâ€™s been said that â€œsitting is the new smokingâ€ â€” and an increasing number of office workers are...

Genetics lab unravels mystery killing at sea

Human insights inspire solutions for household robots

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In a crisis, the bigger your social network, the better

Conservation looks good too

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Chances of saving with solar energy greater for Indiana farms than homes IMAGE:Â Purdue energy economist Wally Tyner found that current policies enable Indiana businesses to save money by using...

IMAGE:Â Images show increasing levels of conservation buffers on one of four landscape study sites on the Palouse, a...

Chimpanzees learn â€˜food callsâ€™ AUDIO:Â This is the sound of a grunt call of a chimpanzee. view more Credit: UZH Chimpanzees living in...

Hackers see rewarding targets in health care companies

Pop Warner youth football sued over Wisconsin manâ€™s suicide

Health care is a treasure trove for criminals looking to steal reams of personal information, as the hacking of...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) â€” The mother of a Wisconsin man who died in 2012 sued the Pop Warner organization Thursday,...

UK sets October deadline for doctors to record FGM cases

NYC subway germs reflect their neighborhoods

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Family doctors in Britain will have to start recording cases of female...

By Andrew M. Seaman The germs that call New York Cityâ€™s subways, parks and waterways home...

5 infants at Illinois day care diagnosed with measles

Medical Mystery: Woman Becomes Obese After Fecal Transplant

CHICAGO (AP) â€” Five infants who attend a suburban Chicago day care center have been diagnosed with measles...

A woman became obese after a fecal transplant â€” hinting at the complexity of how obesity works in the body, experts...

Moderate drinking linked to lower heart failure risk

Why do new strains of HIV spread slowly

A large new study suggests that people who have up to seven drinks a week in middle age have a lower risk of heart failure...

Most HIV epidemics are still dominated by the first strain that entered a particular population. New research published...

5 children at Illinois day care diagnosed with measles

Puerto Rico declares flu epidemic; 1 dead, 140 hospitalized

(AP)â€”Health officials say five children under age 1 who attend the same suburban Chicago day care have been diagnosed...

(AP)â€”Puerto Ricoâ€™s health secretary has declared a flu epidemic in the U.S. territory that has temporarily...

Uganda government under fire over health workers â€˜brain-drainâ€™

Carnivorous mushroom reveals human immune trick

Ugandaâ€™s government came in for fresh

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against pest roundworms and can eat them too. One of the tricks it has is a...

What You Need to Know About ThreeParent Babies (Because Theyâ€™re Coming)

Experts Weigh In on What Would Happen If You Didnâ€™t Shower Like The Bachelorâ€˜s Britt

If you could prevent your future child from having a mitochondrial diseaseâ€”the kind that could mean he or she could...

There was all kinds of crazy on Monday nightâ€™s The Bachelor (who can forget Kelseyâ€™s bizarre pre-rose ceremony...

One Daring Dude Shares What Men Masturbate To

These States Donâ€™t Require Vaccinations For Home-School Students

Masturbation is great. You know it. Youâ€™ve done it. At least I assume you have. If you havenâ€™t, I canâ€™t...

Half of U.S. states donâ€™t require home-school students to be vaccinated against diseases that include measles,...

7 Reasons Your Wife Is Stressed Out All the Time

College Freshmen Are More Depressed And Alone Than Ever

Many men come into my office complaining about their wife acting so stressed out all the time. And sometimes the...

College freshmen are spending less time with friends than ever, a survey released Thursday shows, a shift that experts...

The Secret Life of a Teenage Caregiver

How Creative Geniuses Come Up With Great Ideas

The keys of my computer made a series of muted clicks as I typed, the computer screen giving off a soft glow in...

Bedding and pillows improve positioning in stroke patients Many patients with a cerebral injury cannot move independently. Every year, 45,000 new stroke patients are affected in such...

The power of light-matter coupling Light and matter can be so strongly linked that their characteristics become indistinguishable. These light-matter couplings...

New understanding of electron behavior at tips of carbon nanocones could help provide candidates One of the ways of improving electrons manipulation is though better control over one of their inner characteristics, called...

In 2002, Markus Zusak sat down to write a book. He began by mapping out the beginning and the end of the story....

UVA discovers trigger for protective immune response to spinal cord injuries IMAGE:Â Sachin Gadani is lead author of a new paper detailing the findings. Gadani is a graduate student in the University...

Social freezing: The pros and cons of oocyte storage The announcement by Apple and Facebook that they would pay for their employees to place oocytes in frozen storageâ€“so-called...

Octopus robot makes waves with ultrafast propulsion IMAGE:Â This is the octopus robot before hyperinflation with water. view more Credit: University of Southampton Scientists...

Lawmakers want tougher vaccine exemptions amid measles outbreak

Democrats hit GOP plan for replacing Obama health care law

By Eric M. Johnson and Shelby Sebens SEATTLE/PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) â€“ Several U.S. states...

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” A plan by three Republican lawmakers for replacing President Barack Obamaâ€™s health...

Michigan governor hospitalized due to blood clot in leg

German economy minister says no haircut on Greek debt without reform

(Reuters) â€“ Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was taken to an Ann Arbor-area hospital on Thursday for treatment...

BERLIN (Reuters) â€“ German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Thursday Greece could not expect a haircut...

Insulin Resistance: The Real Reason Why You Arenâ€™t Losing Weight

Using Health Know-How to Build Healthier Communities

Many people have weight loss as one of their key resolutions. Sadly, 35 percent of people also give up on that goal...

In the world of community development, the fact that ZIP code often trumps genetic code in determining a personâ€™s...

Americans still stressed about money,

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spreading importance of mental health â€¦ With just a five-minute conversation, an individual can help break the silence around mental health.Â In a campaign by...

Arkansasâ€™ 1st-in-the nation Medicaid expansion survives

Michelle Obama announces funding to fight childhood obesity

(AP)â€”Arkansasâ€™ first-in-the-nation program using federal funds to purchase private insurance for the poor...

(AP)â€”First lady Michelle Obama visited a school on Manhattanâ€™s Upper West Side on Thursday to announce a $500...

Signaling pathway helps protect healthy tissue from overly active immune responses

Intrauterine devices, implant contraception effective beyond FDAapproved use

Researchers have uncovered a pathway thatâ€™s key for protecting healthy tissue from overly active immune responses....

New research indicates that hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs) and contraceptive implants remain highly effective one...

Simple test detects increased risks in patients with acute kidney injury

Are Those Razor Bumpsâ€¦Or an STD?

A simple test can help predict which patients with acute kidney injury will likely develop serious kidney problems and die...

The skin of your vagina is the most delicate of your entire anatomy. No wonder itâ€™s such a target for issues and...

Women Who Do THIS Workout Have the Most Sex

11 Must-Know Facts About the Male Body in Under 1 Minute

Being a CrossFit junkie has its perksâ€”and weâ€™re not just talking about being able to do pullups and lift...

Oh, penises. Canâ€™t live with â€˜em, canâ€™t live without â€˜emâ€”are we right, ladies? SoÂ in...

Why Is Nearsightedness Skyrocketing Among Chinese Youth?

First Stars Fired Up 140 Million Years Later Than Previously Thought

i The number of children who need glasses is quickly rising across East Asia. But some parents and doctors...

i A visualization of the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB, as detected by ESAâ€™s...

5 Historical Figures Who Dared To Be Pro-Vaccine Before Their Time

The 6 Most Dangerous Words and Phrases

With more than 100 confirmed cases of measles in the United States so far this year, many of which have been linked...

Communication is a powerful tool. Words have the power to hurt, heal, inspire, motivate, or isolate another person....

Root Chakra Tune Up: Yoga Sequence From Stephanie Snyder

What Is Your Legacy?

By Yoga Journal Cultivate a sense of earthiness, radiance, and stability through asana, breath, and meditation in...

The View Is Always the Same on a Hedonic Treadmill I laughed during the movie Groundhog Day at Bill Murrayâ€™s frustrations. Day in and day out, the same events...

Cell signaling pathway goes awry in common pediatric brain tumor A new study by Johns Hopkins researchers links a well-known cell communication pathway called Notch to one of the most common...

â€œVery good, Jason Grace,â€ Notus said. â€œYou are a son of Jupiter, yet you have chosen your own...

How long can you keep your IUD? Many women today are opting for intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants to prevent unwanted pregnancies. This â€œfix...

Reports from Columbiaâ€™s Superfund program show many US wells tainted with arsenic February 4, 2015 â€” Naturally occurring arsenic in private wells threatens people in many U.S. states and parts of...

Illinois trailing other states in girls studying science, math

Drug-resistant bacteria lurk in subway stations, high school students discover

IMAGE:Â Half as many girls in Illinois are preparing for careers in STEM, according to a study by, from left, curriculum...

IMAGE:Â As part of Pathomap, a project sampling environmental DNA in New York City, students in Rockefeller Universityâ€™s...

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Cooperation, considered Aside from the obvious, what is it that separates Mother Theresa from Sean Penn? Both have tried to perform charitable acts...

Cesium atoms shaken, not stirred, to create elusive excitation in superfluid IMAGE:Â University of Chicago scientists can create an exotic, particle-like excitation called a roton in superfluids...

Lawsuit claiming needles in Burger King food heads to trial

U.S. approves Medicare coverage for lung cancer screening

HONOLULU (AP) â€” A lawsuit filed by a retired soldier who swallowed needles in a Burger King sandwich is headed...

NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ U.S. health regulators on Thursday approved Medicare coverage for lung cancer screening...

States investigate massive breach at health insurer Anthem

Maps Show Consequences of Not Vaccinating Kids

By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ Several U.S. states are investigating a massive cyberattack...

The U.S. may be suffering through one of the worst measles outbreaks in years, but there are parts of the world...

Measles Hits Illinois Daycare Center: 5 Infants Believed Infected

Daughter of Whitney Houston still on life support: family source

Five infants from a Chicago-area day care facility have been diagnosed with measles, according to the Illinois Department...

By Colleen Jenkins (Reuters) â€“ The only child of the late singer Whitney Houston has not been...

How to Eat Clean and Get Active for 1 Year!

Watch How Measles Spreads When Kids Get Vaccinated â€” And When They Donâ€™t

How would you like to add three simple changes in your life to make this year even better? Even better, you can...

Here are 10 hypothetical communities with different vaccination rates. They show just how important high rates of...

Measles Hits Chicago-Area Daycare Center

Replace â€˜Shouldâ€™ With â€˜Could to Live a Happier Life

This undated image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Feb. 4, 2015 shows an electron...

My personality sometimes makes it hard for me to accept things as they come. When I want something, I want it...

Resveratrol Found In Red Wine May Help Prevent Memory Loss, Study Says

Foods that should never be refrigerated

A compound found in foods including red wine, grapes, and peanuts may help prevent age-related memory loss, according...

February 5, 2015, 11:43 AM|The cold of the refrigerator can help some fruits and vegetables stay fresh longer, but they may...

The biggest cause of stress in America today

Improving genome editing with drugs

Money continues to be the leading cause of stress for Americans, a new survey finds. Overall, stress in the United States...

One of the most exciting scientific advances made in recent years is CRISPRâ€“the ability to precisely edit the genome...

Sodium carbonate capsules used to capture carbon safely

New source of cells for modeling malaria

Using the same baking soda found in most grocery stores, Lawrence Livermore scientists, along with colleagues from Harvard...

CAMBRIDGE, MA â€” In 2008, the World Health Organization announced a global effort to eradicate malaria, which kills...

Chromosomal shattering cures genetic disease, brainâ€™s ode to Turing, and other stories

When scientists play with LEGO: A new creative version of pinned insect manipulator

A catastrophic chromosomal event cures a patient of her rare immunodeficiency disease; a new theory on what drives self-control;...

IMAGE:Â This image shows four different sized manipulators shown for comparison view more Credit: B. Price Scientists...

Medical marijuana for children with developmental and behavioral disorders?

Five babies at suburban Chicago daycare center have measles

February 5, 2015 â€“ As medical marijuana becomes increasingly accepted, there is growing interest in its use for children...

By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) â€“ Five babies at a suburban Chicago daycare center have...

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UNICEF says 300,000 displaced by Malawi floods, double previous estimate By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ More than 300,000 people have been...

Americaâ€™s New Single-Payer Majority The Republican-led House of Representatives just unsuccessfully attempted to undo the Affordable Care Act for the...

Chimps joining new troop learn its â€˜words': study

Gap in death rate narrows for blacks, whites with HIV

By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ Just as Bostonians moving to Tokyo ditch â€œgrapefruitâ€...

NEW YORK (AP) â€” For many years, black Americans infected with the AIDS virus have died at much higher rates...

Wisconsin patient in isolation after testing negative for Ebola

Doctor says motherâ€™s prayer restarted dead boyâ€™s heart

By Brendan Oâ€™Brien (Reuters) â€“ A preliminary test for the Ebola virus has come back...

Members of the Dubuque Fire Department perform an ice-rescue training on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, in Dubuque, Iowa.Â (AP...

UK study suggests half of British population will develop cancer

â€˜Facebook envyâ€™ associated with symptoms of depression

A woman undergoes chemotherapy treatment at a cancer center.Â (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) A new British study offers a stark...

Thursday February 5 2015 Facebook is the worldâ€™s largest social network â€œFacebook can cause depression...

E-cigarettes may make lungs vulnerable to infection

Five babies at suburban Chicago daycare center have measles: report

Thursday February 5 2015 E-cigarettes release a vapour of glycerol and nicotine â€œVaping may not be as safe...

CHICAGO (Reuters) â€“ Five babies at a suburban Chicago daycare center have been diagnosed with measles, according...

WHO still concerned about spread of Saudi MERS virus

Head of FDA stepping down, chief scientist to take over

LONDON (Reuters) â€“ The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it remained worried about the spread of...

Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, listens during a House Energy and Commerce Oversight...

Cluster of measles outbreak reported in Illinois

Singles who use emojis have more sex, study finds

Health officials in Illinois are investigating a cluster of measles at a Cook County daycare center, the Chicago Sun-Times...

Using smiley faces in text messages can keep you happy in bed, a new study claims.Â Singles who communicate with emojis...

Talking to older patients about driving is a challenge for docs

Patient ratings not linked to cancer surgery outcomes

Many people expect, or hope, that the family doctor will intervene to help take away the car keys from an unsafe older driver,...

For hospitals, patient satisfaction ratings donâ€™t necessarily line up with cancer surgery stats, according to a new...

Researchers find that neurons in the primary visual cortex listen to just a small subset of synaptic inputs

Antipsychotic meds prompt zombie-like state among patients

(Medical Xpress)â€”A team of bio-researchers with members affiliated with institutions in the U.K., Switzerland and...

Electronic cigarettes and smoking cessation: an interview with Professor Peter Hajek Interview conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, BA Hons (Cantab) Prof. Peter HajekTHOUGHT LEADERS SERIESâ€¦insight from...

Interviews with community members who are taking antipsychotic medication for mental health problems have added to growing...

Half of people in the UK will develop cancer, says new estimate By Sally Robertson, BSc One in two people will develop cancer in their lifetime, according to new calculations from Cancer...

DWHP sells Career Step Holdings to Revelstoke

InDemand Interpreting awarded group purchasing contract with Premier

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Isis receives $10 million from Biogen

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Idec to begin IND-supporting studies of ISIS-BIIB4 Rx

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FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg Reportedly Will Step Down

6 Dangerous Anti-Vaccination Arguments Analyzed, Explained, And Shut Down

i Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg in a photo taken last May. Hamburg, who...

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Science has provided ample evidence that childhood vaccines are safe and effective, and public health authorities...

Stress Tip: Replace One Bad Habit With One Good One For the next 30 days, GPS for the Soul and meQuilibrium are providing you tips on how to live a healthier, happier...

Why We Should Be More Self-Accepting (According To Science)

What Really Works When Youâ€™re Too Anxious To Fall Asleep

You say â€œI love youâ€ to your grandmother, your significant other and maybe even the stranger on the...

Why is it that just when our heads hit the pillow our thoughts take off in a sprint? Our brains have this annoying...

Doctor provides roadside assistance at Virginia truck stop clinic

USC neurogeneticists harness immune cells to clear Alzheimerâ€™sassociated plaques

February 5, 2015, 8:42 AM|A decorated hero who served with the Armyâ€™s elite Delta Force recently earned another honor:...

Parenting and depression study: Fathers are at risk, too In stressful family circumstances, parenthood sometimes take a bigger toll on fathersâ€™ mental health. Scholars at...

