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Individuals with compulsive sexual behavior and drug addicts show similar brain activities when exposed to stimuli. Researchers, however, said this does not prove CSB patients are addicted to pornography.

(Alzheimer's Association) Participation in activities that promote mental activity, and moderate physical activity in middle age, may help protect against the development of Alzheimer's disease and dementia in later life...

Researchers warn parents not to rely on teaspoons or tablespoons from a kitchen drawer when dispending a child's medicine. Nearly 40 percent of dosing using those utensils is off the mark.

Melanoma cases have been steadily on the rise and progression has always been a problem. Results show improved chances of success at treating patients.

State offering free help for smokers trying to quit as part of study on better way to treat habit.

Government labs mishandled anthrax samples. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has temporarily closed down two labs in Atlanta that mishandled the deadly bacteria samples.

Brain scans of people with compulsive sexual behaviors show similarities to those of drug addicts. Brain reward centers show similar activity in both behaviors, a study finds.

An 11-year old boy's unexplained body rashes that do not respond to standard treatment were traced to his frequent use of a first generation iPad.

A latest study reveals that bed-sharing with adults is one of the major causes of deaths amongst infants less than four months. Researchers say that bed-sharing with infants is extremely risky.

New study reveals anger doesn't play a role in stroke risk. It's all tied to stress and depression.

Organic crops provide better nutrition and have fewer toxins than foods grown with pesticides and herbicides, a new meta-study reveals.

(Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) In a study reported in ACS Chemical Biology, University of Illinois researchers developed a new technique to quickly uncover novel, medically re...

(Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas (CNIO)) CNIO researcher Manuel Serrano, one of the world's leading experts on senescence, publishes a review on this topic. Without actually renaming this term, this editio...

(University of California - Davis Health System) Researchers at UC Davis, University of Massachusetts and Harvard Medical School have created a combination drug that controls both tumor growth and metastasis. By combinin...

(American Cancer Society) Physical fitness may buffer some of the adverse health effects of too much sitting, according to a new study.

(University College London) Labelling people with moderately high blood sugar as pre-diabetic is a drastically premature measure with no medical value and huge financial and social costs, say researchers from UCL.

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Tel Aviv University has conducted the first empirical study to verify a link between Parkinson's disease and artistic inclination. The study demonstrates that Parkinson's patient...

(Neural Regeneration Research) The over-expression of α-synuclein is a major factor in the death of dopaminergic neurons in a methamphetamine-induced model of Parkinson's disease. Dr. Huijun Wang, School of Basic Medica...

(Neural Regeneration Research) Acute hemorrhagic anemia can decrease blood flow and oxygen supply to brain, and affect its physiological function. Detecting changes in brain function in patients with acute hemorrhagic an...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have identified genetic markers associated with eosinophilic esophagitis, an inflammatory disease charact...

(US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) Analysis of clinical samples from suspected Lassa fever cases in Sierra Leone showed that about two-thirds of the patients had been exposed to other emerging di...

(Neural Regeneration Research) The main pathological changes of Alzheimer's disease include amyloid-beta protein-induced hippocampal neuronal injury and neurite outgrowth impairment. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/...