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Dealing with heart health is a balancing act. Is this experimental drug from Sanofi and Regeneron, what millions of cardiovascular disease patients, have been waiting for?

An experimental heart failure drug developed by Novartis shows potential to become a blockbuster drug. In a trial, LCZ696 has reduced cardiovascular-related deaths by 20 percent compared with an older drug.

The NIH is expediting the safety testing of Ebola vaccines that could protect thousands from contracting the deadly virus. The trial will begin this week and will involve human subjects.

Some parents are concerned about giving stimulant medications to their children with ADHD for fear that these could stunt growth. New study finds no association between ADHD drugs and height in adulthood.

People who avoided carbohydrates and ate more fat lost more weight and had lesser risks for stroke and heart attack than low-fat dieters, study finds.

A new heart failure drug has the power to change how treatment is viewed. The drug has been shown in a recent clinical trial to cut risk of cardiovascular death and hospital admission by a fifth.

A fast-sensitive "electronic-nose" for sniffing the highly infectious bacteria C-diff, that causes diarrhea, temperature and stomach cramps, has been developed by a team at the University of Leicester.

Researchers have been able to prove the efficacy of ZMapp in a trial with 18 monkeys infected with the disease. They found that even at later stages of disease progression, the drug was still able to combat the disease.

Cannabis is legal in two states for recreational use, and may be coming soon to several others. But, how does this affect drivers on the road?

(Mayo Clinic) How well patients recover from cancer surgery may be influenced by more than their medical conditions and the operations themselves. Family conflicts and other non-medical problems may raise their risk of s...

(Kaizo) New research presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Barcelona shows that having a family history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is not enough to motivate people to follow healthy lifestyles.

(European Society of Cardiology) Health structures explain nearly 20 percent of the non-adherence to heart failure guidelines, according to the results of a joint ESC-OECD study presented today at ESC Congress by profess...

(University of California - San Diego) Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified an enzyme that controls the spread of breast cancer. The findings, reported in the current ...

(Kansas State University) Kansas State University biochemists have discovered a family of proteins that could lead to better treatments for Staphylococcus aureus, a pathogenic bacterium that can cause more than 60,000 po...

(Princeton University) Princeton University researchers offer a new theory that an early-life injury to the cerebellum disrupts the brain's processing of external and internal information and leads to 'developmental dias...

(European Society of Cardiology) The fact that mechanical heart valves increase risks during and after pregnancy, has been confirmed by data from the ROPAC registry presented for the first time today in an ESC Congress H...

(Life Sciences Discovery Fund) The Life Sciences Discovery Fund today announced nearly $750,000 in Proof of Concept grants to Washington state for-profit and non-profit organizations to promote translation of health-rela...

(Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine) The September 2014 Annual Thematic Issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine is devoted to 'The biology and medicine of microphysiological systems.' Papers by participants...

(Springer) Passerine birds, also known as perching birds, that migrate by night tend to fly faster in spring than they do in autumn to reach their destinations. This seasonal difference in flight speed is especially noti...

(Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care) Mirabegron has been approved since December 2012 for the treatment of adults with overactive bladder. In an early benefit assessment pursuant to the Act on the Reform...

(Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) A new study published in the September issue of The FASEB Journal identifies a novel strategy to diagnose the leading cause of blindness in adults, diabetic ret...

(University of Gothenburg) More than one-third of all planned orthopedic surgery procedures are re-booked, postponed or cancelled completely. The most common reasons are cancellation at the patient's own request or emerg...