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New study finds that parenthood is one of the risk factors for increased depressive symptoms An article to be released at 9 a.m. eastern on February 5, 2015 by Social Work titled, â€œGender Differences in Depression...

US scientists find 15-million-year-old mollusk protein

15-million-year-old mollusk protein found

IMAGE:Â A 15-million year old fossil gastropod, Ecphora, from the Calvert Cliffs of southern Maryland is depicted. The...

Electricity delivers therapy to tumors in potentially new treatment, bioengineer says

Pfizer to buy Hospira for $15 billion to boost copycat drug business

A team of researchers has devised a new way to target tumors with cancer-fighting drugs, a discovery that may lead to clinical...

(Reuters) â€“ Drugmaker Pfizer Inc said it would buy Hospira Inc for about $15 billion to boost its portfolio...

Pfizer buying Hospira for about $15.23 billion

Health insurer Anthem hit by massive cybersecurity breach

NEW YORK (AP) â€” Pfizer is buying Hospira for approximately $15.23 billion, saying it is a good fit with its...

By Supriya Kurane and Jim Finkle (Reuters) â€“ Health insurer Anthem Inc , which has nearly 40 million U.S....

Cigna fourth-quarter profit rises 29 percent due to higher premium revenue

World Health Organization says Ebola cases increase slightly

(Reuters) â€“ Health insurer Cigna Corp CI.N reported a 29 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit, driven by...

LONDON (AP) â€” The number of Ebola cases in West Africa has gone up for the first time this year, the World...

Top US doctor says medical marijuana may help some conditions

Review calls for global fund to fight dangerous superbugs

The United Statesâ€™ top doctor said that medical marijuana can help some patients in comments on Wednesday that may...

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Hearing loss an oft-overlooked problem for hospice patients Among dying hospice patients, hearing problems are often overlooked, but shouldnâ€™t be, experts say.Families and physicians...

Experimental blood flow â€˜reducerâ€™ provides relief for some angina patients A new study finds that an experimental device implanted in the heart can relieve the chest pain of heart disease in people...

USANA Health Sciences Singapore obtains CaseTrust accreditation

HealthFusion launches new Chronic Care Management module

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HealthFusion, maker of MediTouchÂ® EHR, the leading cloud computing software for physicians, hospitals, and medical billing...

Study: Lower-income students in China have better vision compared to middleclass counterparts

Newly found peptide may reduce desire for food

In one of the largest population-based studies ever conducted on nearsightedness in children, researchers have discovered...

New research shows that time-based intervention can improve self-control A study conducted by researchers at Kansas State University is the first to demonstrate increases in both self-control and...

Researchers have identified a peptide and hormone that when administered to a specific area of the brain may reduce the desire...

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5 Scary Symptoms That Are Usually Harmless

The Power of Touch Between Mom And Baby

SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Linda Melone After 50, aches, pains and the occasional muscle twinge become a fact of...

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Giving Every Child a Fair Chance in Life Is a Defining Challenge For Our Generation

Americansâ€™ misconceptions about cancer risks

BartekSzewczyk via Getty Images But falling in love, like applying to medical school, requires a different sort of strength....

Grim milestone for lung cancer February 5, 2015, 6:01 AM|Lung cancer is now the leading cause of death of women in developed countries, surpassing breast...

Fewer than half of Americans are aware that some major lifestyle factors can affect their cancer risk, a new survey suggests. Instead,...

Why do we believe celebrity pseudoscience? As a society weâ€™re obsessed with celebrities. We just canâ€™t get enough of their drama, bad fashion decisions...

Large study of hypertension patients highlights key moments at which to intervene

Lower-income students in China found to have better vision than middle-class peers

High blood pressure is the most common risk factor for heart disease and death worldwide, and yet the answers to some of...

SAN FRANCISCO â€“ Feb. 5, 2014 â€“ In one of the largest population-based studies ever conducted on nearsightedness...

Paramedics may be first line of treatment for stroke

Is surgery a viable treatment option for patients age 80+ with acute spinal conditions?

There is no time to waste when it comes to stroke. The more time that passes between stroke onset and treatment, the worse...

ROSEMONT, Ill.â€“As the number of Americans age 80 and older continues to rise, so does the percentage of patients with...

Brain marker hints at depression, anxiety years later

Brainâ€™s response to angry or fearful faces may reveal vulnerability to stress

IMAGE:Â Looking at angry or fearful faces triggers the amygdala â€” a brain structure that controls our responses...

Duke University scientists have a new strategy to predict whether individuals are at an increased risk for depression or...

Pfizer to buy Hospira for about $15

Israelâ€™s EndyMed a top stock on

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FDA wrinkle treatment approval

(Reuters) â€“ Drugmaker Pfizer Inc said it would buy Hospira Inc for about $15 billion to gain access to...

By Tova Cohen CAESAREA, Israel (Reuters) â€“ One of Israelâ€™s best performing stocks in...

Texas jury selection to start for man charged with killing sniper Kyle

Cigna fourth-quarter profit beats Street on higher premium revenue

By Marice Richter DALLAS (Reuters) â€“ The first steps in jury selection are set to begin on...

(Reuters) â€“ Health insurer Cigna Corp CI.N reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter adjusted profit...

AstraZeneca to buy Actavis lung drugs as earnings fall short

Poor vision more common in Chinaâ€™s well-off kids: study

By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) â€“ AstraZeneca AZN.L said on Thursday it would buy Actavisâ€™ ACT.N...

A study involving 20,000 children in China said Thursday that poor kids are far less likely to be nearsighted than...

FDA commissioner to stand down after six years: sources

Disneyland measles outbreak isnâ€™t largest in recent memory

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Dr. Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), who for...

In this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, photo, pediatrician Charles Goodman vaccinates 1-year-old Cameron Fierro with the measles-mumps-rubella...

Ebola cases increase slightly, says WHO

Ebola virus sent to lower-tier lab likely not dangerous, says CDC

A woman is injected by a health care worker, left, as she takes part in an Ebola virus vaccine trial, at one of the largest...

A high-security federal laboratory made a frightening mistake in sending certain Ebola samples to a lab with fewer safeguards,...

Why you should, and shouldnâ€™t, worry about measles

Daily pot use not associated with brain shrinkage, study says

This thin-section transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveals a single virus particle, or virion, of measles virus.Â (CDC.gov) Measles...

Â (REUTERS/Michael Kooren) Daily marijuana use is not associated with brain shrinkage when using a like-for-like method...

A rare new plant inspires the first genus named after Sir David Attenborough

Attention! How eyes reveal the brainâ€™s focus

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IMAGE:Â Monkeys find the faces of other monkeys impossible to ignore, especially if theyâ€™re showing some sort...

Cheap and abundant chemical outperforms precious metals as a catalyst

Paramedics may be first source of treatment for stroke patients, UCLA study finds

IMAGE:Â A crystal dispersing a beam of light serves as a metaphor for a striking, natural chemical process that is seemingly...

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Exclusive: U.S. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to step down

Factbox: Hospitals launching pilots of Apple health tech

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA),...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) â€“ Apple Incâ€™s healthcare technology is spreading quickly among major U.S....

Exclusive: Appleâ€™s health tech takes early lead among top hospitals

Team finds gene that confirms existence of psoriatic arthritis

By Christina Farr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) â€“ Apple Incâ€™s healthcare technology is spreading...

PsA is a common form of inflammatory form of arthritis causing pain and stiffness in joints and tendons that can lead to...

Sanofi profit soars on lower Lemtrada charge

Researchers develop tri-layered artificial blood vessels

Sanofi SA says its net profit soared 26.3 percent in the fourth quarter thanks to lower charges against Lemtrada, its multiple...

By combining micro-imprinting and electrospinning techniques, researchers at Shanghai Universityâ€™s Rapid Manufacturing...

Scientists investigate how T cells in

Study reports high rate of chromosomal

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colorectal tumors actively fight cancer In recent years, a standard follow-up to colorectal cancer surgery has been to analyze the tumor tissue for the presence...

abnormalities in patients in whom NIPT fails to provide results / no comments Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Cell free DNA analysis less effective than sequential screening in finding fetal chromosomal abnormalities

Endogenous cannabinoids linked to weight gain in people with schizophrenia

In a study to be presented on Feb. 5 in an oral plenary session at 8 a.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicineâ€™s...

Cannabinoids may be involved in the weight gain that occurs in people with schizophrenia who are treated with the antipsychotic...

Scientists awarded Agri-Tech Catalyst funding to develop new varieties of pearl millet to tackle diabetes

Gotcha: Satellites Help Strip Seafood Pirates Of Their Booty

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i Fish on ice in Palau Misa Island, Indonesia. Thanks to satellite data, John Amos of SkyTruth can track...

Researchers find gene that confirms existence of psoriatic arthritis

Preventing greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere

PsA is a common form of inflammatory form of arthritis causing pain and stiffness in joints and tendons that can lead to...

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Evidence from warm past confirms recent IPCC estimates of climate sensitivity

Final results of the HIV prevention study VOICE are published in NEJM

New evidence showing the level of atmospheric CO2 millions of years ago supports recent climate change predications from...

Smartphone, finger prick, 15 minutes, diagnosis â€” done! IMAGE:Â Smartphone dongles performed a pointof-care HIV and syphilis test in Rwanda from finger prick whole blood in...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 4, 2015 â€“ Researchers who conducted VOICE, a major HIV prevention trial involving more than 5,000...

Lung cancer now leading cause of cancer death in females in developed countries ATLANTA â€“ February 4, 2015-A new analysis led by researchers at the American Cancer Society in collaboration with...

Republicans used to support the EPA, says former administrator

Big business crushed ballot measures in 2014

William Ruckelshaus, whoÂ served as the first administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under Richard...

Anthem Inc. quickly mounted its defenses when consumer advocates pushed for a 2014 ballot initiative in California...

Smartphone can test for HIV, syphilis: study

U.S. FDA commissioner to stand down after six years: sources

US researchers have found a way to turn a common smartphone into a quick and easy device to conduct field tests...

By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Dr. Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the U.S. Food and...

Poorest children more likely to die young in developing countries

GOP lawmakers: Scrap Obama health law, use tax credits

By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ A â€œlottery of birthâ€ is...

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” Three Republican lawmakers eager to repeal President Barack Obamaâ€™s health care...

Plane crash survivor overcomes odds to write book

8 ways sex affects your brain

While vacationing in Burma in 2012, 74-year-old Allan Lokos and his wife Susanna were onboard a flight bound for a small...

Hackers steal tens of millions of records from health insurer Anthem WSJ (Reuters) â€“ Health insurer Anthem Inc said hackers broke into a database containing personal information...

Understanding how sex affects your brain can improve your roll in the hay, and it may also shed light on other parts of...

7 Buys for the Germaphobic Traveler Weâ€™re warding off travel bugs in ways both silly (a germ-fighting scarf) and smart (hand-held sanitizing...

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Ebola: Testing the New Vaccines in Liberia

Son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy gets prison for probation violations

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(Reuters) â€“ An adult son of the Nevada rancher who was at the center of an armed standoff with federal agents...

Californians called on to help study disease afflicting native pigeons

Wisconsin middle-schoolers accused of throwing Xmas sex party

(Reuters) â€“ California wildlife authorities are asking residents to take down bird baths and feeders if they...

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) â€“ Four Wisconsin adolescents may face sexual assault charges after having a sex party...

Study examines four risk factors that can lead families to varying degrees of hunger

USF scientists develop handheld sensor to debunk fraudulent seafood species claims

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Scientists at the University of South Floridaâ€™s College of Marine Science have developed a handheld sensor capable...

Biodegradable microstructures may help repair tissue, prevent heart failure

Study shows that babies born prematurely grow out of their asthma

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Scripps Green Hospital treats peripheral artery disease patient using new drug-coated balloon

Resveratrol found in red grapes, peanuts may help prevent age-related decline in memory

A doctor at Scripps Green Hospital this week became the first in California to use a new drugcoated balloon to treat peripheral...

A compound found in common foods such as red grapes and peanuts may help prevent age-related decline in memory, according...

What Happens When You Ask Four Different Guys How Good They Are in Bed

The Best Playlist for Butt Workouts

So youâ€™ve just rounded home base with the newish guy youâ€™re dating or youâ€™re deep in wedded bliss....

Why the government would have us pay more for poorer health The Coalition government has been claiming that Australiaâ€™s public health system is unsustainable since the 2014 budget....

Endoscopic inside stent placement is suitable as a bridging treatment for preoperative biliary tract cancer 1 Medical Oncology Division, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, 3-9,...

Every week,Â Your New Favorite PlaylistÂ introduces you to workout-worthy tunes from a different fitness brand. This...

A qualitative study exploring the determinants of maternal health service uptake in post-conflict Burundi and Northern Uganda 1 Peace Research Institute Oslo, Oslo, GrÃ¸nland, Norway ...

From patient care to research: a validation study examining the factors contributing to data quality in a primary care electronic medical record database 1 Department of Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada ...

Results of a survey among GP practices on how they manage patient safety aspects related to point-of-care testing in every day practice

Co-occurrence of IBS and symptoms of anxiety or depression, among Norwegian twins, is influenced by both heredity and intrauterine growth

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Health insurer Anthem hit by hackers

Fossils from heart of Amazon provide evidence that South American monkeys came from Africa

Health insurer Anthem says hackers infiltrated its computer network and accessed a swathe of personal information about current...

IMAGE:Â This is an artist rendering of what South Americaâ€™s oldest known monkey might have looked like. It was...

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A smart grid self-organized simply IMAGE:Â Decentrally organised electricity supply: According to a study carried out by researchers from the Max Planck...

Newly discovered protein has link to gestational diabetes DURHAM, N.C. â€“ For at least 40 years, scientists who study how the body metabolizes sugar have accepted one point:...

New nanoparticle gene therapy strategy effectively treats deadly brain cancer in rats Fast Facts Gene therapy may effectively treat glioma, a deadly form of brain cancer, but getting the right genes...

Neuroimaging studies review suggests areas of agreement in psychiatric diagnoses A review of neuroimaging studies suggests there are areas of agreement across psychiatric diagnoses in terms of the integrity...

Increasing contraceptive knowledge to promote safe use of isotretinoin

U.S. health insurer Anthem hit by massive cybersecurity breach

An information sheet on contraceptives improved knowledge about their effectiveness among women visiting a dermatology practice,...

By Supriya Kurane and Jim Finkle (Reuters) â€“ Health insurer Anthem Inc, which has nearly 40 million U.S....

A Look Inside Anti-Vaccine Enclaves

3-Year-Old Cancer-Fighting â€˜Wonder Womanâ€™ Gets Like From Lynda Carter

Ohio was home to a measles outbreak last year that was tied to the Amish community, which is largely unvaccinated, according...

A 3-year-old Texas girl who marked the end of eight months of chemotherapy treatment in a Wonder Woman costume got the ultimate...

Improving the drug withdrawal process could reduce number of deaths

Potential pancreatic cancer treatment could increase life expectancy

The number of deaths associated with drugs that were subsequently withdrawn from the market could have been reduced had...

Pancreatic cancer cells are notorious for being protected by a fortress of tissue, making it difficult to deliver drugs...

Engineers create smartphone accessory for rapid diagnosis of infectious diseasesâ€”HIV and syphilisâ€”at point of care

Premature babies grow out of asthma Large-scale Danish study from the University of Copenhagen shows that premature babies grow out of the asthma which they...

A team of researchers, led by Samuel K. Sia, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has...

The Type of Women Men Find Most Attractive

The Objects Guys Used to Use As Condoms Will Scare Your Vagina

George Clooneyâ€™s not the only one turned on by smart, successful women these days: In its justreleased Singles...

True fact: The first latex condom wasnâ€™t made until the 1920s. But, obviously, people were getting busy without...

What You Need to Know About the Measles Outbreak

Measles + Low Vaccination Rates = Big Headaches For Schools

From influenzaÂ to Ebola, it seems like thereâ€™s always an illness that has the general public worried about their...

i California is one of 20 states that allow parents to opt out of vaccination requirements for reasons of...

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Sequential treatment for a patient with hemifacial microsomia: 10 year-long term follow up

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Beer and wine consumption and risk of knee or hip osteoarthritis: a case control study

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Your Career: A Love Story

Experiences Of Art, Nature And Spirituality May Help Prevent Disease, Study Finds

Is it realistic to believe you can love what you do? I tow the line that it is and at the same time, everything...

Rich CEO Proves Dentists Can Treat Poor Kids And Still Make A Living

Taking in the glory of nature at the top of a mountain peak, joining in a song of worship or viewing a breathtakingly...

