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A new app is aimed at helping users understand their stress levels. It aims to be a key in preventative care as technology and health meld together.

The girl whose family claimed she was booted from a KFC due to her appearance could be getting a new eye. It comes after a Florida doctor said he wants to help the three-year-old girl.

Brain structure, life events and personality are main predictors of teen binge drinking, study says. CDC urges action to help change behavior to prevent deaths and illness.

Got a gut issue? You soon may find your doctor prescribing a new drink, tagged 'nanojuice' by its researchers, to determine what's causing you pain in the bowel region.

Oculus decided to cancel the preorder and shipment of its Oculus Rift development kit 2 over concerns that many of the limited stocks will not go to legitimate developers but to sellers who intend to resell their orders ...

Four individuals in Boston area who have recently traveled to Caribbean islands were diagnosed with the mosquito-borne chikungunya. Health officials said there are no public threats because the disease does not spread be...

A man dying due to rejection of his transplanted lungs was saved by a machine called Hemolung. The device has not yet been approved by the FDA.

Scientists have discovered a new bio-printing technique, which can recreate blood vessels. Scientists suggest that the study will help researchers to quicken further research in the field.

Researchers studied the physiological and mental effects of subjects that underwent mindfulness meditation or cognitive stress-management training during stressful tasks. The subjects that meditated felt significantly le...

(Brown University) In a new study, Brown University neuroscientists looked cell-by-cell at the brain circuitry that tadpoles, and possibly other animals, use to avoid collisions. The study produced a model of how individ...

(Neural Regeneration Research) Previous studies have indicated that electrical stimulation of the cerebellar fastigial nucleus in rats may reduce brain infarct size, increase the expression of Ku70 in cerebral ischemia/r...

(Grand Valley State University) A survey of first-year Grand Valley State University students showed the biggest barrier to receiving a Human Papillomavirus vaccine was moral or religious beliefs.

(Neural Regeneration Research) The retina and optic nerve are part of the CNS and this system is much used in experiments designed to test new ways of promoting regeneration after injury.

(Dartmouth College) Infant toenails are a reliable way to estimate arsenic exposure before birth, a Dartmouth College study shows.

(NIH/National Institute on Aging) Teams of scientists will use support from the NIH to conduct research into the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease, analyzing how genome sequences may contribute to increased ri...

(NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine) While cigarette use is declining precipitously among youth, evidence indicates that American adolescents are turning to ethnically-linked alternative ...

(New York University) Study finds social/behavioral intervention vastly increased the number of African American and Latino individuals living with HIV/AIDS who enrolled in HIV/AIDS medical studies. Nine out of 10 partic...

(American College of Emergency Physicians) Of emergency patients who reported any drug other than marijuana as their primary drug of use, 90.7 percent met the criteria for problematic drug use. Among patients who reporte...

(Neural Regeneration Research) Spasticity is considered a common reaction after injury, death or apoptosis of central nervous system neurons occur.

(Monash University) A leading chemist from Monash University has been chosen as one of only eight scientists globally to receive a prestigious international fellowship.Professor Leone Spiccia from the School of Chemistry...

(University of Oxford) Partial knee replacement surgery is safer than total knee replacement according to a new study published in The Lancet today.

(Inderscience Publishers) Allowing patients to choose which hospital they attend when suffering illness during a pandemic rather than assigning them to a specific healthcare facility could be inefficient, according to re...