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A recent study finds adolescent boys and girls experience different heart rate and blood pressure changes after consuming caffeine. Researchers claim future studies may determine the extent to which gender differences ar...

New research indicates boys have a greater response to caffeine post puberty than girls. Teenagers are now consuming greater amounts of caffeine thanks to energy drinks, states a separate report.

New research indicates bariatric surgery could do more than reduce weight gain. It may reduce cancer risk, says new report.

The Food Standard Agency (FSA) of the UK has issued a health warning for campylobacter. People are urged to avoid washing raw chicken before cooking.

Bariatric surgery does not just trim down obese individuals. The procedure is also found to be associated with reduced cancer risks and long term remission from diabetes.

(Case Western Reserve University) Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and the Department of Otolaryngology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center will collaborate on a pilot study to examine wh...

(Case Western Reserve University) Without proper infection prevention in hospitals, and now homes, the Clostridium difficile bacteria poses a major health threat, cautions a Case Western Reserve University infection cont...

(Elsevier) The amygdala is a key 'fear center' in the brain. Alterations in the development of the amygdala during childhood may have an important influence on the development of anxiety problems, reports a new study in ...

(University of Michigan Health System) Parents value convenience of sports physicals but recognize importance of thorough doctor visits, according to U-M's National Poll on Children's Health

(Harvard School of Public Health) A new poll by The Boston Globe and Harvard School of Public Health finds, eight years into the state's universal health insurance legislation enacted in 2006, 63 percent of Massachusetts...

(Oregon State University) Scientists have confirmed the function of a gene that controls the awakening of trees from winter dormancy, a critical factor in their ability to adjust to environmental changes associated with ...

(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) Max Planck scientists find no correlation between moon phases and human sleep

(University of Michigan) When it comes to controlling hay fever-triggering ragweed plants on Detroit vacant lots, occasional mowing is worse than no mowing at all, and promoting reforestation might be the best solution.

(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) Melbourne researchers have shown a type of leukaemia can be successfully 'reversed' by coaxing the cancer cells back into normal development.The discovery was made using a model of B-pro...

(University of Connecticut) A novel approach to treating multiple sclerosis using human embryonic stem cells appears to offer better treatment results than stem cells derived from human adult bone marrow, scientists in t...

(University of California - San Diego) It's broadly assumed that cells degrade and recycle their own old or damaged organelles, but researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins...

(Wiley) Individuals with celiac disease often experience 'brain fog' in addition to intestinal problems, but a new study shows that adhering to a gluten-free diet can lead to improvements in cognition that correlate with...

(Rockefeller University Press) Before it can fertilize an egg, a sperm has to bind to and bore through an outer egg layer known as the zona pellucida. Despite decades of research, some of the biological mechanisms behind...

(Group Health Research Institute) People living in poverty are less likely to be screened for colorectal cancer -- and more likely to develop the disease and die from it. Mailing a stool test promises to help end these d...

(International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) DENVER - Investigators of the COSMOS (Continuous Observation of SMOking Subjects) study show good compliance and patient survival outcomes using a 5-year low-dose ...

(Washington University School of Medicine) Explosions are the most common cause of traumatic brain injuries in veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. A new study shows that military personnel with mild brain traum...

(McGill University) An international team of researchers has discovered a significant genetic component of Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy, the most common form of epilepsy. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characteri...