An Ounce of Prevention

www.slate.com: One of the most shameful gaps in the American health care system involves the...

February 6 is National Wear Red Day, a day to raise awareness for heart disease in women. I admittedly donâ€™t...

Supercapacitors poised to help boost vehicle fuel efficiency

Crucial role of breast cancer tumor suppressor revealed

Unlike slow and steady batteries, supercapacitors gulp up energy rapidly and deliver it in fast, powerful jolts. A growing...

Women and people with offspring are more prepared to pay for environmental improvements

BICEP2 and Planck joint study: Gravitational waves remain elusive

IMAGE:Â This is Dr David Hoyos. view more Credit: UPV/EHU This news release is available in Spanish....

IMAGE:Â This is the BICEP telescope (foreground) at the South Pole. view more Credit: HarvardSmithsonian Center...

Kidney images reveal the secrets of how organ develops

Understanding air pollution from biomass burners used for heating

Striking images reveal new insights into how the kidney develops from a group of cells into a complex organ. The pictures...

As many places in the U.S. and Europe increasingly turn to biomass rather than fossil fuels for power and heat, scientists...

Measles Q&A: Should I Split Up My Babyâ€™s Vaccinations?

Measles Q&A: Should My Kids Be Around Unvaccinated Children?

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Measles Q&A: If Iâ€™m Vaccinated, Can I Infect Others?

Measles Q&A: Is This A Big Deal?

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Measles Q&A: Should Adults Get the Vaccine?

Health and Beauty Tips for the Modern Day Busy Lady

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When I thought my life couldnâ€™t get any worse with working until 10 p.m. on a Summer Friday, when my desk...

New device could be solution for the most deadly form of cancer

Kidsâ€™ exercise guidelines need more focus on brain development, experts say

Compared to a control (left), mice treated with a chemotherapy drug using the device experienced significant growth reduction...

Final results of the HIV prevention study VOICE published Researchers who conducted VOICE, a major HIV prevention trial involving more than 5,000 women in Africa, describe the studyâ€™s...

Monounsaturated fatty acids may improve adipose dysfunction

Sports medicine experts say physical activity guidelines for kids should address the best types of exercise, not just the...

Paramedics may be first source of treatment for stroke patients, study finds In the first study of its kind, a consortium led by UCLA physicians found that paramedics can start medications for patients...

Study identifies factors predicting infection risk in patients with serious

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Internal tissue adhesive approved

The Truth About Herbal Supplements: Many of Them Donâ€™t Actually Contain Herbs

(HealthDay)â€”The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first tissue adhesive for internal use. Known...

A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has identified a set of characteristics â€“ including...

You might have heard that taking certain nonprescription supplements containing herbs, plants, and other â€œnaturalâ€...

5 Ridiculous Treatments That Promise to Upgrade Your Vagina

Does Facebook Cause Depression? Depends On How You Use It

Thereâ€™s plenty you can do to keep your skin in tip-top shape, like using an anti-aging cream before bed to getting...

i A University of Missouri study shows that if your Facebook lurking triggers envy, then depression follows. ...

BMC Oral Health reviewer acknowledgement 2014

How to Be Your True Self

Irene Aartman Netherlands Jenny Abanto Brazil Guy Adami USA Charlene Africa South Africa Pius Agbenorku Ghana Hermann Agis Austria Basaruddin...

Who am I? Who am I really? Itâ€™s the question we often ask ourselves, and usually find difficult to answer...

11 Things You Wonâ€™t Understand About Happiness Until You Are Happy

Please Donâ€™t Praise Your Kid for Playing With Mine

How many times have we heard this? Happiness is a choice. It was something I didnâ€™t quite understand until...

It happens. A kid plays with a child with a disability and the parents are proud; they want to praise their kids,...

The Value of Emotional Generosity

The Key to True Transformation

There is a lot of chatter about people being emotionally unavailable to fulfill certain roles, participate in a...

Have you noticed that there is a lot of talk these days about transformation being the brass ring on the personal...

Compound found in grapes, red wine may help prevent memory loss

Pigeon power

A compound found in common foods such as red grapes and peanuts may help prevent age-related decline in memory, according...

Scientists call for antibody â€˜bar codeâ€™ system to follow Human Genome Project IMAGE:Â Researchers from around the world want to fundamentally alter how antibodies used in research are identified,...

IMAGE:Â In a new study from the University of Iowa, researchers found that pigeons can categorize and name both natural...

Satellite animation shows February return of the Pineapple Express The â€œPineapple Expressâ€ has set up again and is bringing wet weather to the U.S. Pacific Northwest. An animation...

MGH team identifies factors predicting infection risk in patients with serious burns

University of Toronto study finds high levels of equality for Muslim women in Canada

A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has identified a set of characteristics â€“ including...

TORONTO, ON â€” A landmark study on gender equality among religious minorities in Canada sharply disputes the stereotype...

Lung cancer now deadlier than breast cancer in rich nations

Ebola virus sent out of high-security lab was likely dead: CDC

Miami (AFP) â€“ Lung cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death among women in developed nations, beating...

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) â€“ An internal investigation of an Ebola incident at...

Discovery of Bacteria That Hasnâ€™t Evolved in 2 Billion Years Is New Validation of Darwinâ€™s Theory

Doctor cleared in Britainâ€™s first female genital mutilation trial

Some things never change. And some things donâ€™t change for at least 2 billion years. An international team of scientists...

London (AFP) â€“ A London court on Wednesday acquitted a doctor of carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM),...

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Teen tobacco users likely to use it in multiple forms

California lawmakers aim to limit vaccine exemptions

By Andrew M. Seaman A national survey of U.S. middle and high school students finds that those who...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â€” California lawmakers proposed legislation Wednesday that would require parents...

U.S. health agency says 2015 Obamacare demand ramping up

Scientists create smartphone accessory that detects syphilis, HIV in 15 minutes

(Reuters) â€“ Nearly 7.5 million people have signed up for 2015 Obamacare health plans through HealthCare.gov with...

Smartphone dongles performed a point-of-care HIV and syphilis test in Rwanda from finger prick whole blood in 15 minutes,...

Kate Mara Calls Herself Boring in the New Womenâ€™s Health Issueâ€”But We Beg to Differ

Tiny robotic â€˜handsâ€™ could improve cancer diagnostics, drug delivery

Kate Mara says sheâ€™s not a very exciting person: â€œMy favorite thing to do on my days off is go to the movies,â€...

Many people imagine robots today as clunky, metal versions of humans, but scientists are forging new territory in...

Acknowledgement of manuscript reviewers, the underappreciated contributors

A peripheral giant cell granuloma with extensive osseous metaplasia or a hybrid peripheral giant cell granulomaperipheral ossifying fibroma: a case report

Sarah Abou Merhi United States of America Nader G. Abraham United States of America Charles Abramson United States of America Abdelaziz...

Dopeless Hope Fiend Most people celebrate their twenty-first birthday by drinking alcohol legally for the first time. For my twenty-first...

Time To Leave The NICU Behind â€œCome on, Joel. If we donâ€™t leave now, Iâ€™m going to want to go to sleep rather than have dinner.â€ Those...

Bread (Whole-Wheat, of Course) May Really Be the Staff of Life There is nothing like data to reverse long-standing beliefs about what is, or isnâ€™t, good to eat. For years...

North Carolina senator: Restaurant workers shouldnâ€™t be required to wash hands February 4, 2015, 10:03 AM|North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis thinks restaurants sholudnâ€™t have to require employees...

Anti-epilepsy drug preserves brain function after stroke SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Feb. 4, 2015) â€” New research suggests that an already-approved drug could dramatically reduce...

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Measuring This Brain Region Could Predict Depression And Anxiety Years Before It Hits We all encounter challenges and obstacles in life, such as divorce, death, illness and unemployment. But while some...

Vending machines are going to pot In Seattle, pot is going the way of candy bars and Coca-Colasâ€“ meaning people can now zip over to their local dispensary...

Seattle now has pot vending machines February 4, 2015, 10:23 AM|While theyâ€™re only in medical dispensaries now, the manufacturers hope to add hundreds...

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Religion can help college women who are sexual victims deal with distrust, study finds WACO, Texas (Feb. 4, 2015) â€” College women who have been sexually victimized not only fear their attackers â€”...

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PARIS (Reuters) â€“ France said on Wednesday the first trials of a drug to treat Ebola in Guinea had been encouraging...

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By Emma Farge and James Harding Giahyue DAKAR/MONROVIA (Reuters) â€“ Romeo Doe, a 29-year-old...

Outrage of the Month: Fake IV Fluids Not Intended for Human Use Sicken at Least 17 Patients Across the U.S.

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Read more in Public Citizenâ€™s February Health Letter On Dec. 30, 2014, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Like so many Americans, I have seen the tragedy first hand, of friends lost to HIV/ AIDS. Iâ€™ve also seen...

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A baby kangaroo is seen at Belgrade Zoo.Â (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) While she may not have been hopping mad, a Wisconsin...

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Wednesday February 4 2015 The flu can be dangerous for vulnerable people â€œThe current death rate in England...

Wednesday February 4 2015 Bacteria could be used to stimulate the production of insulin â€œBreakthrough pill...

Scientists find similar brain matter loss in multiple mental disorders

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If you set a healthy man and a healthy woman in a room, put them on stationary bikes with an identical amount of resistance,...

Five-year outcomes following bariatric surgery in patients with BMIs of 50 to 60

The bariatric surgical procedure biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch resulted in more weight loss and better...

FDA approves high-tech breast imaging system

After more than a decade of development and datagatheringâ€”including breast scans on nearly 700 women and 79 patents...

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American Chiropractic Association offers tips to prevent snow shoveling injury

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Family Dollar, Colgate-Palmolive partner to inspire African-American families during Black History Month

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New book explores the outcomes of an aging American workforce

As chief of the Associated Pressâ€™ Tokyo bureau, Joseph Coleman wrote a story about an agricultural cooperative in...

Loyola psychiatrist achieves Distinguished Life Fellow status in the American Psychiatric Association

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This year, more than 1.5 million people are estimated to be diagnosed with cancer. Even more grim is the fact that...

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New catalyst uses light to convert nitrogen to ammonia Northwestern University scientists are the first to develop a catalyst that can perform a remarkable feat found only in nature:...

Drinking green tea before taking supplements may offer protection from toxicity As high doses of green tea extract supplements for weight loss become more popular, potential liver toxicity becomes a concern....

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Pay-to-play sports: Parents with traditional beliefs about gender may shortchange daughters ANN ARBORâ€“Parents with the most traditional beliefs about masculinity and femininity are likelier to view pay-to-play...

NEW YORK (February 4, 2015) â€“ A new study found 45 percent of patients with respiratory tract infections (RTIs) were...

New catalyst uses light to convert nitrogen to ammonia Northwestern University scientists are the first to develop a catalyst that can perform a remarkable feat found only in nature:...

Brain scans predict effectiveness of talk therapy to treat depression IMAGE:Â This image shows connectivity between the anterior insular cortex brain region (red and green spheres) and the...

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Programming safety into self-driving cars

MSF says lack of public health messages on Ebola "big mistake": TRFN

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MSF says lack of public health messages on Ebola "big mistake": TRFN

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FDA approves first-ever tissue adhesive for use in surgery

MSF says lack of public health messages on Ebola â€˜big mistakeâ€™

(Reuters) â€“ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Cohera Medical Incâ€™s tissue adhesive...

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MSF says lack of public health messages on Ebola â€˜big mistakeâ€™

Lung cancer now top cancer killer for women in rich nations

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Lung cancer now top cancer killer for women in rich nations

Ebola drug study canceled due to declining cases

For the first time, lung cancer has passed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths for women in rich countries. The...

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A second case of measles was confirmed by the Southern Nebraska Health District, bringing the stateâ€™s total to a...

Second case of measles in Nebraska confirmed

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Can-Fite BioPharma completes patient enrollment in CF101 Phase II/III psoriasis trial

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FDA accepts Sangamo BioSciencesâ€™ IND for SB-BCLmR-HSPC genome editing approach

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A newfound link between chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and early menopause was reported online today in Menopause, the journal...

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10 +2 Simple Ways to Reduce Your Cancer Risk

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Fact: In 2012, there were 14 million new cancer cases and 8.2 million cancer related deaths. Fact: About 70% of all cancer...

Paying too much attention to your Facebook friendsâ€™ updates could be bad for your mental health, according...

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The poet Rumi once said, â€œYour task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers...

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For the next 30 days, GPS for the Soul and meQuilibrium are providing you tips on how to live a healthier, happier...

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February 4, 2015, 8:11 AM|Twenty-nine percent of Americans report their financial worries intensified over the past year....

February 4, 2015, 8:02 AM|Dr. Vivek Murthy is making history as the first surgeon general of Indian descent and the youngest....

Measles vaccine debate becomes hot issue heading into 2016 campaign

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February 4, 2015, 7:12 AM|From Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the political debate over the measles...

A new blood transfusion strategy developed on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan looks like the best way to save civilians...

Swedish researchers question treatment of infertility with stem cells

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Whether or not infertility can be treated with stem cells has been a matter of debate for many years. The classical theory...

More than 180 million people in the world have hepatitis C, compared with the 34 million with HIV/AIDS and the roughly 30,000...

First study to demonstrate long-term control of cane toads

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Preventing cane toads from entering man-made dams to cool down in the hot, arid zones of Australia kills them in large numbers...

Mountain View, California â€“ February 3, 2015 â€“ 23andMe, Inc., the leading personal genetics company, today...

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WASHINGTON, DC, February 3, 2015 â€“ By combining micro-imprinting and electro-spinning techniques, researchers at Shanghai...

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MPs vote to give the go-ahead to three-parent IVF

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Wednesday February 4 2015 Most genes would come from the parents, with 1% from a donor â€œIn an historic move,...

The Royal Caribbeanâ€™s cruise ship Explorer of the Seas arrives back at Bayonne, New Jersey January 29, 2014. (REUTERS/Eduardo...

FDA approves Pfizerâ€™s high profile breast cancer drug

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The world headquarters of Pfizer Inc. in New York City.Â (AP) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved...

Many would risk earlier death rather than take medication Roughly one in three people who took an online survey would prefer to risk an earlier death rather than take a pill every...

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MGH/MIT study identifies neurons important for induction of natural REM sleep Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have added another piece...

This thin-section transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveals a single virus particle, or virion, of measles virus.Â (CDC.gov) A...

New data revealed on Q10 coenzyme, whose deficiency causes a rare mitochondrial disease IMAGE:Â Marta Luna is a researcher at the lab of the University of Granada Centre for Biomedical Research. view...

Study investigates the complex roads that lead families to food insecurity IMAGE:Â A UH study examined the many factors that lead a family to food insecurity. Researcher Daphne Hernandez says...

Splash down Farmers have long noted a correlation between rainstorms and disease outbreaks among plants. Fungal parasites known as â€œrustâ€...

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Only 40 percent of Ebola funds reached target countries

Roche says study of lymphoma drug shows significant benefit

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Almost $2.9 billion was pledged by the end of 2014 in donations...

ZURICH (Reuters) â€“ Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Wednesday a late-stage study of its treatment for slow-growing,...

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By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) â€“ The daughter of the late pop star Whitney Houston and...

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) â€“ After successfully treating four Ebola patients last...

Debate heats up over safety of electronic health records

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(HealthDay)â€”Although fewer Americans are smoking and more communities have smoke-free laws, 58 million nonsmokers...

Try, try again: More apps joining antismoking arsenal

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Loyolaâ€™s Murali Rao achieves Distinguished Life Fellow status

Delays by international donors in providing money promised to fight Ebola may have allowed the disease to spread, driving...

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EyeBrain raises â‚¬1.3 million ($1.47 million) through crowdfunding

Researchers offer critical new information about head and neck squamous cell cancer

The financing, one of the largest amounts ever crowdfunded by a start-up in France, also enjoys support from the regional...

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COMBACTE-MAGNET project launched to study new treatment options for infections caused by MDR-GNB

Amedica receive FDA clearance for multi-level cervical interbody cage indications

Today 33 European academic partners and 5 pharmaceutical companies are launching a new project, COMBACTE-MAGNET, under the...

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OGT study explores successful adoption of CytoSure ISCA array at Sheffield Childrenâ€™s NHS Foundation Trust

4 No-Fail Ways to Stop Eating When Youâ€™re Bored

New case study follows the successful adoption of OGTâ€™s CytoSureâ„¢ platform at Sheffield Childrenâ€™s NHS...

