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(Neural Regeneration Research) Heat shock protein (HSP90) has been suggested to be involved in neuronal protein misfolding and accumulation in Parkinson's disease (PD) brains leading to dopaminergic neuronal death and th...

3D printing technology is not just for novelty items. With the creation of 3D-printed implants, it opens up the possibility that the technology can be used for saving lives as well.

(American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.)) While the importance of enteral nutrition, or feeding patients through a tube, in an intensive care unit is well understood, underfeeding is still comm...

For the 2.2 million Americans battling glaucoma, the main course of action for staving off blindness involves weekly visits to eye specialists who monitor -- and control -- increasing pressure within the eye.

A balance board accessory for a popular video game console can help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) reduce their risk of accidental falls, according to new research published online in the journal Radiology. Magnetic...

A new study reports that it's possible to become sleep drunk. Sleep drunkenness is described as waking up confused and not remembering what happened later.

Scientists have found a bacteria that may reverse peanut allergy in a person. The bacteria has proven effective in mice, so they hope to one day be able to use it on humans.

Although the Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) reports no known cases of Ebola transmission in the United States, a Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)/SSRS poll released shows that four in ten (39%) adults in ...

In terms of both nutrition or as an aid to weight loss, eating breakfast or skipping it seems to make little difference, studies find. It's "just another meal," researchers say.

On average, states allowing the medical use of marijuana have lower rates of deaths resulting from opioid analgesic overdoses than states without such laws. Opioid analgesics, such as OxyContin, Percocet and Vicodin, are...

Black carbon pollutants from wood smoke are known to trap heat near the earth’s surface and warm the climate. A new study led by McGill Professor Jill Baumgartner suggests that black carbon may also increase women’s ...

Although the incidence of overdose-related deaths has increased between 1999 and 2010, researchers have found that deaths to due prescription painkiller overdose were about 25 percent less in states that adopted medical ...

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