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Bacteria passed from mother to babies in breast milk helps an infant's immune system develop, researchers find. Study boosts belief that a completely sterile environment is not necessarily good for babies, they say.

Smart syringes could save over a million lives a year, a new report from the World Health Organization states.

What started as an evolutionary protection against starvation has become a biological "bad joke" for people who need to lose weight. The human body doesn't distinguish between dieting and possible starvation, so when the...

A recent clinical trial showed a promising solution for peanut allergies. The Viaskin Peanut Patch, developed by DBV Technologies, can give some relief to people suffering from allergic reactions to peanuts.

A study shows that chores and health benefits mix as it is found that using hand-washed dishes may help keep children from developing allergies.

Dubbed as the world's first beauty chocolate, Esthechoc has been shown to slow down the emergence of sagging skin and wrinkles. It also contains fewer calories and is safe for diabetics.

Most of the popular videos on YouTube about drunkenness depict humor and only a few show the dangers associated with drinking too much. Researchers said this could give young people a twisted sense of the actual nature o...

A Catholic priest from Ireland has warned that engaging in Yoga could lead to people opening themselves up to "Satan and the fallen angels." He is not the first Catholic leader to warn about the spiritual risks of the pr...

(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Most people have taken an antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection. Now researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of San Diego, La ...

(Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) Researchers at the Spanish National Research Council have found that the Bazedoxifene acetate, used to treat osteoporosis, is useful to treat a rare disease, the hereditary hemo...

(Yale University) Deep public divisions over climate change are unrelated to differences in how well ordinary citizens understand scientific evidence on global warming. Indeed, members of the public who score the highest...

(Stanford University Medical Center) Stanford University School of Medicine investigators administered a customized genetic construct consisting of tiny rings of DNA, called DNA minicircles, to mice. The scientists then ...

(American Society of Clinical Oncology) Findings from a small prospective study suggest that androgen receptor V7 (or AR-V7) status does not significantly affect response to taxane chemotherapy in men with metastatic cas...

(Columbia University Medical Center) When making simple decisions, neurons in the brain apply the same statistical trick used by Alan Turing to help break Germany's Enigma code during World War II.

(Wiley) New research reveals that telephone-based peer support may help reduce postnatal depression, also known as postpartum depression, in new mothers. Findings published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing also found t...

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) The 50-State Policy Tracker, a unique online tool for comparing safety net policies that are critical to the economic security of working families, reveals striking...

(Bar-Ilan University) Does your mind wander when performing monotonous, repetitive tasks? Of course! But daydreaming involves more than just beating back boredom. In fact, according to a new study published in the Procee...

(University of Chicago Press Journals) A unique nesting strategy has been observed in a species of tropical bird. By simulating the appearance of a hairy aposematic caterpillar, cinereous mourner chicks in Peru employ Ba...

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) MIT researchers found that two brain regions that are key to learning -- the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex -- use two different brain-wave frequencies to communicate as the...

(University of Colorado Denver) Childhood immunization rates would improve with a centralized notification system that reminded families when immunizations were due, according to a new study, published online by JAMA Ped...

(Washington University School of Medicine) An investigational drug appears to cut the risk of severe asthma attacks in half for patients who have difficulty controlling the disorder with standard medications, according t...

(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) The Office of Technology Management at LSU Health New Orleans has finalized a deal with CB BioSciences, Inc., a startup drug development company to build a platform aro...