Once A Vaccine Skeptic, This Mom Changed Her Mind i Juniper Russo walks her dogs with her daughter Vivian (left). Courtesy of...

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Improving patient notification of solid abdominal viscera incidental findings with a standardized protocol University of Massachusetts Medical School and UMass Memorial, Worcester,...

There is not a single type of schizophrenia, as thought, but 8 different genetic diseases

Role of gravitational instabilities in volcanic ash deposition: EyjafjallajÃ¶kull

IMAGE:Â The researchers at the University of Granada who have participated in this project. From left to right, Roceo...

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University of South Florida researchers develop handheld sensor to sniff out fish fraud

Glioblastoma: Study ties 3 genes to radiation resistance in recurrent tumors

IMAGE:Â The QuadPyre RT-NASBA rapidly and inexpensively evaluates the authenticity of seafood. The instrument assays...

COLUMBUS, Ohio â€“ A new study identifies three genes that together enable a lethal form of brain cancer to recur and...

New York attorney general says many herbal supplements mislabeled

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A newfound link between chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and early menopause was reported online today in Menopause, the journal...

Sanofi, Mannkind launch inhaled insulin called Afrezza

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Hoping to appeal to millions of needle-phobic Americans with diabetes, drugmakers Sanofi and Mannkind have just launched...

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Morphogenesis, University of Florida partner to develop novel device to isolate rare cells

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A team of international scientists has discovered a new mechanism by which immune cells in the skin function as the bodyâ€™s...

New initiative aims at reducing adverse effects of medications in individuals with mental illnesses

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Movement tracking device can effectively help assess progression of Parkinsonâ€™s disease

New Johns Hopkins research suggests that vitamin A may protect children against malaria

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Children under age 5 living in sub-Saharan Africa were 54 percent less likely to develop malaria if they had been given a...

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7 Surprising Ways Youâ€™re Destroying Your Teeth

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High temporal resolution of glucosyltransferase dependent and independent effects of Clostridium difficile toxins across multiple cell types 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville...

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Osteogenic potential of osteoblasts from neonatal rats born to mothers treated with caffeine throughout pregnancy

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New yeast species marks milestone for collection

Trends in reproductive medicine: From conception to birth

The National Collection of Yeast Cultures at the Institute of Food Research has added the 4,000th yeast strain to its publicly-available...

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Spanish scientists modify with pulsed light the protein that causes most allergies to milk

York academics reveal fishy cooking habits of North American huntergatherers

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Archaeologists from the University of York and Queens College, City University New York (CUNY) have discovered the first...

Obama believes no law needed for parents to vaccinate children

Hear how politics beat science on chemical research

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ U.S. President Barack Obama believes there should not need to be a law to get parents...

As the Center and RevealÂ reported recently, assessments of potentially dangerous chemicals by the Environmental...

US sleep watchdog sets new guidelines

Scientists developing disease-sniffing smartphone

The US National Sleep Foundation joined forces with a multi-disciplinary panel consisting of experts in pediatrics,...

A device that pairs with your smartphone and screens your breath for early detection of potentially life-threatening...

Infections most common cause of readmissions after surgery

Only two-thirds of donations to Ebola crisis have reached affected countries

CHICAGO (AP) â€” New research says the most common reason why many surgery patients go back to the hospital...

As of Dec. 31, 2014, pledges to the Ebola outbreak reached at least $2.89 billion, yet only around twothirds ($1.9 billion)...

Socioeconomic differences in adolescent health getting wider

Pfizer breast cancer drug gets early FDA approval

Health inequalities in young people have grown alongside socioeconomic disparities between the rich and poor. In a paper...

Federal health regulators on Tuesday approved a highly anticipated medicine from Pfizer Inc. to treat postmenopausal women...

Obama says health care repeal drive â€˜makes no senseâ€™

Genomic differences between developing male and female brains in the womb

US President Barack Obama has ridiculed Republicans who are voting to strike down â€œObamacareâ€ Tuesday, saying...

Stepping Stones Triple P: the importance of putting the findings into context Stepping Stones Triple P (SSTP) is an evidencebased parenting program for parents of a child with a disability....

Pharmacokinetic variability and exposures of fluconazole,

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An important role for A20-binding inhibitor of nuclear factor-kB-1 (ABIN1) in inflammation-mediated endothelial dysfunction: an in vivo study in ABIN1 (D485N) mice 1 Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases Research Unit, Medical Research Institute,...

Lifestyle domains as determinants of wheeze prevalence in urban and rural

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anidulafungin and caspofungin in intensive care unit patients: Data from multinational Defining Antibiotic Levels in Intensive care unit (DALI) patients Study

schoolchildren in Ecuador: cross sectional analysis Environmental Health 2015, 14:15Â doi:10.1186/1476-069X-14-15 Published: 4 February 2015

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Hillary Clinton Says #GrandmothersKnowBest When It Comes To Vaccinating Kids

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What Do You Stand For? â€œIf you donâ€™t stand for something youâ€™ll fall for everythingâ€ â€” Chuck D (Public...

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Much will be written on World Cancer Day (Feb. 4) about the urgent need to end cancer on a global scale, with alarming...

The ethics of having three parents

Ingredients of herbal supplements in question

February 3, 2015, 8:50 PM|Is it ethical for a baby to have 3 parents? CBSN talks to Dr. Arthur Caplan, professor of bioethics...

Penta-graphene, a new structural variant of carbon, discovered IMAGE:Â The newly discovered material, called penta-graphene, is a single layer of carbon pentagons that resembles the...

Center for BrainHealth tool provides unique insight for those with traumatic brain injury DALLAS â€“ February 3, 2015 â€“ A new study reveals that individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have significantly...

The rarely understood ammonium carbonate monohydrate New structural studies of the superficially simple ammonium carbonate monohydrate could shed light on industrial processes,...

Oregon adopts rules allowing industrial hemp crops

February 3, 2015, 8:45 PM|Several herbal supplements arenâ€™t what their labels claim them to be, according to New York...

University partnerships in high- and low-income countries can increase research capacity Developing national health research capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is a key element toward strengthening...

New molecule protects heart from toxic breast cancer drugs Sophia Antipolis, 4 February 2015: Dr Alessandra Ghigo, first author and research fellow in the Department of Molecular Biotechnology...

Researchers identify 2 genetic mutations that interact to lower heart attack risk COLUMBUS, Ohio â€“ Researchers have determined that two mutations on a single gene can interact in a way that lowers...

WHO names Ebola response chief

By Courtney Sherwood PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) â€“ Oregon farmers could plant the stateâ€™s...

Geneva (AFP) â€“ The World Health Organization said Tuesday it had appointed its assistant director-general...

The 6 Injustices of Thyroid Cancer

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gathered with beneficiaries of his health care law Tuesday to argue...

Staff turnover and complaints in mental health trusts could be suicide warning signs

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Muscles necessary for breathing need a greater amount of oxygen in women than in men, according to a study published today...

Fifteen million unwanted pregnancies a year caused by underuse of modern contraception

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Fifteen million out of 16.7 million unwanted pregnancies a year could be avoided in 35 lowand middle-income countries...

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Healthy diet linked to lower risk of chronic lung disease

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13 Signs Youâ€™re the Best S.O. in the World

The year was 1989â€”I was 6 years old, and I wanted nothing more than to be just like my older cousin, Julie. Sheâ€™d...

You may have a pretty amazing boyfriend, but letâ€™s take a moment to reflect on all of the ways in which that guy...

House Bill Would Give Veterans Easier Access To Medical Marijuana

Hereâ€™s What A Depression-Era Cartoonist Had To Say About The AntiVaccination Movement

A bipartisan bill introduced in the House of Representatives Tuesday would allow Department of Veterans Affairs...

Nothing Is Separate The great philosopher Abraham Heschel speaks of his fear that we will lose our sense of the Whole. I think this...

Anti-Vaccination Advocates Often Donâ€™t Trust The Government, Study Finds Vaccines are both safe and effective. So whatâ€™s behind the anti-vaccination movement of recent years? The...

Need proof that the anti-vaccination movement is hardly a new phenomenon? Behold: (Photo: Imgur) The comic above...

The Scientific Reason Being A Male Is Bad For Your Health or the first six to eight decades of life, being a man is probably the better deal. Blame the patriarchy. But then...

Britain moves closer to "3-parent babies" Jessica Newell is 13-months-old and has mitochondrial disease, a condition that keeps the cells in her body from developing...

Measles vaccine issue gets personal on Capitol Hill

Congressman recalls childhood case of measles that predated vaccine

Discussion of vaccines took a personal turn on Capitol Hill Tuesday as a congressman opened up about his painful memories...

February 3, 2015, 5:16 PM|â€œYou couldnâ€™t stand for anything to be touching your skin,â€ said Rep. Michael...

Neurologists find movement tracking device helps assess severity of Parkinsonâ€™s disease

Fruitful collaboration yields insight on the tomato genome

IMAGE:Â Dr. Richard Dewey, Jr., demonstrates the APDM Mobility Lab, a portable set of sensors to help clinicians estimate...

Plant biologist Julin Maloof met fellow researcher Neelima Sinha while beginning his career at the University of California,...

Study finds our thoughts are susceptible to external influence â€” even against our will

Partner caregivers of veterans with brain injuries may be at risk for chronic disease

For a recent San Francisco State University study, participants were asked to look at a commonplace image but avoid thinking...

Blame and anger associated with the grief of caring for a loved one with a traumatic-brain injury (TBI) may be related to...

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There have been a lot of cats in The New York Times, and not all just for fun

Choosing a cell phone, prescription drug plan or new car? Read this first

IMAGE:Â University of Illinois journalism professor Matthew Ehrlich found hundreds of cat tales, both fun and serious,...

IMAGE:Â Choosing from among a large number of options can be difficult. Tibor Besedes, an associate professor in Georgia...

Whistleblower files U.S. fraud suit against Cardinal Health

Medical pot vending machine debuts in Seattle

(Reuters) â€“ Healthcare services provider Cardinal Health Inc said its unit was accused of fraud and violating...

By Eric M. Johnson and Keith Coffman SEATTLE/DENVER (Reuters) â€“ Vending machines selling medical...

Delay in funds may have helped Ebola spread

Study: Many herbal supplements arenâ€™t what the label says

Paris (AFP) â€“ Delays by international donors in providing money promised to fight Ebola may have allowed...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) â€” Bottles of Walmart-brand echinacea, an herb said to ward off colds, were found to contain...

Only 40 percent of Ebola funds reached target countries: study

Panel reverses, says white potatoes OK for WIC recipients

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Almost $2.9 billion was pledged by the end of 2014 in donations...

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” Ostracized by health officials for several years, the white potato is back in favor. The...

U.S. leaders, 2016 hopefuls back inoculations amid debate

â€˜Cleanerâ€™ protein protects against atherosclerosis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ U.S. congressional leaders and several possible 2016 presidential hopefuls said on Tuesday...

We have an innate mechanism that ensures that our blood vessels do not become blocked. The protein A1M, alpha-1-microglobulin,...

One in three people would risk shorter life rather than take daily pill to avoid heart disease

Beyond Rash And Fever: How Measles Can Kill

One in three people say they would risk living a shorter life instead of taking a daily pill to prevent cardiovascular disease,...

U.K. Lawmakers Allow Scientists To Attempt â€˜DNA Transplantsâ€™ The British Parliament has voted to allow scientists to attempt to do â€œDNA transplantsâ€ on womenâ€™s eggs...

Hereâ€™s Why Nutrition Labels Should List Added Sugar â€œItâ€™s definitely easy not to be aware how much sugar youâ€™re consuming,â€ says the University...

Behind the Curtain With Dr. Oz Recently, an article in the British Medical Journal concluded that evidence supported only 46 percent of the recommendations...

You Can Be a Superhero Too! Growing up â€” and honestly, even today â€” I have what could be called a superhero complex. I donâ€™t...

Marijuana use during pregnancy at issue in Colorado DENVER â€“ Marijuana use by pregnant or nursing women might seem like a no-brainer of a bad idea, but a proposal in...

i Writer Roald Dahl and his wife, actress Patricia Neal, with two of their children, Theo and Chantel Sophia...

FDA approves Ibrance for postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval to Ibrance (palbociclib) to treat advanced (metastatic)...

5 Ways to Create More Love Life is yin and yang. With good comes bad, with love comes hate and with positivity comes negativity. It only makes...

The Bill Murray Technique: How to Improvise Through Anything There was no script. There was no prompting. No cue cards, no visual reminders, no lines at all. The only direction?...

Caribbean cruise ends early after hundreds get sick BALTIMORE â€“ The Royal Caribbean cruise liner Grandeur of the Seas returned early to the Port of Baltimore after the...

Food often good after expiration date Donâ€™t toss that half gallon of milk just yet. The â€œuse byâ€ or â€œbest byâ€ dates found on food...

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Researchers identify key mechanisms underlying HIV-associated cognitive disorders

Scientists to use research and education to guide conservation in central Africa

While antiretroviral therapies have significantly improved and extended the lives of many HIV patients, another insidious...

IMAGE:Â A professor working with students on a small mammal survey in Gabon is pictured. Researchers from Africa, North...

This week from AGU: Pacific wind patterns, Ethiopiaâ€™s sedimentary record, US air quality

Online photos provide evidence for the value of clean water

From AGUâ€™s blogs: Wind pattern behind Californiaâ€™s drought also struck at ocean food chain Unusual weather...

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (2/3/15) â€“ Think of the last time you planned a visit to a lake. Why did you choose the lake...

One-atom-thin silicon transistors hold promise for super-fast computing

Puget Sound salmon face more ups and downs in river flows

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austinâ€™s Cockrell School of Engineering have created the first transistors...

Many salmon rivers around Puget Sound have experienced increasing fluctuations in flow over the past 60 years, just as climate...

House votes to repeal and eventually replace Obamacare

Vaccine debate tests first-time White House hopefuls

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ The U.S. House of Representatives added another notch to its lengthy record of Obamacare...

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” For a pair of first-time presidential hopefuls, the sudden injection of the childhood vaccine...

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Panel reverses, says white potatoes ok for WIC recipients

â€œSo itâ€™s not gonna be easy. Itâ€™s going to be really hard; weâ€™re gonna have to work at...

U.S. FDA approves Pfizerâ€™s high profile breast cancer drug (Reuters) â€“ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it had approved Pfizer Incâ€™s experimental...

Dr. Manny: On Bobbi Kristina, what can happen to the brain during a neardrowning Oct. 22, 2012: Cissy Houston and Bobbi Kristina Brown (R) attend the opening night of â€œThe Houstons: On Our Ownâ€...

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” Ostracized by health officials for several years, the white potato is back in favor. The...

Weight Loss Gut Check Historically, I have been rather less than sanguine about wonder drugs for weight loss, with I think quite good...

Many would risk earlier death rather than take a pill Roughly one in three people who took an online survey would prefer to risk an earlier death rather than take a pill every...

Screen time may damage teensâ€™ sleep

Dr. Manny: On Bobbi Kristina, what can happen to the brain during a near â€¦

(Reuters Health) â€“ A new study is the latest to link blue-light emitting devices, like laptops, phones and game...

Oct. 22, 2012: Cissy Houston and Bobbi Kristina Brown (R) attend the opening night of â€œThe Houstons: On Our Ownâ€...

School reschedules prom for 15-yearold student with terminal cancer

Splenic switch-off, a potential novel marker of lack of adenosine response: relationship to heart rate response and demographic factors

A high school in Scotland rescheduled its prom to fulfill the dream of one of its students whose days were numbered by cancer,...

Haemodynamic response is currently used as a marker of adenosine response during cardiovascular magnetic resonance...

Sources of variability in quantification of CMR infarct size and their impact on sample size calculations

Is 96 the New 22? Seven Secrets of Vitality From Yoga Master Tao PorchonLynch

Mean infarct size varied between 16.8% and 27.2% of LV mass depending on the method. Even AUTO (no user interaction...

Millions across the globe have been inspired by 96-year-old yoga master Tao Porchon-Lynch â€” World War II...

Mary Lambert On Body Acceptance And â€˜Little Hacksâ€™ To Keep

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www.upworthy.com: A new study suggests that when brilliant people are thinking creatively,...

10 Things That Arenâ€™t True About Hygiene

Obama Just Quietly Sent His Chief Of Staff To Count Homeless People In San Francisco

www.upworthy.com: There are a lot of things we think we know about those germs all...

Babies exposed to measles in day care February 3, 2015, 1:40 PM|More than a dozen infants are being monitored for measles after they may have been exposed to the...

