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New research confirms that sleep disturbances are linked to pain and depression, but not disability, among patients with osteoarthritis (OA). Study results published in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal of the America...

Eating with an overweight dining companion can boost appetite for unhealthy food regardless if the person opts for healthy food choices, study suggests.

A preschooler in New Jersey, who did not show signs of infection and who had no known health problems, has died of Enterovirus D68.

Researchers found genes associated with skeletal growth and collagen to play a role in determining a person's height as well as genes that are not previously linked with a person's likelihood of becoming tall or short.

(Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) At the first sign of a stroke, time is of the essence. For every minute of delay in treatment, people typically lose almost two million brain cells. Yet a new study presented at th...

(American Academy of Pediatrics) When parents take a sick or injured child to the doctor or emergency room, they often expect tests to be done and treatments given. So if the physician sends them on their way with the re...

(Wiley) A new phase 1 safety trial has demonstrated that idarubicin-loaded beads are well tolerated by patients but are toxic to liver cancer cells. Idarubicin is an anthracycline that is currently used to treat leukemia...

(Wiley) Eating lots of white meat -- such as poultry -- or fish may reduce the risk of developing liver cancer by 31 percent and 22 percent, respectively, according to a recent analysis of studies published between 1956 ...

(Solving Kids' Cancer) The US Food and Drug Administration granted orphan drug designation for a neuroblastoma vaccine from MabVax Therapeutics, providing development incentive with market exclusivity of the novel treatm...

(University of Southern California) Scientists find a genetic pathway for circumventing the weight gain that accompanies a high-sugar diet.

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) For the first time, Tel Aviv University scientists have discovered the exact mechanism the killer rabies virus uses to efficiently enter the central nervous system, where it erup...

(Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) An innovative patient management system at the acute stroke unit of Kelowna General Hospital has reduced the number of stroke patient bed days by more than 25 percent, according to...

(McLean Hospital) Thanks to a $500,000 gift from international best-selling author and mental health advocate Patricia Cornwell, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers will launch a landmark new program t...

(Wiley) Many US patients with liver cancer -- even those with early stage disease that can often be cured -- do not receive treatment for their disease, according to an analysis of studies published between 1989 and 2013...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) NanoString Technologies, Inc., a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that it has signed a multi-year, multi-investig...

(Purdue University) Purdue University researchers have identified a set of genes that can be used to naturally boost the provitamin A content of corn kernels, a finding that could help combat vitamin A deficiency in deve...

(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) Targets to eliminate tuberculosis by 2050 are more likely to be met if new vaccines are developed for adults and adolescents instead of for infants, according to new researc...

(Wiley) While all prescription opioids can be abused, oxycodone may be more potent in its ability to promote changes in the brain relevant to addiction.

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Obesity is a risk factor for many health problems, but a new Penn Medicine study published this month in the journal Sleep suggests having a larger tongue with increased le...

(Wiley) Among couples with marriage-like commitments, same-sex couples have a similar break-up rate as heterosexual couples, according to a recent study. The study also found that same-sex couples with a marriage-like co...

(Wiley) In a study of 951 lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth, those experiencing both cyber and school bullying were most likely to engage in aggressive and suicidal behaviors. However, bullied youth who felt connected to ...

(Grand Valley State University) Even among contemporary US distance runners, men are still much more likely than women to have a competitive orientation, according to researchers at Grand Valley State University in Allen...