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After spending the past several months cooped up in classrooms, millions of teens are ready to have their fun in the sun as the school year comes to a close. However, not to be a buzzkill, but they shouldn't have too muc...

A new study has shown bi-lingual people may have better odds when it comes to brain aging. Research indicates those with bi-lingual skills show signs of better intelligence and reading ability as well later in life.

Better screening efforts and better treatments have reduced the death rate for many common cancers. The increased survival rate trend is expected to continue.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have erased and reactivated memories in rats, profoundly altering the animals' reaction to past events.

Scientists say hair color is due to a tiny DNA change, one single letter of genetic code. The change does not influence eye color, personality or intellect.

Exposure to sun and sunburn episodes for Caucasian women in early life are crucial to determining the risk for melanoma. Find out what this new study says.

Women with metastatic breast cancer to the bone may be able to receive bisphosphonates, the bone-targeting class of drugs like zoledronic acid, less often after the first year of monthly administration. With that practic...

Federal appeals board overturn ban on Medicare coverage for gender reassignment surgery. Ban had been in place since 1981.

(Elsevier Health Sciences) One aspect of drug diversion that is not well recognized involves health care providers who steal controlled substances for their personal use. A report authored by experts from the Centers for...

(Wiley) The germ Helicobacter pylori is the cause of most stomach ulcers, but new research in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics suggests that treating the bacteria is linked to weight gain.

(The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth) In spite of early concerns that hospitals' economic strengths would lead them to dominate the formation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), a new study published in the ...

(American Society for Radiation Oncology) Combining oncolytic adenovirus-mediated cytotoxic gene therapy with intensity modulated radiation therapy reduces the risk of having a positive prostate biopsy two years after tr...

(University of Delaware) A naturally occurring microbe in soil that inhibits the rice blast fungus has been identified by a team of researchers from the University of Delaware and the University of California at Davis.

(Lund University) Many people with cystic fibrosis develop diabetes. The reasons for this have been largely unknown, but now researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Karolinska institutet have identified a molecular ...

(Durham University) Fetuses are more likely to show left-handed movements in the womb when their mothers are stressed, according to new research.

(Journal of Clinical Investigation) This release contains summaries, links to PDFs, and contact information for the following newsworthy papers published online, June 2, 2014 in the JCI: 'Mucin concentration contributes ...

(Carnegie Mellon University) New research led by Carnegie Mellon University shows for the first time that social integration impacts pulmonary function in the elderly. Published in the American Psychological Association'...

(Yale University) The first long-term follow-up results from a phase 1b immunotherapy trial combining drugs for advanced melanoma patients has shown encouraging results -- long-lasting with high survival rates -- researc...

(Wolters Kluwer Health) For patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy that can't be controlled by medications, a minimally invasive laser procedure performed under MRI guidance provides a safe and effective alternative...

(Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed)) Rates for MRSA acquired in the community were lower in L.A. than in New York City and stable in San Francisco, Chicago and Raleigh-Dur...

(University of South Carolina) A team of University of South Carolina researchers have discovered a novel pathway through which marijuana can suppress the body's immune functions. The recent findings show that marijuana ...

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) A new study suggests that marijuana use is associated with impaired sleep quality.