Itâ€™s not every day a top-ranking White House official gets hands-on in a local operation â€” especially...

Should we be following food "best by" dates? February 3, 2015, 11:59 AM|An advocacy group says those dates donâ€™t mean much and the average American family is throwing...

Herbal supplements filled with fake ingredients, investigators find

Children who get vitamin A may be less likely to develop malaria

Last Updated Feb 3, 2015 2:10 PM EST Numerous store brand supplements arenâ€™t what their labels claim to be, according...

Children under age 5 living in sub-Saharan Africa were 54 percent less likely to develop malaria if they had been given a...

Sea slug has taken genes from algae it eats, allowing it to photosynthesize like a plant

Serendipity leads to discovery of adult cancer genes in young-adult Ewing Sarcoma

WOODS HOLE, Mass.â€“How a brilliant-green sea slug manages to live for months at a time â€œfeedingâ€ on sunlight,...

A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal PLoS One finds alterations in expression of genes PIK3R3...

Physicists observe motion of skyrmions

CWRU astronomers find new details in first known spiral galaxy

Small magnetic whirls may revolutionize future data storage and information processing if they can be moved rapidly and reliably...

IMAGE:Â Case Western Reserve University astronomers found new features on the first-known spiral galaxy, M51a, which...

Rediscovering spontaneous light emission

Washington State sets up third poultry quarantine amid avian flu worries

Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a nanosized optical antenna that can greatly enhance the spontaneous emission of...

By P.J. Huffstutter (Reuters) â€“ The state of Washington said Tuesday it has established a third...

Parents Confront One Another on Playground Over Vaccines

UK moves toward making babies from DNA of 3 people

Amid what could be the worst measles outbreak in 20 years, some West Coast parents have a bone to pick with moms...

LONDON (AP) â€” Britain moved Tuesday toward allowing scientists to create humans from the DNA of three people. The...

For children, wartime evacuation might not be harmful

Celiac disease might explain fertility problems

By Shereen Lehman Evacuating children during wartime doesnâ€™t necessarily increase their risk...

By Lisa Rapaport Celiac disease may be at the root of some womenâ€™s problems with infertility,...

Federal health officials face tough questions on flu vaccine

HCA sees demand for hospital services leveling off

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” Federal health officials faced tough questioning Tuesday about why this yearâ€™s...

(Reuters) â€“ HCA Holdings Inc, the largest operator of U.S. for-profit hospitals, said on Tuesday demand for healthcare...

Catamaran backs Gileadâ€™s hepatitis C treatment over AbbVie competitor

U.S. House leaders back inoculations as safety debate rages

(Reuters) â€“ Pharmacy benefit manager Catamaran Corp said on Tuesday that it will back Gilead Sciences Incâ€™s...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ Two leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday all children should be vaccinated,...

Britain votes to allow worldâ€™s first

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LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Britain voted on Tuesday to become the first country to allow a â€œthreeparentâ€ IVF...

Marijuana use by pregnant or nursing women might seem like a no-brainer of a bad idea, but a proposal in Colorado to step...

Sierra Leone officials criticize travel relaxation amidst Ebola decline

Sea cucumber: A â€˜miracleâ€™ cancer treatment?

People walk past a billboard encouraging people suffering from symptoms linked to Ebola to present themselves at a health...

The sea cucumber, an animal found on the ocean floor, has been used in Chinese cuisine for centuriesâ€” even as an...

Scientists identify 8 genetic diseases that lead to schizophrenia

Aortic stiffness with bicuspid aortic valve is variable and not predicted by conventional parameters in young patients

Researchers have identified eight genetically different diseases that contribute to schizophrenia, a finding that debunks...

Feasibility and comparison of left ventricular ejection flow acceleration recorded by cardiac magnetic resonance in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: a case-control study Acceleration measurement was feasible in all controls and in fourteen out of seventeen patients (82%). TotalAcc...

Comprehensive fluid dynamic quantification in congenital heart disease: introduction of a new software tool Recent independent approaches have been presented to describe and quantify particular properties of blood flow using...

U.K. Churches Staunchly Oppose Scientistsâ€™ Plan To Create Babies With Three Parents Senior church figures have called on the UK government to block the creation of babies from three people. The Church...

Bipolar Disorder Isnâ€™t a Fad A report by the Social Security Administration (SSA) found that â€œone in three, or 35.2 percent of people getting...

Inter-rater reproducibility of PWV measurements was high (ICC= 0.97). There was no significant difference in age...

Cardiovascular effects and tolerance of adenosine versus regadenoson during cardiac MRI perfusion testing We performed a prospective non-randomized controlled trial of 25 healthy volunteers undergoing stress CMR. Vital...

Jeff Bridges Shares His Go-To Trick For Falling Asleep Take it from The Dude himself: â€œYou gotta sleep, man.â€ That was Jeff Bridgesâ€™ advice to HuffPost...

Kenny, a Truck and a Life Lesson It was me and four other girls crammed in the back of a small dark pickup truck. We were enclosed under the cab...

The Best Way To Cut A Bell Pepper (VIDEO) With their round shape, tough stem, internal ribs and scattered seeds, bell peppers can seem like more of a challenge...

Is it OK to make babies from 3 parentsâ€™ DNA?

Obama to meet with letter writers on health care

Last Updated Feb 3, 2015 10:59 AM EST Britain will become the first country to allow a controversial technique to create...

The president will meet Tuesday with 10 Americans who have penned letters to him to thank him for the health-care law, according...

In tweet, Hillary Clinton encourages vaccinations

Study sheds new light on aggressive cancer in children

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shared her views on inoculations Monday night, tweeting a disagreement with potential...

A new study involving researchers at The University of Nottingham has revealed how children with an aggressive cancer predisposition...

How will ocean acidification impact marine life?

Female sticklebacks prime their offspring to cope with climate change

Many marine organismsâ€“such as coral, clams, mussels, sea urchins, barnacles, and certain microscopic planktonâ€“rely...

Female sticklebacks prime their offspring to cope with climate change Bremerhaven/Sylt, 3rd February 2015. Researchers at...

Researchers unlock new way to clone

Protective brain protein reveals gender

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implications for autism, Alzheimerâ€™s research

Athens, Ga. â€“ For the first time, University of Georgia researchers have successfully cryogenically frozen germplasm...

For parents of children struggling with autism, the dearth of information is heartbreaking. Medical professionals are hard...

Customers who binge-consume are more valuable, says INFORMS study

Britain votes to allow worldâ€™s first â€˜three-parentâ€™ IVF babies

A study in Marketing Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), shows...

LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Britain voted on Tuesday to become the first country to allow a â€œthreeparentâ€...

Rx for Being Single on Valentineâ€™s Day: You Have to Be a Happy You Before You Can Create a Happy â€˜Twoâ€™

U.S. House Speaker Boehner says all children should be vaccinated

Valentineâ€™s Day can be the most dreaded and lonely day for those who are single. It can be a day that mirrors...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Tuesday that all children...

NY attorney general targets popular herbal supplements

Chris Christie calls for compassionate approach to drug addicts

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) â€” Numerous store brand supplements arenâ€™t what their labels claim to be, an ongoing...

By Sam Wilkin LONDON (Reuters) â€“ New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a potential 2016 presidential...

Isis Pharmaâ€™s diabetes drug takes longer-than-expected to work

Running too hard? Light jogging linked with living longer

By Natalie Grover (Reuters) â€“ Isis Pharmaceuticals Incâ€™s experimental diabetes drug...

Thereâ€™s good news for those who adhere to the â€œslow and steady wins the raceâ€ adage: A light jog a few...

For teens, falling asleep gets harder with more screen time

Birth control access key means of reaching climate goals: experts

Â (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Teenagers who while away the hours on an electronic device â€” whether itâ€™s a computer,...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ In Pakistan, where just a third of married women use contraception, half of...

Hundreds respond to social media campaign seeking liver donor to save twins

Chinese woman wakes from coma only speaking English

(GoFundMe) Social media may be the key to saving 3-year-old adopted twins in need of liver transplantsâ€” and sparing...

First HIV call center opens in Mississippi Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding from cultured lymphocyte. The multiple round bumps on cell surface represent...

Impact of oxygen as a vasodilator on respiration-related Gontan hemodynamics assessed by real-time phase-velocity MRI Under oxygen administration heart rate decreased from 77.6Â±15.7 to 75.9Â±14.6bpm (P=0.027). Mean body-surface...

Arrythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Letâ€™s have a closer look to the left ventricle. Report of our experience We found 33 patients (median age 56 years, 76% males) with images suggestive of LDAC. The main indications for a...

A Chinese woman who regained consciousness after suffering from a stroke found that she had lost her native Chinese and...

Cardiac MR reliably identifies patients with clinically significant left ventricular noncompaction using a novel mass quantification technique 22 patients met criteria for CS-LVNC (50% male, 45? years-old) versus 14 patients with M-LVNC (57.1% male, 44?7...

Left ventricular extracellular volume is associated with loss of exercise tolerance in children after Tetralogy of Fallot repair, but not with ventricular dysfunction The mean pulmonary regurgitation fraction was 36Â±16% and RV enddiastolic volumes were enlarged (EV-EDV 155Â±52...

Assessment of wall-shear stress pre and post renal sympathetic nerve denervation in patients with resistant hypertension Systolic blood pressure decreased significantly after RD (149 Â± 17 (147) mmHg baseline vs. 142

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Work Is Bullshit: The Argument For "Antiwork" If youâ€™re like most employed Americans, you hate your jobâ€”or, at best, youâ€™re checked out at...

The Science Behind Why You Say â€˜Owâ€™ When Youâ€™re In Pain

When you stub your toe or bang your head, why is the initial response always to yell â€œouchâ€ (or something...

5 Ways To Get Unstuck In The Face Of Creative Burnout

Weâ€™ve all been there. You sit down at your desk, intending to be productive, but you just â€¦ canâ€™t....

The Uplifting Message You Need To Hear If Youâ€™re Feeling Down

As human beings, our brains tend to default to the negative, and weâ€™re notoriously self-critical â€”...

This 5-Minute Trick Can Motivate You To Do Anything

By Melissa Dahl Follow @melissadahl Sometimes, motivation doesnâ€™t come easy â€” say, in the dead of...

Bryn Mawr students outraged over "fatshaming" emails from school

February 3, 2015, 8:20 AM|Pennsylvaniaâ€™s Bryn Mawr College is apologizing after sending e-mails targeting students...

Intense jogging may shorten life span, study shows

February 3, 2015, 8:13 AM|Running faster and farther isnâ€™t necessarily better. A new study in the journal of the American...

Measles and myths: Medical expert addresses skepticism over vaccine

February 3, 2015, 7:05 AM|A daycare inside a high school in Santa Monica, California, is shut down, and 14 babies are quarantined...

Political debate over measles vaccinations flares as outbreak grows

February 3, 2015, 7:02 AM|Potential presidential contenders including Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Rand Paul and former Secretary...

Bryn Mawr accused of "fat-shaming" students

In mice & men: Laser treatment reverses effects of early age-related macular degeneration

Pennsylvaniaâ€™s Bryn Mawr College is apologizing after sending e-mails to students identified as overweight. The messages...

A new technique reported in the February 2015 issue of The FASEB Journal suggests that during early stages, it might be possible...

Turning up heat on plants could help grow crops of the future

Crops that can thrive in warming climates are a

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Scientists open new chapter in cell biology and medicine

Cells, like any other material, have mechanical properties that can serve for their characterization. For example, cancer...

Bowhunting may have fostered social cohesion during the Neolithic

Bowhunting during the Neolithic period may have been one of the pillars of unity as a group of primitive human societies....

Epigenetic signatures that differentiate triple-negative breast cancers

IMAGE:Â The methylating enzyme DNMT (purple) cradles the DNA molecule as a methyl group is added to DNA. view...

Physical activity as medicine among Family Health Teams: Study

Aetna CEO expects 800,000 Obamacare exchange members in Q1

This news release is available in French. To better understand the current use of physical activity as medicine among...

(Reuters) â€“ Aetna Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Bertolini said on Tuesday that he expects the U.S. health...

Aetna CEO expects 800,000 Obamacare exchange members in Q1

World has not woken up to water crisis caused by climate change: IPCC head

(Reuters) â€“ Aetna Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Bertolini said on Tuesday that he expects the U.S. health...

By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Water scarcity could lead to conflict...

World has not woken up to water crisis caused by climate change: IPCC head

Isis Pharmaâ€™s diabetes drug successful in mid-stage study

By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Water scarcity could lead to conflict...

(Reuters) â€“ Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc said its experimental diabetes drug was effective in reducing the body...

Isis Pharmaâ€™s diabetes drug successful in mid-stage study

5 Anti-Aging Tips That Are Mostly Fiction

(Reuters) â€“ Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc said its experimental diabetes drug was effective in reducing the body...

Whether itâ€™s noticing that your hair is turning gray or realizing that your wrinkles arenâ€™t just from...

5 Anti-Aging Tips That Are Mostly Fiction

Obama administration budget proposes cuts for Medicare Advantage

Whether itâ€™s noticing that your hair is turning gray or realizing that your wrinkles arenâ€™t just from...

President Obamaâ€™s proposed 2016 budget takes a major swipe at waste and abuse in Medicare Advantage plans...

Obama administration budget proposes cuts for Medicare Advantage

Expert panel releases age-specific sleep recommendations

President Obamaâ€™s proposed 2016 budget takes a major swipe at waste and abuse in Medicare Advantage plans...

Â (iStock) For the first time, a panel of health experts has released age-based sleep recommendations that adjust durations...

Britain set for historic vote on â€˜threeparentâ€™ babies

Expert panel releases age-specific sleep recommendations

London (AFP) â€“ Britain could become the first country in the world Tuesday to allow the creation of babies...

Â (iStock) For the first time, a panel of health experts has released age-based sleep recommendations that adjust durations...

Ill patientsâ€™ families barrier to talking about care plan, doctors say

Doctors say that when patients are seriously ill, the main obstacles to discussing what the goals of care should be are...

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People with dementia may have hidden talents, strange case shows

A 60-year-old businessman lost his job and much of his personality to dementia. But despite his mentally debilitating condition,...

Aetna CEO expects 800,000 Obamacare exchange members in first quarter

(Reuters) â€“ Aetna Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Bertolini said on Tuesday that he expects the U.S. health insurer...

UK to decide if itâ€™s OK to make babies from DNA of 3 people

British lawmakers will vote Tuesday on whether to let scientists use controversial techniques to create babies from the...

Institutions aim to improve survival rates for in-hospital heart attack patients

A hospital is a bad place to have a heart attack.Â While cardiologists have made great strides speeding treatments to...

Passport programs at hospitals facilitate patient-doctor communication

A doctor comes to the patientâ€™s hospital room with a clipboard, gives a brisk update on important points and then...

Variation of interval between first and second pregnancy impacts risk of preterm birth

Researchers to present report on impact of fetal gender on preterm birth risk at The Pregnancy Meeting

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In a study to be presented on Feb. 7 in an oral concurrent session at 8 a.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicineâ€™s...

Musical training in younger years can protect the brain in later life

Experts recommend sublingual immunotherapy for treatment of allergic rhinitis

Scientists have found some of the strongest evidence yet that musical training in younger years can prevent the decay in...

Sublingual immunotherapy is one of several stateof-the-science treatments for allergic rhinitis, or â€œhay fever,â€...

NSF issues new recommendations for proper sleep durations

New study examines the methylome of triple-negative breast cancer

The National Sleep Foundation (NSF), along with a multi-disciplinary expert panel, issued its new recommendations for appropriate...

The new study, published in Nature Communications, compares the breast cancer DNA â€˜methylomeâ€™ with that of healthy...

Blocking rewards: how the immune system could help treat cocaine addiction

Restoration of adrenal function after bilateral adrenal damage due to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT): a case report

Cocaine is a popular recreational drug that makes users energetic, confident and talkative. Itâ€™s also highly addictive...

Safe production in Industry 4.0 IMAGE:Â Space invaders havenâ€™t got a chance: Production networks of the future will be attackproof â€”...

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia reduces suicidal thoughts in veterans

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DARIEN, IL â€“ A new study is the first to show that the treatment of insomnia in veterans is associated with a significant...

Case Western Reserveâ€™s chemical compound aimed at restoring spinal cord function may have an additional purpose: stopping...

Study shows top 10 challenges facing global pharmaceutical supply chains

You can be a coward or a fighter â€” just pick one and stick with it, says study

Ten years after the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness reported on the need for better coordination in the global...

When the chips are down, having a strong personality may be the difference between thriving and failing, according to new...

