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Seasonal affective disorder, also known as SAD, affects millions of people, and now researchers think they may know why.

Brittany Maynard, a woman with terminal cancer, tentatively scheduled her death for November 1. With that date fast approaching, Maynard crossed a visit to the Grand Canyon off her bucket list.

Ebola was thought to be just about 10,000 years old, but a new discovery shows the deadly virus is much older than believed.

Researchers from Australia found that companies that sell unhealthy food and beverages have high engagement with young people on Facebook.

Selfies can help eczema patients to get rid of skin problems. Dermatologists can evaluate eczema by viewing its picture and then recommend treatments or prescribe medicines.

First Ebola victim in Mali has died, and now over 40 persons in the country are under quarantine as the government is hoping to keep everything under control.

Ebola is rocking the world right now, but there are some things we're not quite certain of. New reports claim that having sex after recovering from Ebola is very dangerous, as the virus stays in semen for up to 3 whole m...

Murry's Inc. recalled more than 31,000 pounds of Bell & Evans gluten-free chicken products for possible contamination of Staphylococcal enterotoxin, which causes food poisoning.

Protecting your own is imperative. U.S. starts training medical response team to properly handle Ebola infections in the future, reiterates inter-agency cooperation is key to success.

Two studies suggest an association between having antibodies to herpes simplex virus and increased risks for developing Alzheimer's disease. Over 90 percent of the population carries antibodies to herpes infection.

(Washington University in St. Louis) The Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) was spotted in Houston in 1985 but can now be found in all of the southern states and as far north as Maine. To reconstruct its spread, sci...

(Rubenstein Associates, Inc.) The Neuropsychoanalysis Association and the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center are hosting this conference for researchers, clinical neurologists and neuropsychologists, neurosurgeons and ...

(Case Western Reserve University) Prayers from Maria Children's Glioma Cancer Foundation announced today that it will award its $250,000 Melana Matson Memorial Grant -- its third major research grant since 2010 -- to Cas...

(Brain & Behavior Research Foundation) The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation honored Herbert Pardes, M.D., President of the Foundation's Scientific Council and Executive Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees at NewYork-...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A nationwide study based at Massachusetts General Hospital will investigate, for the first time, whether treatment with a statin drug can reduce the elevated risk of cardiovascular diseas...

(University of Copenhagen - The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) In a new study based on EU adverse drug reaction reports, researchers at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Southern Denmark now doc...

(Strategic Communications) A new randomized controlled trial (RCT) of post-menopausal women demonstrates that a proprietary blend of collagen and calcium, KoACT®, was far superior to calcium and vitamin D in slowing dow...

(University of Southampton) A guide released at the Inside Out Festival in London has shed new light on the positive impact multi-sensory environments can have when caring for people living with dementia.

(Boston University Medical Center) The US Department of Justice along with the Department of Defense has awarded Catherine Grgicak, PhD, assistant professor in biomedical forensic sciences at Boston University School of ...

(Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) Heart surgery patients who received newly donated blood have significantly fewer post-operative complications than those who received blood that had been donated more than two week...

(University of Montreal) One in three children who have been reunified with their families after being placed in foster care will be maltreated again, according to a study into Quebec's youth protection system by Marie-A...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A study from Massachusetts General Hospital investigators has identified for the first time changes in the metabolic activity of a key brain region in patients successfully treated for de...