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The emergency funding will go to efforts both in and out of the country, all directed towards not just keeping Ebola at bay but ending the outbreak completely.

Jena scientists have been successful in producing highly specific nanoparticles. Depending on the bound dye the particles are guided to the liver or to the kidney and deliver their payload of active ingredients directly ...

The Mediterranean diet has been consistently linked with health benefits, including reduced mortality and reduced risk of chronic diseases, such as heart disease.

As football players face more concussion and traumatic brain injury-related tragedies, physicians, researchers and coaches are trying harder to understand how these can be prevented, or at least reduced. i1 Biometrics, a...

Spiders and ants prevent food waste from piling up in urban dwellings and also curb the spread of disease by eating littered food that rats and pathogen-carrying pests would otherwise eat.

Los Angeles prosecutors look to close Nestdrop, which allows users to order medical marijuana and have it delivered to any location in Los Angeles.

HIV is far from being eradicated but there is good news in knowing it has become less potent, leading to less new infections which make it a bit easier to manage the virus.

Eating right has long been touted to be good for the health. But more than just loading up on fruits and vegetables, choosing a Mediterranean diet will be particularly beneficial.

New guidelines on circumcision states that the procedure helps straight men lower their risk to HIV and sexually transmitted diseases. The release of the guidelines launched a public comment period, where people that opp...

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(Kessler Foundation) Brain injury researchers in New Jersey have identified retrieval practice as a useful strategy for improving memory among children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury. 'Retrieval Practice as ...