Obama aims to shore up health law as 2nd-year deadline nears

China underlines cautious approach to biotech crops

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” President Barack Obama is seeking to shore up support for his health care law by putting...

By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) â€“ China will continue to promote research into genetically...

British city becomes first to impose public smoking curbs

AAO-HNSF clinical practice guideline: Allergic rhinitis

The British city of Bristol has become the countryâ€™s first to test smoke-free zones in outdoor public places, without...

The American Academy of Otolaryngologyâ€”Head and Neck Surgery Foundation addresses quality improvement opportunities...

Study identifies correlations between BioLightâ€™s TeaRx diagnostic parameters and benchmark tests for dry eye syndrome

NQMBC recognizes Cancer Treatment Centers of America for providing quality breast cancer care

Positive statistical correlations were identified between TeaRxâ„¢ diagnostic parameters and widely used benchmark tests...

Cancer Treatment Centers of AmericaÂ® (CTCA) at Midwestern Regional Medical Center (Midwestern) has been recognized by...

New Jersey Hospital Association, Applied Medical Software receive â€˜Innovation Awardâ€™ from ACHE-NJ

Not all ARB drugs are equally effective at treating heart failure, reveals NSU researcher

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Iovate Health Sciences International introduces StrongGirl supplements for women

Boston Scientific announces launch of EL implantable cardioverter defibrillators

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How to Throw an Amazing, No-GuysAllowed V-Day Party

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Listen, having a date on Valentineâ€™s Day can be pretty great. But since my guy is a touring musician, him being...

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What Itâ€™s Like to Have a Famous Vagina

Evaluation of method performance for oxidative stress biomarkers in urine and biological variations in urine of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic nephropathy

Itâ€™s no surprise that many models have troves of male admirers, but when someone tells erotic model Eufrat Mai,...

Subjects All subjects were volunteers who were informed about the objective of the study beforehand. During the...

Valentineâ€™s Day Gifts For Him And Her Based On The Length Of Your Relationship Itâ€™s almost Valentineâ€™s Day, which means defining your devotion to your sweetheart â€” no pressure...

Mexican Cartels Expand Offerings To Feed Americaâ€™s Growing Heroin Addiction

Why Youâ€™re Probably Lying To Yourself Your internal dialogue may be the loudest voice you hear most of your waking hours. It is the real-time, real-language...

Moffitt researchers discover biological markers associated with high-risk pancreatic lesions

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TAMPA, Fla. â€“ Pancreatic cancer affects approximately 46,000 people each year in the United States and ranks fourth...

Still doubts on gravitational waves

BU study finds occupational link in kidney disease epidemic in Central America

Third (and most probably not the last) chapter in the ongoing story about the â€œfirst direct image of gravitational...

(BOSTON) â€” Sugarcane workers in northwestern Nicaragua experienced a decline in kidney function during the harvest,...

Global warming slowdown: No systematic errors in climate models

Mining the Moon becomes a serious prospect

IMAGE:Â Forecasts without systematic errors: climate models, such as the model MPI â€“ ESM LR of the Max Planck...

With an estimated 1.6 billion tonnes of water ice at its poles and an abundance of rare-earth elements hidden below its surface,...

Three amazing women scientists youâ€™ve never heard of (video)

Sanofi launches inhaled insulin for diabetics

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2015 â€” One saved the U.S. space program, another invented a better treatment for leprosy, and...

PARIS (Reuters) â€“ Sanofi launched an inhalable insulin in the United States on Tuesday in a potential boost...

Precision medicine in action: Genomic test helps solve medical mystery

Can we talk? Patients may avoid topic of work-related asthma for fear of losing jobs

Precision medicine is getting a jump-start from a new national initiative announced in President Obamaâ€™s State of...

MicroRNAs can limit cancer spread Cancers that have spread throughout the body, a process known as metastasis, are difficult, often impossible, to control....

Certain topics are difficult to discuss with your doctor â€“ work-related asthma is apparently one of them. Identifying...

Mediterranean diet linked to lower left ventricular mass (HealthDay)â€”Greater adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet (DT) is tied to a decreased left ventricular (LV) mass,...

Team discovers certain ARB drugs are better than others to treat heart failure

Informed Aussies less likely to want a prostate cancer test

Millions of people take angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) to help treat heart failure. But it turns out not all ARBs...

Screening for prostate cancer using the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test for men with no symptoms is controversial: experts...

Self-Care: An Essential Element of Caregiving

Stop Criticizing and Start Creating

As Jill witnesses her aunt taking care of her elderly grandmother, she is painfully reminded of how stressful it...

In tweet, Hilary Clinton encourages vaccinations Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shared her views on inoculations Monday night, tweeting a disagreement with potential...

Wrinkle predictions As a grape slowly dries and shrivels, its surface creases, ultimately taking on the wrinkled form of a raisin. Similar patterns...

NASA catches speedy Tropical Cyclone Eunice transitioning Tropical Cyclone Eunice has been spinning around in the Southern Indian Ocean for the last week and by Feb. 1 as NASAâ€™s...

Five-day meeting on the naming of

For a time in high school I thought of myself as a movie critic. I got in the habit of complaining about films,...

Transparent soft PDMS eggshell created as step towards embryo lab on a chip Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) systems have registered tremendous progress over the past 20 years. Myriad â€œchipâ€ schemes...

Getting yeast to pump up the protein production From manufacturing life-saving biopharmaceuticals to producing energy-efficient biofuels, the cost-effective production of...

Dance of the nanovortices IMAGE:Â The local magnetisation is depicted by small arrows; a magnetic vortex is located in the centre. A brief current...

U.S.-India nuclear â€˜breakthroughâ€™

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could be finalised within year By Douglas Busvine and David Brunnstrom NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ A â€œbreakthrough...

Factbox: The U.S.-India nuclear deal

Privilege, Price, Illusion and Choice

NEW DELHI (Reuters) â€“ The nuclear â€œbreakthrough understandingâ€ between President Barack Obama...

This one is personal. I will start by noting how much I love my wife. She loves me just the same. That is privilege....

Maternal depression up at four years postpartum

A simple method to monitor beta-cell death in individuals at-risk for type 1 diabetes

(HealthDay)â€”Maternal depression is more common at four years postpartum than at any point during the first 12 months...

Type 1 diabetes is characterized by death and reduced function of ? cells, which produce insulin. The presence of specific...

British lawmakers to vote on threeparent babies

Discovery of a gene responsible for familial scoliosis

Britain could become the first country in the world to allow the creation of IVF babies with DNA from three parents on Tuesday...

The discovery of the first gene causing familial scoliosis was announced by an international France-Canada research team...

Medication problems may spur many child ER trips, study finds

I Was an Out-of-Shape Personal Trainer

(HealthDay)â€”Medication-related problemsâ€”from side effects to improper useâ€”may be the cause of many...

3 Reasons You Definitely Shouldnâ€™t Get Your Vagina Steamed As women, we do a lot to keep our nether regions in shape: monthly waxes, birth control, and yearly checkupsâ€”and...

The impact of maternal smoking during pregnancy on depressive and anxiety behaviors in children: the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study Study design and participants The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) is a prospective population-based ...

Eight years ago, I was living every personal trainerâ€™s dream: I had back-to-back appointments six days a week and...

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Global malaria eradication and the importance of Plasmodium falciparum epidemiology in Africa Malaria is a mosquito borne disease which, in humans, is caused by five protozoa:Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae,...

VA Vascular Injury Study (VAVIS): VADoD extremity injury outcomes collaboration

Spinal autophagy is differently modulated in distinct mouse models of neuropathic pain

BMC Surgery 2015, 15:13Â doi:10.1186/14712482-15-13 Published: 3 February 2015

Molecular Pain 2015, 11:3Â doi:10.1186/17448069-11-3 Published: 2 February 2015

Appendicitis within Morgagni Hernia and simultaneous Paraesophageal Hernia

Rand Paul: Children Got â€˜Profound Mental Disordersâ€™ After Receiving Vaccines

BMC Surgery 2015, 15:15Â doi:10.1186/14712482-15-15 Published: 2 February 2015

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) argued Monday that debate over whether to allow parents more choice in the vaccination of...

Your Personal Balance Equation

4 Steps to Detoxify Your Kitchen

Today, whether youâ€™ve realized it or not, youâ€™ve done a lot of balancing.Â Maybe youâ€™ve...

Your body is not the only thing that needs a good detox once in a while.Â When I mention detoxification, you...

Surviving Mars and Surviving Loss Are Not So Different

Dartmouth researchers discover new mechanism of acquired resistance to breast cancer drugs

Let me just start off by saying that I am decidedly NOT a science-fiction fan. Klingons and Trekkies

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Obesity follows growth of big box retailers and restaurants, Georgia State economist finds

Study supplies insight into behavior of African monsoon

Big-box retailers Costco, Samâ€™s Club, BJâ€™s Wholesale and Walmart, along with full-service and fast-food restaurants,...

Think of the Sahara and you will conjure images of a vast desert landscape, with nothing but sand as far as the eye can see....

Friend, foe or queen? Study highlights the complexities of ant perception

Smartphones change teenagersâ€™ digital media use patterns

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Teenagers who own smartphones spend more time online â€“ also during the night, which may affect their sleep. A new...

NASA satellite sees wind shear affecting Tropical Cyclone Ola

Florida prison systemâ€™s problems blamed on budget cuts

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By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) â€“ Floridaâ€™s prisons system is struggling with...

California daycare center shuts down after baby contracts measles

Jury selection in Colorado cinema massacre case ahead of schedule

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) â€“ A daycare center at a Southern California high school...

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) â€“ Jury selection in the murder trial of Colorado theater...

Light jogging is best for a long life

US Measles Outbreak Growing, CDC Says

Miami (AFP) â€“ Vigorous exercise such as fast running might be harmful to your health over time, according...

So, What the Heck is a Probiotic? As a Registered Dietitian, I keep a pretty close watch on nutrition and supplement trends. A recent hot topic â€“...

Sharp, sustained increases in suicides closely shadowed austerity events in Greece Sharp and significant increases in suicides followed select financial crisis events and austerity announcements in Greece,...

The measles outbreak that began in California continues to swell, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Cumulative daily screen time linked to teen sleep problems Itâ€™s time to update recommendations on healthy use of electronic devices, say researchers. The longer a teen spends...

Some kids use tobacco, E-cigarettes together, study finds (HealthDay)â€”American children and teens who smoke may also use a variety of other nicotine delivery systems, including...

Incidence of emergent hernia repair up from 2001 to 2010

Bacteria may help battle cancer, study suggests

(HealthDay)â€”From 2001 to 2010 there was an increase in the incidence rates of emergent hernia repair, according to...

(HealthDay)â€”Bacteria may offer a new way to treat cancer, a small, preliminary study suggests. Researchers injected...

Evaluation of sulfobutylether-ÃŸcyclodextrin (SBECD) accumulation and voriconazole pharmacokinetics in critically ill patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy

X-ray tomography of a soil block: a useful tool for the restoration of archaeological finds

1 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of...

X-ray imaging provided important contributions to archaeology, especially in the recent years, both through radiography...

Donepezil for dementia with Lewy bodies: a randomized placebocontrolled, confirmatory phase III trial

Long-term donepezil use for dementia with Lewy bodies: results from an openlabel extension of phase III trial

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Welcoming the Mentally Ill Back Into Our Community

Celebrating Valentineâ€™s Day or Just Another Consumer Holiday?

Too often, we have thought that only â€œrocket scientistsâ€ could understand the vagaries of the mind, heart, brain,...

After 37 years of marriage, Iâ€™ve experienced a lot of Valentineâ€™s Days! But in spite of our wedded...

Why Group Fitness Classes Are Worth The Cash

Positive Thinking Isnâ€™t a Substitute for Positive Action

Your typical gym is packed with plenty of exercise machines, but thereâ€™s a growing number of group fitness...

Positive thinking is a valuable tool that can help you overcome obstacles, deal with pain, and reach new goals....

Public participation should be at the heart of big data projects

NSU researcher discovers certain ARB drugs are better than others to treat heart failure

Public participation should be at the heart of big data projects in health care and biomedical research, according to the...

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Decreases in short-term memory, IQ, altered brain metabolic ratios in urban APOE4 children

Team led by UCLA and Columbia engineers uses disorder to control light on a nanoscale

Missoula, MT, February 2, 2015 â€” A new study by researchers at the Universities of Montana, Carleton, and North Carolina,...

A breakthrough by a team of researchers from UCLA, Columbia University and other institutions could lead to the more precise...

Worms lead way to test nanoparticle toxicity

Tree species influence boreal forest fire behavior and subsequent effects on climate

IMAGE:Â Low-cost experiments to test the toxicity of nanomaterials focused on populations of roundworms. Rice University...

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 2, 2015 â€“ For a better understanding of how forest fires behave and interact with climate, scientists...

Doctors confirm: Screen time affects teensâ€™ sleep

After long wait, Illinois to issue medical marijuana licenses

Paris (AFP) â€“ Parents have long suspected it, but now doctors have proof: the more time teenagers spend on...

By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) â€“ Illinois will begin issuing licenses to grow and distribute...

New aid model needed or worldâ€™s poorest will wait a century for basics

Austerity drove up Greek suicides by a third

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ It will take 100 years for some of the worldâ€™s poorest people...

Paris (AFP) â€“ Suicides in Greece surged by a third after the country implemented an austerity programme in...

California day care center shuts down after baby contracts measles

General Electric plans to cut 330 Texas jobs in oil unit

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) â€“ A day care center at a Southern California high school...

By Lewis Krauskopf (Reuters) â€“ General Electric Co plans to cut 330 jobs in Texas in its oil...

Liberia begins clinical trial for Ebola vaccines as outbreak ebbs

Cost of having diabetes has doubled in two decades

MONROVIA (Reuters) â€“ Liberia began a trial of experimental Ebola vaccines on Monday, involving thousands of volunteers...

Sept. 11, 2014: A person receives a test for diabetes during Care Harbor LA free medical clinic in Los Angeles, California.Â (Reuters) The...

Patients with psoriasis less likely to be physically active

â€˜Low riskâ€™ bird flu identified at British farm

(HealthDay)â€”Patients with psoriasis are less likely to engage in physical activity, especially those with more severe...

Tests have confirmed an outbreak of avian flu in chickens at a farm in southern England but officials described it as a...

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Nursing students offer insight into aged care career choice

Few newborns have early well-child visit

(HealthDay)â€”Nursing students provide valuable insights into aged care, with equal numbers for and against pursuing...

(HealthDay)â€”Only 15 percent of newborns with an estimated gestational age of ?34 weeks have a well-child visit (WCV)...

U.S. measles cases now exceed 100: CDC

How Many Times a Day Do You Say "Sorry"?

(HealthDay)â€”The number of measles cases in the United States has climbed to 102, federal health officials reported...

I said â€œIâ€™m sorryâ€ 12 times last Monday through Wednesday. Yet hereâ€™s the thing: I actually...

How Unboiled Eggs Could Help Fight Food Waste

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i Professor Greg Weiss of the University of California, Irvine is one of the researchers who has developed...

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The U.S. officially declared measles eliminated way back in 2000, but more than 100 cases of the illness have been...

Babiesâ€™ Genes May Hold Clues To Preterm Birth

Gut Check: 4 Things You Need to Know If Youâ€™re Going Gluten-Free

Much of the existing research on babies who are born preterm, or before 37 weeks of pregnancy, has focused on their...

The term â€œgluten-freeâ€ used to only be used in vocabularies of food scientists and registered dietitians,...

The Emotional Moment When A Toddler Sees His Mom After Her 3-Week Chemo Treatment

Bobbi Kristina Brownâ€™s Family Says Sheâ€™s â€˜Fighting For Her Lifeâ€™

Single mom Laura Martancik has been battling Hogdkinâ€™s lymphoma since July 2013. After undergoing standard...

Two days after Bobbi Kristina Brown was hospitalized, her family has released a statement to The Huffington Post,...

Roald Dahlâ€™s heartbreaking words about measles vaccine

How much sleep do experts say you need now?

The stories of Roald Dahl â€” â€œJames and the Giant Peach,â€ â€œCharlie and the Chocolate Factory,â€...

It may seem like Americans have been inundated with calls to get more sleep, but these efforts are not without reason. The...

New mechanism of inheritance could advance study of evolution, disease treatment

Addressing feral catsâ€™ diet may help protect native species

For more than a century, scientists have understood the basics of inheritance: if good genes help parents survive and reproduce,...

