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Scientists from Britain will conduct a clinical trial to assess a gene therapy that could potentially replace the need for heart transplant in patients with advanced heart failure.

A tick bite could have an unfortunate side effect - a meat allergy. People are reporting allergic reactions to red meat after being bit by Lone Star ticks.

There are many risks to surgeries. Now, there's one more - researchers suggest that an abnormal heart rhythm after surgery may suggest an increased risk for stroke.

Two companies are teaming up to combat Parkinson's with a new tool. The tool is a wearable sensor that would monitor the symptoms of Parkinson's patients over the course of the day.

Births outside of marriage are decreasing, but in women over 35, there has actually been an increase in unmarried births. This follows a trend of couples waiting to get married.

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A bacterium found in soil that can cause flesh-ravaging infections in its natural state has been converted -- with a few genetic tweaks -- into a precise tumor assassin. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer C...

Experimental drugs may now be enlisted in the current battle against Ebola. After some successful cases of drugs helping patients, WHO is considering the possibility of utilizing other experimental Ebola drugs.

Like declines in overall fertility, researchers are pointing to recession for this recent decline in the non-marital birth rate.

World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that the Ebola vaccine may be available for commercial use in 2015. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is researching on the medicine.

A 12-year old Panda in a Guangzhou's Chimelong Safari Park gave birth to triplets last month after an artificial insemination in March. The cubs are now the longest surviving panda triplets.

Heart failure is a major public health burden in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with substantial variation in the presentation, causes, management, and outcomes of heart failure across different LMICs, ac...

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