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Migraine headaches could be treated using a new technique that could provide relief to millions of people.

For various reasons, parents are requesting to spread vaccination schedules, and doctors are conceding, says a study, putting children at high risk of getting sick from vaccine-preventable diseases.

Carmen Brantley-Rios shed a tear the first time he bit into a cockroach. Now, he does not just add into his meals, he also eats them for snacks.

With the aid of X-ray crystallography, researchers at the University of Michigan have revealed the structures of two closely related enzymes that play essential roles in the body's ability to metabolize excess lipids, in...

An expert attributes the obesity epidemic to the rising number of women who give birth to large babies via C-section. Edward Archer cited that babies who would not have survived in the past were able to thrive because of...

In a study, Amgen drug Kyprolis outperformed Takeda's Velcade in efficacy as treament for relapsed multiple myeloma in combination with low-dose dexamethasone.

When it comes to Lyme disease, small mammals are the usual suspects. A study has shown, however, that birds may have a lot more to do with spreading the disease than previously thought.

The 2014-15 flu season the deadliest in the last five years. Around 120 people have died due to flu in Washington this season.

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) One-quarter of the health plans being sold on health insurance exchanges set up through the Affordable Care Act offer benefits that appear to violate a federal...

(University of California - Los Angeles) A UCLA commentary provides evidence that the degree of income inequality -- the growing income gap between rich and poor -- can also lead to a long list of health issues.

(Joslin Diabetes Center) People with diabetes are more prone to anxiety and depression than those with other chronic diseases that require similar levels of management.

(Elsevier) A recent case study published in Pediatric Neurology details the account of a 10-year-old boy who suffered seizures after over-indulging in licorice sweets.

(Wolters Kluwer Health) More than three-fourths of infants with skull flattening related to sleep position achieve normal head shape with conservative treatment -- without the need for helmet therapy, reports a study in ...

(Wiley) A new review looks at how the brain impacts the sequence of physical and emotional changes that occur as a person participates in sexually stimulating activities.

(University at Buffalo) A University at Buffalo researcher has discovered a way to keep remyelination going, using a drug that's already on the market.

(Brown University) Problems in a gene responsible for producing the protein TAF4b leave mice -- and maybe men -- unable to sustain sperm production. As embryos, mice lacking the protein failed to develop an adequate numb...

(University of Hawaii Cancer Center) A dedicated University of Hawaii Cancer Center professor was honored with a distinguished award for his commitment to cancer research and patient care.

(University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science) Marine microbiologist Alyson Santoro of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science was recently awarded a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship t...

(New York University) A new NYU study is one of the first national studies to examine risk factors for use of synthetic marijuana among a large, nationally representative sample of teens.

(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) A new cognitive behavioral therapy designed to treat both post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders is the focus of research at The University of Te...

(Indiana University) The Critical Care Recovery Center care model -- the nation's first collaborative care concept focusing on the extensive cognitive, physical and psychological recovery needs of intensive care unit sur...

(University of Granada) Scientists at the University of Granada, in collaboration with the universities of Harvard and Yale have provided new data for a better understanding of the alterations produced during the develop...