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Citing flaws in earlier studies that became the basis for current nutritional recommendations, Nina Teicholz challenges the conventional medical wisdom that saturated fat causes heart disease.

New research is giving hope to men and the fight against prostate cancer. The study has shown improved ways of better diagnosing the cancer and helping to deliver treatment more accurately.

Having trouble remembering what you did even the day before? A new study proves that the more sleep you get, the more effective your brain is at storing memories.

Monitoring the drug concentration in patients is critical for effective treatment, especially in cases of cancer, heart disease, epilepsy and immunosuppression after organ transplants. However, current methods are expens...

Levels of a small molecule found only in humans and in other primates are lower in the brains of depressed individuals, according to researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Institute. This discovery may hold a k...

Doctors claim the consequences can be deadly -- especially for children. Parents should be on alert for symptoms such as fast and heavy breathing, changes to face color and extreme fatigue.

Infants exposed to rodent and pet dander, roach allergens and a wide variety of household bacteria in the first year of life appear less likely to suffer from allergies, wheezing and asthma, according to results of a stu...

New study reveals three days of fasting can bolster the immune system. It's especially effective for chemo patients and the elderly, says research.

Physical fitness is responsible for robust and more active brains in children. More physically active kids also have better language skills, a study finds.

(Fox Chase Cancer Center) There's much to learn from the recent release of unprecedented amounts of data from the nation's second largest health insurer, Medicare, but only if interpreted cautiously, write two doctors at...

(American Society of Agronomy) A new study examined the mineral micronutrient content of four types of grain legumes. Grain legumes are often overlooked as valuable sources of micronutrients, such as zinc and potassium.

(Loyola University Health System) In the fight against teenage obesity, some researchers have proposed targeting popular teens, in the belief that such kids would have an outsize influence on their peers.But in a Loyola ...

(Wiley) A study by researchers from Finland found that diagnosis and treatment of anemia is important to improve quality of life among women with heavy periods. Findings published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scan...

(Wiley) Physical activity after breast cancer diagnosis has been linked with prolonged survival and improved quality of life, but most participants in a large breast cancer study did not meet national physical activity g...

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) A protein may be the key to maintaining the health of aging blood stem cells, according to work by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai re...

(NOAA Headquarters) Four of the most common mosquito pesticides used along the east and Gulf coasts show little risk to juvenile hard clams and oysters, according to a NOAA study.However, the study, published in the on-l...

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Needle biopsy, the standard of care radiological procedure for diagnosing breast cancer, is underused with too many patients undergoing the more invasive, excisional bio...

(Garland Science, Taylor & Francis Group) Garland Science is proud to announce the publication of 'Genetics and Genomics in Medicine' by Tom Strachan, Judith Goodship, and Patrick Chinnery.

(George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health) The leading mobile health service in the nation, Text4baby, was found to significantly benefit pregnant women, according to a new study led by Milke...

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Findings from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center add a new dimension to our understanding of antibody repertoires and their potential to fight disease.

(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) Is sleep one of your most important family values? A new University of Illinois study suggests that it should be, reporting that more ...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Researchers at the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have been awarded a $10 million grant fr...