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Alan Alda challenges scientists to answer "What is sleep?" in a way that excites 11-year-olds. This is part of Alda's yearly Flame Challenge contest.

In 1999, crows began dropping dead in the United States. A crow here, a crow there - nobody thought much of it at the time, says Joshua Dein, a veterinary scientist working with the University of Wisconsin-Madison. But t...

It's not surprising that playing high school football can change players. The change, however, appears to be more physical, happening in the brain just after a season of playing.

Having diabetes in midlife could have a negative effect on a person's cognitive abilities later in life, says a new study. Health experts said factors associated with the condition can also lead to dementia.

Foot-powered scooters send one child to the hospital's emergency department every 11 minutes and the injury is thrice as likely to involve broken bones and dislocation as those caused by other toys.

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said that his country no longer has confirmed cases of Ebola. More than 200 individuals, however, are currently being monitored for possible exposure to the virus.

You'd be scarred for life, too, if it happened to you. It's called anesthetic awareness and it's a very real risk present in all surgeries.

People diagnosed with diabetes in midlife are more likely to experience significant memory and cognitive problems during the next 20 years than those with healthy blood sugar levels, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of...

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(American Gastroenterological Association) Women with celiac disease present with fertility problems no more often than women in the general population, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal ...

(University of Michigan Health System) Patients with head and neck cancer who used antacid medicines to control acid reflux had better overall survival, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehens...

(University of Manchester) Doctors and scientists from the University of Manchester have identified changes in a gene, which can increase the risk of developing brain tumors in children with a rare inherited condition ca...

(Southern Methodist University) Blue light bombards us, whether city lights, smartphones or tablets, says chemist Brian Zoltowski, Southern Methodist University, Dallas. Blue light knocks off-kilter the natural circadian...

(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) Inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis may result from abnormal activation of cell death pathways previously believed to suppress inflammation, a surprise finding that could help t...

(University of Texas at Austin) Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have identified a network of genes that appear to work together in determining alcohol dependence. The findings, which could lead to future...