IU biologists partner bacterium with nitrogen gas to produce more, cleaner bioethanol IMAGE:Â Indiana University Bloomington biologists have discovered that the bioethanol-producing bacterium Zymomonas...

Researchers determine how the brain controls robotic grasping tools IMAGE:Â Frey suggests that the cerebellum, a region of the brain that has changed very little over time, may play a...

Because reducing the impacts of feral catsâ€“domestic cats that have returned to the wildâ€“is a priority for conservation...

Oceansâ€™ increasing mercury levels may be harming fish Mercury contamination of ocean fish is a serious global health issue, and a new analysis of published reports reveals that...

Range of options, prices brings in the crowdfunding bucks, says Rotman research IMAGE:Â Ming Hu is Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the University of Torontoâ€™s Rotman School...

Obama proposes creation of standalone U.S. food safety agency

White House says Obama would veto House bill to repeal Obamacare

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Transgender kids arenâ€™t confused about their identities

Obamaâ€™s budget would allow pot sales in District of Columbia

By Andrew M. Seaman Transgender youngsters identify as much with their genders as do nontransgender...

By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ U.S. President Barack Obamaâ€™s $4 trillion budget...

Judge blocks NFL concussion settlement, demands changes

8 Keys to Healthy Self-Esteem, a Reflection of the Wellness of Our Soul

By Steve Ginsburg (Reuters) â€“ A U.S. judge on Monday refused to accept a proposed settlement...

Self-esteem is a reflection of our true inner sense of well-being and our deepest inner sense of self value. It...

Break on through to the other side: How HIV penetrates the blood-brain barrier

Activated immune cells indicate a favorable prognosis in colorectal cancer

Although it is known that HIV can enter the brain early during infection, causing inflammation and memory/cognitive problems,...

In recent years, a standard follow-up to colorectal cancer surgery has been to analyze the tumor tissue for the presence...

New reset button discovered for circadian clock

National Centre for Healthcare Photonics to be located in North East of England

The discovery of a new reset button for the brainâ€™s master biological clock could eventually lead to new treatments...

One of the most interesting and fastest developing areas in healthcare is the use of light to diagnose and treat medical...

Why Cambodians Never Get â€˜Depressedâ€™

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i People in Cambodia experience what we Americans call depression. But thereâ€™s no direct translation...

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Arteriovenous malformation of the thyroid gland as a very rare cause of mechanical neck syndrome: a case report

The Keys To A Longer Life, From Dr. Richard Besser (VIDEO)

Journal of Medical Case Reports 2015, 9:3Â doi:10.1186/1752-1947-9-3 Published: 2 February 2015

Chris Pratt And Chris Evansâ€™ Superhero Super Bowl Bet Pays Off Big For Sick Kids When Star-Lord goes into battle with Captain America, everyone wins. Chris Pratt, the Seahawks-loving actor who...

How Likely Is It To Catch Ebola? From Dr. Richard Besser (VIDEO) How concerned should we be about contracting Ebola? Dr. Richard Besser says that while it is quite deadly,...

While thereâ€™s no one thing that will extend your life, Dr. Richard Besser says that getting back to the basics...

How a Stray Dog Taught Me the Value of Inner Peace When I was a boy in small town Minnesota, there was a small dog living in my neighborhood. The pup, named Snapper,...

What I Changed for the Sake of My Kids There was a moment when I could have made another choice. My girlsâ€™ giggling was reaching a fever pitch;...

Should Americans be drinking more milk?

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February 2, 2015, 11:58 AM|Milk sales in the U.S. have dropped to a 30-year low, a trend the dairy industry describes as...

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UI researchers link smoke from fires to tornado intensity

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COLUMBUS, Ohioâ€“When participants in a charity event took the first walk across the newly opened London Millennium...

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Toward the next biofuel: Secrets of Fistulifera solaris Biofuels made from plant-produced oils are an attractive alternative to fossil fuels. However, the enormous amount of arable...

For two years, a debate has raged over the study known as the Surfactant, Positive Pressure, and Oxygenation Randomized Trial...

Ebola vaccine trials begin in Liberia Monrovia (AFP) â€“ The first large-scale trials of two Ebola vaccines began in Liberia on Monday, the hospital...

Obama proposes $3.99 trillion budget, draws scorn from Republicans

Obamaâ€™s budget targets high cost of cutting-edge drugs

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a $3.99 trillion...

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” With patients facing more exposure to the cost of revolutionary new medications, the budget...

Obama seeks $14 billion to boost U.S. cybersecurity defenses

New Jersey Governor seeks â€˜balanceâ€™ in vaccine debate

By Andrea Shalal and Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ President Barack Obamaâ€™s budget...

By Sam Wilkin LONDON (Reuters) â€“ New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a potential 2016 presidential...

Health program offers free diapers to pregnant smokers who kick habit

Is asthma being overdiagnosed?

AKRON, Ohio â€“ Â Pregnant smokers in one northeast Ohio county can get free diapers in exchange for permanently...

17-year-old boy with â€˜devil handsâ€™ undergoes life-changing plastic surgery A 17-year-old boy whose disability prevented him from lowering his arms below his head is enjoying regular use of his left...

Monday February 2 2015 Up to 30% of adults do not have clear evidence of asthma A potentially alarming figure that...

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Docs see ill patientsâ€™ families as barrier to talking about care plan

Woman defies odds after spinal diagnosis to land career as model

Doctors say that when patients are seriously ill, the main obstacles to discussing what the goals of care should be are...

Â (Models of Diversity/Rebecca Raistrick) By the time Katie Knowles was 15, a rare spinal condition had caused her to lose...

The Icebergs Are Talking. We Just Have To Listen

False reduction of an inguinal hernia treated by Kugel patch repair via an anterior approach

i Giant chunks of ice break away from the Hans Glacier in Svalbard, Norway, in 2013. ...

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Geometric morphometric analysis of the head of Microlophus atacamensis (Tropiduridae) in a latitudinal gradient

Informing the establishment of the WHO global observatory on health research and development: a call for papers

The genus Microlophus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) has a disjunct distribution, rare in terrestrial vertebrates (Benavides...

Health Research Policy and Systems 2015, 13:9Â doi:10.1186/1478-4505-13-9 Published: 2 February 2015

We All Fit the Profile

Anti-Vaxxers, Like Drunk Drivers, Are a Danger to Us All

Three and a half years ago I was in a hospital room, admitted after several fruitless hours in the emergency room,...

The Truth About Childhood Allergies, From Dr. Richard Besser (VIDEO) Why are we seeing a rise in allergies? According to Dr. Richard Besser, weâ€™re so conscious of keeping...

It angers me when people make bad decisions that threaten the health and safety of other people. Whether youâ€™re...

27 Counties In California Have Dangerously Low Kindergarten Measles Vaccination Rates Measles continues to be a global problem, but was declared â€œeliminatedâ€ in the U.S. in 2000. This was...

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Serena Williamsâ€™ Trainer Spills 7 Work-Life Secrets

Day care center closed after baby gets measles

Seven years ago, I saw a guy doing a plank on two medicine balls. I was pretty impressedâ€¦ until he started...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. â€“ A child care center in Santa Monica, California, is closed Monday after a baby contracted measles. The...

Volunteers start getting Ebola vaccine in Liberia

Risk for autism increases for abandoned children placed in institutions

MONROVIA, Liberia â€“ A large-scale human trial of two potential Ebola vaccines got under way in Liberiaâ€™s capital...

Washington D.C., February 2, 2015 â€“ A recent study published in the February 2015 issue of the Journal of the American...

Shrinking range of pikas in California mountains linked to climate change

Laying a foundation for treating ALS, spinal cord injury

The American pika, a small animal with a big personality that has long delighted hikers and backpackers, is disappearing...

MADISON, Wis. â€” This story starts in 1955, upon the death of Albert Einstein, when the pathologist charged with performing...

Study looks at the impact of fetal gender on the risk of preterm birth

Study finds variation of the interval between first and second pregnancy

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NYUâ€™s microscopic monitoring may yield advances in production of products, pharmaceuticals

Factbox: Proposals in Obamaâ€™s $3.99 trillion annual budget

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By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled his fiscal year 2016 budget...

Obama administration seeks to negotiate Medicare drug prices

How a Triathlete Who Died During a Race Is Still Alive Today

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ The Obama administration said on Monday it would seek...

Chris LaPak died in August. Lifeguards at the New York City Triathlon noticed that he stopped swimming in the dark...

Packaged toddler foods often high in sugar, salt

A Problem With How We Treat Cancer â€” and How to Fix It

By Kathryn Doyle Reuters Health â€“ In the U.S., commercial foods for toddlers often have high...

I was diagnosed with cancer after giving birth to my third child. The tumor had grown especially large thanks to...

A Brief History: Measles in America

Woman born without womb gives birth to twins

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Â (iStock) A London woman born with no womb has undergone a near-miraculous medical process and given birth to healthy...

Mother learns sheâ€™s pregnant while giving birth to 4th child

Inside the global trend of â€˜death cafesâ€™

Mandie Smith knows how it feels to be pregnant. The West Virginia mother of three says she has been able to detect her pregnancies...

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Shouting â€˜OW!â€™ may help increase pain tolerance

Transgender children arenâ€™t confused about their gender identity, study finds

Monday February 2 2015 Things that make you say â€˜owâ€™? Stepping on Lego will do it The Daily Mail reports...

An ongoing longitudinal study of transgender children and their siblings has revealed that these youths have a strong understanding...

Everyday chemical exposure linked to earlier menopause

Revolutionary treatments for hearing loss

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Johns Hopkins pediatricians offer guidelines on choosing between urgent care and ER

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Clinical dietitian calls for substituting menu favorites with healthier choices during â€˜Super Bowl Sundayâ€™ event

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Mini synthetic organism instead of test animals

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Faeco-prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni in urban wild birds and pets in New Zealand

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6 Sexy Moves for Weight Training (VIDEO-GIFS)

Thinking of getting started with strength training and feeling like a Dummy? Donâ€™t feel badâ€“we are...

Money Can Make You Less Sad, But Not More Happy

A large body of research exploring the link between money and happiness has come to one general conclusion: After...

She Noticed A Huge Problem With Condoms. There. She Fixed It.

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Accomplish More By Committing To Less

Believing that more is always more is a dangerous assumption. Thereâ€™s a cost to complexity. Every time you...

5 Ways Music Improves Our Health

By Jill Suttie When I gave birth to my first-born, I listened to CDs of classical music in the hospital. I figured...

How much rest do we really need?

February 2, 2015, 8:13 AM|There are new recommendations from the National Sleep Foundation on rest. The government calls...

Colorado moves to curb dangers of edible pot products

Commercially produced edibles, which make up 45 percent of Coloradoâ€™s cannabis market, were developed for medical...

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Last Updated Feb 1, 2015 10:25 PM EST As a measles outbreak continues to spread across the U.S., President Obama is encouraging...

Keep your enemies close? Greater proximity to opponents leads to more polarization

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEYâ€™S HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS â€” Encouraging adversaries to have more interpersonal...

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Some babies seem to have a genetic predisposition to a higher risk of being born too soon, according to researchers in a...

Area-wide management a must for Asian citrus psyllid

IMAGE:Â The Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri) carries a bacterial pathogen that causes citrus greening disease...

Confidence in government linked to willingness to vaccinate

COLUMBUS, Ohio â€“ A new study suggests that confidence in government may play a key role in the publicâ€™s willingness...

Researchers introduce a macrosystems approach to study stream ecology

IMAGE:Â Walter Dodds, university distinguished professor of biology, is leading a research team in creating the Stream...

Low birth weight and preeclampsia tend to reoccur in the next generation

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GOPâ€™s Christie: Parents should have choice in vaccinations

CAMBRIDGE, England (AP) â€” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a likely Republican candidate for president, said...

Youthful Exuberance Softens the Corners of Aging

Exuberance, joy, laughter and optimism come naturally when we are young. The experiences of those feelings are...

New effort launched to connect US businesses with clean energy

By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) â€“ Companies struggling to meet their renewable energy...

UK doctorâ€™s campaign for â€˜human touchâ€™ wins huge support

London (AFP) â€“ A terminally-ill British doctorâ€™s campaign encouraging healthcare workers to introduce...

FDA approves Boehringer-Lilly drug for

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Key to High Intensity Interval Training found outside comfort zone

By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ With High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), which...

Docs skeptical about Paltrowâ€™s Vsteaming claims

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American babies are less cuddly than Dutch ones

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BlueBirdâ€™s rare blood disorder drug gets breakthrough therapy status

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CDC urges measles vaccinations amid nationwide outbreak; 100 cases â€¦

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the White House urged individuals and parents to vaccinate themselves...

Pushing outside comfort zone key to high intensity interval training, experts say

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Atlanta-area boy, 8, grows hair 14 inches long for charity

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CDC: Flu Striking Older Americans At Highest Pace On Record

Obama proposes $3.99 trillion budget, sets up battle with Republicans

A flu outbreak that already has killed at least 61 children is simultaneously slamming older Americans...

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a $3.99 trillion...

Second British health worker tested for Ebola in London

Millions of middle class Americans will remain uninsured despite Obamacare

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The good news from last weekâ€™s Congressional Budget Office report was that Obamacare will cost 20 percent...

8 healthy foods for midnight snacking

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Midnight snackingâ€” weâ€™ve all done it at some point, but the good news is that if you havenâ€™t eaten...

Numerous studies in recent years have suggested that vitamins and supplements have no beneficial effect on your health....

Why we should aim for 100% vaccination coverage

Science shows ethical questions remain unanswered with 3-person IVF

The measles outbreak traced back to Disneyland

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mitochondria â€“ the powerhouses of the cell â€“ can be disabling,...

Doctors in tricky spot when family moves to take financial control from elderly

Face blindness predicted by differences in the brain, scientists discover

Doctors need improved tools to test the capacity of elderly patients to manage their finances, University of Queensland...

Recognizing the faces of family and friends seems vital to social interaction. However, some individuals lack this essential...

Possible cause of IVF failure in some women identified

Childrenâ€™s Hospital of Philadelphia invited to Obamaâ€™s announcement of Precision Medicine Initiative

New research from The University of Manchester has demonstrated a previously unexplored biological process, which can lead...

Scientists identify gene mutations that provide better insight into hepatitisliver cancer link

At the invitation of the White House, The Childrenâ€™s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) sent two special guests to President...

Bionomics initiates BNC210 Phase 1b clinical trial in healthy volunteers / no comments Bionomics Limited

Using whole genomic sequencing, scientists from RIKEN in Japan have for the first time demonstrated the profound effect that...

Mylan signs definitive agreement to acquire Famy Careâ€™s female health care businesses Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that it has, through its Indian subsidiary Mylan Laboratories Limited, signed a...

IRIDEX Cyclo G6 Laser System receives FDA clearance for treatment of glaucoma / no comments IRIDEX Corporation

UCLA offers new hope to patients suffering from phrenic nerve damage David Powell could not catch his breath. The 35year-old from San Diego got winded walking up the stairs, exercising or even...

Inferring bacteriophage infection strategies from genome sequence: analysis of bacteriophage 7-11 and related phages The 7-11 genome arrangement The total number of 151 ORF was detected in the phage 7 â€“ 11 genomic sequence, 30 ...

Candidate genes in quantitative trait loci associated with absolute and relative kidney weight in rats with Inherited Stress Induced Arterial Hypertension Many different reasons may cause the increase of the kidney weight. It may be modified by hypertrophy and/or hyperplasia...

Why This 71-Year-Old Woman Is Embarking On A 500-Mile Hike In Spain This Year This is one story from Huff/Post50â€™s new series â€œThis Will Be Our Year: 15 Women Over 50 Shaking Things...

Role of the horizontal gene exchange in evolution of pathogenic Mycobacteria Comparison of 22 mycobacterial genomes (Table 1) revealed 2,337 clusters of orthologous genes (COGs) shared by all these...

What Type Of Cooking Oil You Should Use For Every Occasion So many cooking oils, so much confusion. Are you supposed to use olive oil or canola oil when you stir fry something...

12 Taro Recipes That Will Have You Craving All Things Purple

Health officials warn about ingredients in kidsâ€™ food

Looking to broaden your starch horizons? Meet taro root, the potatoâ€™s hairy, kind of unfortunatelooking...

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Unhealthy ingredients in packaged childrenâ€™s food, study finds

Britainâ€™s health service, its pride and worry, dominates election

February 2, 2015, 5:12 AM|A new study raises a red flag about unhealthy levels of sodium and sugar in packaged food for kids....

By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Dearlyloved and overburdened, Britainâ€™s national...

