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According to a new study, men with semen abnormalities were twice more likely to die than those who do not have any. It could be that infertility is caused by pre-existing health problems that may actually be the cause o...

The Mayo Clinic announced a remarkable finding that a massive measles vaccine eliminated a woman's incurable blood cancer. This method could become the standard treatment for other types of cancer in the near future.

Dengue fever may greet fans to the World Cup games this year. Tourists could return to their homelands, increasing incidence of the disease worldwide.

According to a new study, the number of magnet ingestion in children have increased over a 10-year period. The new and stronger neodymium-iron-boron magnets are being sold in the market as toys and it poses a serious ris...

Smoking a hookah increases nicotine and carcinogens in users. Smoking hookah poses health risks similar to cigarette smoking.

(American Thoracic Society) Patients with chronic pulmonary thromboembolic disease may benefit from pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, even if the patients don't have severe pulmonary hypertension, according to University ...

(Tonic Life Communications USA) Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., today announced that results from a real-life, retrospective, observational study of QVAR® will be presented at the American Thoracic Society 2014 Int...

(American Society for Microbiology) Patients with pancreatic cancer have a different and distinct profile of specific bacteria in their saliva compared to healthy controls and even patients with other cancers or pancreat...

(American Society for Microbiology) Contrary to popular belief, urine is not sterile and the bacteria in it may be associated with overactive bladder in some women, according to research presented today at the annual mee...

(European Society of Cardiology) Clinicians have been urged to consider using spironolactone in their patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction after a post-hoc analysis of the TOPCAT trial showed benef...

(The JAMA Network Journals) Supplemental vitamin C taken by pregnant smokers improved measures of lung function for newborns and decreased the incidence of wheezing for infants through 1 year, according to a study publis...

(American Society for Microbiology) A University of Florida study shows that the same bacteria that cause gum disease also promotes heart disease -- a discovery that could change the way heart disease is diagnosed and tr...

(The JAMA Network Journals) An analysis that included approximately 7 million hospitalizations finds that sepsis contributed to 1 in every 2 to 3 deaths, and most of these patients had sepsis at admission, according to a...

(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) Researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute have identified a heart-specific form of a protein, BIN1, responsible for sculpting tiny folds in pockets that are present on the surface of h...

(Medical College of Wisconsin) Despite previously-reported observational and basic science evidence suggesting the use of statins may improve outcomes in patients with sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome, a do...

(Loyola University Health System) Bacteria live in the bladders of healthy women, discrediting the common belief that normal urine is sterile. This finding was presented today by researchers from Loyola University Chicag...

(Washington University School of Medicine) Adding vitamin D to asthma treatment to improve breathing only appears to benefit patients who achieve sufficient levels of the supplement in the blood. Overall, the ability to ...

(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory today reported a discovery that they hope will lead to the development of a powerful new way of treating an aggressive form of breast cancer cal...

(American Thoracic Society) As if increased risks of high blood pressure, respiratory infections, lung cancer and even depression weren't enough, researchers say patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a...

(American Thoracic Society) A new study by researchers from California and Canada indicates a simple urine test can indicate the presence of venous thromboembolism, a blood clot that has broken free from its point of ori...

(The JAMA Network Journals) In adults with persistent asthma and low vitamin D levels, treatment with vitamin D3 did not reduce the rate of treatment failure or exacerbation of symptoms, according to a study published by...

(American Society for Microbiology) A form of bacteria responsible for respiratory illness, including the deadly pneumonia known as Legionnaire's disease, may be able to grow in windshield washer fluid and was isolated f...