Heavy kids can have celiac disease,

More than 100 cases of measles now

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Â (REUTERS/Rick Wilking) Overweight children are just as likely as thin children to have celiac disease, a new study confirms. Itâ€™s...

More than 100 people in the United States have been confirmed as infected with measles including 91 in California, most...

Ebola vaccine trial begins in Liberia

Toddler food often has too much salt, sugar, finds CDC study

Health care workers inside a USAID, funded Ebola clinic with their Ebola virus protective gear in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday,...

Senate takes up bill to lower suicide rate among vets A bill aimed at reducing a suicide epidemic among military veterans appears headed for the presidentâ€™s desk. The...

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New book debunks myth that failed potty training is parent or childâ€™s fault

Research shows olfactory proxy detection is a phenomenon in both insects and humans

Patience is a virtue, unless your child suffers from one of the most common, and frustrating, childhood conditions: bedwetting....

Antioxidants are natural food ingredients that protect cells from harmful influences. Their main task is to neutralize so-called...

Study: Teens who perceive themselves as overweight are at greater risk of obesity as adults

ACP, other health care organizations urge Supreme Court to uphold premium subsidies created by ACA

Teens who mistakenly perceive themselves as overweight are actually at greater risk of obesity as adults, according to research...

The American College of Physicians (ACP) today â€“ along with other health care organizations â€“ submitted an...

Drug-resistant HIV viruses can spread rapidly, shows study

Incidence of human rabies exposure and associated factors at the Gondar Health Center, Ethiopia: a three-year retrospective study

Drug-resistant HIV viruses can spread rapidly. This is the conclusion of a study conducted as part of the SWISS HIV Cohort...

Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2015, 4:3Â doi:10.1186/2049-9957-4-3 Published: 2 February 2015

Workshop on cardiovascular extracellular matrix in health and disease in Baeza, Spain

HIV and Cancer: A comparative retrospective study of Brazilian and U.S. clinical cohorts

Clearly distinguishable from the glycocalix, the membrane-bound, carbohydrate-rich cell coat, the extracellular...

Infectious Agents and Cancer 2015, 10:4Â doi:10.1186/1750-9378-10-4 Published: 2 February 2015

Understanding and defining bullying

Nut rage: Korean Air bossâ€™s daughter treated crew â€˜like slavesâ€™

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By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) â€“ The daughter of the boss of Korean Air, on trial in a case...

Most packaged food for toddlers has too much sugar and salt, CDC says

Toddler food often has too much salt and sugar, CDC study finds

Jan. 29, 2015: Kathy Burnett prepares a snack for her daughters Claudia, center, and Sabina right, after their gymnastics...

Many packaged meals and snacks for toddlers contain worrisome amounts of salt and sugar, potentially creating an early taste...

Health Check: how to work out how much food should you eat

Efficiency of hydrogen peroxide in improving disinfection of ICU rooms

Dietary guidelines broadly recommend a daily intake of 10,000 kilojoules (2,400 calories) for men and 8,000 kilojoules (1,900...

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Pazopanib as first line treatment for solitary fibrous tumours: the Royal Marsden Hospital experience

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The care pathway for children with urticaria, angioedema, mastocytosis

Cryo-electron tomography of motile cilia and flagella

Cutaneous involvement characterized by urticarial lesions with or without angioedema and itch is commonly observed...

In Dynein arrangement and localization in the axoneme to Nexin/DRC and other interdoublet linkers, MIPs, we will...

The Darkest Super Bowl Ad You Probably Never Saw

Obama tells parents to get kids vaccinated to stem measles

We all saw that Nationwide ad and thought, â€œIt canâ€™t get more disturbing than that!â€ Unfortunately,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ President Barack Obama is urging parents to get their children vaccinated in the face...

China says 90 percent of cities failed to meet air standards in 2014

NYU Langone dermatologist offers tips to prevent ingrown hair

BEIJING (Reuters) â€“ Nearly 90 percent of Chinaâ€™s big cities failed to meet air quality standards in...

Ingrown hair, also known as â€œrazor bumps,â€ are a common skin condition, particularly in people whose hair has...

Large numbers of older people still have active sex lives

Jersey Coast Vascular Institute, Meridian Health partner to accept a wide range of insurances

Older people are continuing to enjoy active sex lives well into their seventies and eighties, according to new research from...

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Improving access to care is an important focus at Meridian Health, and a new partnership with Jersey Coast Vascular Institute...

Scientists create largest ever catalogue of biological chimeras

Study finds decline in re-hospitalization rates after AVR surgery

Scientists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centreâ€™s Structural Computational Biology Group, led by Alfonso...

Fewer patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) are being re-hospitalized in the year following surgery, indicating...

Intranasal administration of butorphanol benefits old patients undergoing Huvulopalatopharyngoplasty: a randomized trial

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Metformin may lower lung cancer risk in diabetic nonsmokers

Toddler food often has too much salt, sugar, CDC study says

Among nonsmokers who had diabetes, those who took the diabetes drug metformin had a decrease in lung cancer risk, according...

CHICAGO (AP) â€” Many packaged meals and snacks for toddlers contain worrisome amounts of salt and sugar, potentially...

Drought-hit Pakistan turns to solar water treatment

Innocent lives lost and saved: the importance of blood transfusion for children in sub-Saharan Africa

By Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio MITHI, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Worsening...

In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the death of a child is an everyday tragedy. The sorrow is compounded by the fact that...

Behaviors of stem cells on carbon nanotube

Comparative biology of taste: Insights into mechanism and function

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Each animal species lives in a separate sensory world that is coordinated with its behavioral ecology. A dramatic...

Anaemia and blood transfusion in African children presenting to hospital with severe febrile illness

Obama To Parents: â€˜Get Your Kids Vaccinatedâ€™

Prevalence and clinical presentation of anaemia Of 3,170 children in the FEAST trial, 3,082 (97%) had a baseline Hb measurement,...

President Barack Obama urged American parents to get their children fully vaccinated on Sunday, amid growing concerns...

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Mapping migratory flyways in Asia using dynamic Brownian bridge movement models

Fewer viral relics may be due to a less bloody evolutionary history

1 U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Beltsville 20705,...

Humans have fewer remnants of viral DNA in their genes compared to other mammals, a new study has found. This decrease could...

Obama tells parents to get their kids vaccinated

Itâ€™s Not All Bad News For Earthâ€™s Oceans

WASHINGTON (AP) â€” In the midst of a measles outbreak, President Barack Obama is telling parents to get their...

Ocean habitats seem to be in pretty good shape, according to the latest study of ocean species. NPRâ€™s Arun Rath talks...

Itâ€™s Not All Bad News For Earthâ€™s Oceans

â€˜Live fast, die youngâ€™ galaxies lose the gas that keeps them alive

Ocean habitats seem to be in pretty good shape, according to the latest study of ocean species. NPRâ€™s Arun Rath talks...

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â€˜Live fast, die youngâ€™ galaxies lose the gas that keeps them alive

Improving health before pregnancy could be key to the prevention of childhood obesity

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Improving health before pregnancy could be key to the prevention of childhood obesity A new study from the University of Southampton adds to a growing body of evidence that links a childâ€™s early environment...

A new study from the University of Southampton adds to a growing body of evidence that links a childâ€™s early environment...

Britain urged to go â€˜beyond aidâ€™ for global impact By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Aid handouts alone are not enough to...

Britain urged to go â€˜beyond aidâ€™ for global impact

Bobby Brown asks for privacy as daughter remains in hospital

By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â€“ Aid handouts alone are not enough to...

(Reuters) â€“ Singer Bobby Brown on Sunday asked for privacy regarding his and his late wife Whitney Houstonâ€™s...

Bobby Brown asks for privacy as daughter remains in hospital

Ebola-hit Liberia delays school reopening

(Reuters) â€“ Singer Bobby Brown on Sunday asked for privacy regarding his and his late wife Whitney Houstonâ€™s...

Liberiaâ€™s education ministry said on Sunday it had postponed by two weeks the reopening of the countryâ€™s schools,...

Shaping 2015: Time to go back to the drawing board on health

CDC "very concerned" about potential for large measles outbreak

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Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said his agency is â€œvery concernedâ€...

Obama targets foreign profits with tax proposal, Republicans skeptical

The Icebergs Are Talking. We Just Have To Listen.

By Jeff Mason and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ President Barack Obamaâ€™s fiscal...

i Giant chunks of ice break away from the Hans Glacier in Svalbard, Norway, in 2013. ...

Early detection of structural abnormalities and cytoplasmic accumulation of TDP-43 in tissueengineered skins derived from ALS patients

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LGBT Wellness Roundup: Jan. 30

My Super Bowl Victory in Weight Loss

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Culturally sensitive palliative care represents new approach

Greece starts drive to sell new debt deal to doubting Europe

WEST LINN, Ore. (AP) â€” When doctors diagnosed Pilar Alcantara with advanced breast cancer, she felt lost...

By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) â€“ Greeceâ€™s leftist government on Sunday began...

China eyes food safety, modern farms in 2015 rural policy

Adoptive T-cell therapy of prostate cancer targeting the cancer stem cell antigen EpCAM

BEIJING (Reuters) â€“ China has listed food safety and modernizing farms as among key priorities this year,...

"Father of birth control pill" dies SAN FRANCISCO â€“ Carl Djerassi, the chemist widely considered the father of the birth control pill, has died. Djerrasi...

Department of Immunology, Cancer Hospital Institute, Peking Union Medical...

Obama plans 19 percent tax on U.S. companiesâ€™ foreign earnings By Jeff Mason and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€“ President Barack Obamaâ€™s fiscal...

Pregnant smokers persuaded to quit with free diapers

In pursuit of next-generation Ebola stockpile vaccines

AKRON, Ohio â€“ Â Pregnant smokers in one northeast Ohio county can get free diapers in exchange for permanently kicking...

By Kate Kelland and Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) â€“ As West Africaâ€™s devastating Ebola...

Greece promises to boost minimum wage as debt talks loom

China to tackle food safety as policy priority: Xinhua

By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) â€“ Greeceâ€™s leftist government outlined plans...

BEIJING (Reuters) â€“ China has promised to address food safety issues and modernize its agriculture as policy...

9 tips to prevent the flu during pregnancy

Unpleasantly plump? Try these 11 natural weight-loss tips

Getting the flu is miserable for most people, but if youâ€™re pregnant it can be dangerous. The number of pregnant...

Grab your tape measure: If yourÂ waist sizeÂ is greater than 35 inches (40 for men) youâ€™re at a higher risk for...

Should you work out with a cold?

Long term biventricular support with Berlin Heart Excor in a Septuagenarian with giant-cell myocarditis

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Assembling allopolyploid genomes: no longer formidable In light of the challenges described above, the whole genome shotgun approach appears not to be applicable for assembling...

1 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Goettingen,...

More robust evidence for the efficacy of lithium in the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder: should lithium (again) be recommended as the single preferred first-line treatment? Among the many options for the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder, lithium is the oldest drug. After its initial...

17 Ways To Age-Proof Your Brain By Amanda Gardner Whatâ€™s good for your body is good for your brain. That means eating a balanced diet with...

3 Ways to Boost Empathy (and Why) By Jan Bruce When you experience stress, your body focuses its resources to deal with the perceived threat at hand....

Why Our Eyelids Feel So Heavy When Weâ€™re Tired S.J. in Manhattan Beach, California, writes: Why do our eyelids seem so heavy when weâ€™re sleepy? ...

How To Get A Workout While Watching The Super Bowl (Without Leaving The Couch) Even if the term â€œDeflategateâ€ means nothing to you or you would much rather tune into the second annual...

Your Dog Can Get Alzheimerâ€™s Too

Elderly hard-hit by tough flu season

As your dog reaches old age, you might expect to contend with veterinary complaints like hip

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International campaigners urge UK to allow â€˜three-parentâ€™ IVF babies

International campaigners urge UK to allow â€˜3-parentâ€™ IVF babies

By Kate Kelland LONDON, (Reuters) â€“ Campaigners urged British lawmakers on Sunday to seize...

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Campaigners urged British lawmakers on Sunday to seize a...

Antibiotics firm Motif Bio to tap UK market for cash

Researchers show value of tissueengineering to repair major peripheral nerve injuries

LONDON (Reuters) â€“ Motif Bio, which is working on a range of antibiotics, is planning to raise at least 4...

Ebola: timeline of a ruthless killer Here are key dates in the current Ebola epidemic, the worst ever outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever which first surfaced...

Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is a common consequence of traumatic injuries, wounds caused by an external force or an act...

Chileâ€™s Bachelet sends abortion bill to Congress Chileâ€™s President Michelle Bachelet on Saturday pressed ahead with plans to decriminalize abortion in certain cases,...

Team finds hydrogen production in extreme bacterium

Functional consequences of copy number variants in miscarriage

A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology has discovered a bacterium that can produce hydrogen,...

1 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia,...

Development of a semi-conductor sequencing-based panel for genotyping of colon and lung cancer by the Onconetwork consortium

Skin malformations in a neonatal foal tested homozygous positive for Warmblood Fragile Foal Syndrome

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1 Clinic of Reproductive Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich,...

LPS stimulation of purified human platelets is partly dependent on plasma soluble CD14 to secrete their main secreted product, soluble-CD40-Ligand

Wrist flexion and extension torques measured by highly sensitive dynamometer in healthy subjects from 5 to 80 years

Sciatic nerve course in adult patients with unilateral developmental dysplasia of the hip: implications for hip surgery

Addressing ethical issues in H3Africa research â€“ the views of research ethics committee members

BMC Surgery 2015, 15:14Â doi:10.1186/14712482-15-14 Published: 31 January 2015

Genomic research in Africa raises a number of unique ethical challenges, arising most prominently from the interplay...

Addressing ethical issues in H3Africa research â€“ the views of research ethics committee members

Study discovers microRNA signatures that could predict prognosis, distant metastasis in colorectal cancer

Genomic research in Africa raises a number of unique ethical challenges, arising most prominently from the interplay...

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Cities with Super Bowl teams see big spike in flu illness, deaths

NEB announces introduction of onestep cloning and multiple DNA fragment assembly

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NR2F1 gene: A â€˜master regulatorâ€™ of tumor cell growth

Willingness to participate in prevention programs for cardiometabolic diseases

Two existing cancer drugs turn on a gene that tells tumor cells to remain inactive, according to a study led by researchers...

NIVEL (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research), Utrecht, 3500...

Assessment of training and technical assistance needs of Colorectal Cancer Control Program Grantees in the U.S.

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Mutant mosquitoes, that is. Millions of them. At least thatâ€™s the...

Father of birth control dead at 91

NYC Health Dept. form asks parents if â€˜woman giving birthâ€™ is male or female

Oct. 20, 2009: Carl Djerassi talks to Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann, not seen, at the federal chancellery in Vienna,...

It may seem like a trick question, but New York City has started asking â€˜the woman giving birthâ€™ if they are...

Perelman School of Medicine opens new medical education center With the opening of the Henry A. Jordan Mâ€™62 Medical Education Center, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University...

Early Intervention Clinic offers support to trauma survivors / no comments Palo Alto University

Greater Chicago Food Depository receives $1 million to support hungerrelief among older adults / no comments Greater Chicago Food Depository

A novel acquired inv(2)(p23.3q24.3) with concurrent submicroscopic deletions at 2p23.3, 2p22.1, 2q24.3 and 1p13.2 in a patient with chronic thrombocytopenia and anemia Molecular Cytogenetics 2015, 8:7Â doi:10.1186/s13039-015-0113-z Published: 1 February 2015

Carl Djerassi, Creator Of Birth Control Pill, Dead At 91

Measles outbreak sparks debate over unvaccinated patients

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â€” Carl Djerassi, the chemist widely considered the father of the birth control pill, has...

LOS ANGELES â€“ The measles outbreak that started last month at Disneyland is not slowing down. Itâ€™s now up to...

Scientist considered father of birth control pill dies

After Alzheimerâ€™s Diagnosis, â€˜The Stripping Away Of My Identityâ€™

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â€” Carl Djerassi, the chemist widely considered the father of the birth control pill, has...

i Greg Oâ€™Brien (left), with Colleen, Mary Catherine, Conor, and Brendan Oâ€™Brien, has been...

â€˜Zombie Catâ€™ at Center of Pet Custody Battle

Soccer-Huddersfield player stable after airlift drama

The so-called â€œzombie catâ€ that seemingly came back to life after being buried is now at the center...

(Adds player staying in hospital overnight) LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) â€“ Tommy Smith, a footballer...

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