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Want to stop mosquitoes from biting? Researchers have discovered that it's possible to do so by changing females into males, taking away their need to bite and draw blood.

MIT researchers were able to use B cells for antigen-presenting vaccines using a microfluidic cell-squeezing device. The breakthrough provided an alternative to the use of dendritic cells in these types of vaccine.

24 May 2015: Cognitive impairment predicts worse outcome in elderly heart failure patients, reveals research presented today at Heart Failure 2015 by Hiroshi Saito, a physiotherapist at Kameda Medical Centre in Kamogawa,...

The metamaterial hyperlens, which looks like a motionless Slinky, can boost current abilities to see tiny objects. It can even be used to help doctors detect hard to find cancers.

The North Vernon branch of Walgreens Pharmacy has announced that it will increase the frequency of its free HIV testing for residents in Jennings County, Indiana. The service is part of efforts by local health offices to...

The plight of Sunny, the dog found bound and hanging from a tree in Arizona, has encouraged people to donate for its recovery. Over $20,000 has been sent in donations so far.

The Rhode Island Department of Health has released a report pointing to a significant increase in sexually transmitted disease cases in the United States between the years 2013 and 2014.

Men who drink two or three cups of coffee daily less prone to having issues with ED, study finds. Beneficial effects are seen in men with ED linked to obesity or high blood pressure but not in those with diabetes and ED,...

Individuals who suffer from depression have increased odds of developing Parkinson's disease. A second brain related problem such as epilepsy is also possible particularly if the bout with depression happens later in lif...

(Canadian Association for Neuroscience) Research done by Dr. Christopher Pack, from McGill University suggests oscillations of activity observed in the brain could have a role in resetting the sensitivity of neurons afte...

(University Health Network) A new, Ontario-wide study shows that rates of hospital readmission following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are greater than other chronic diseases and injuries and are higher than previously ...

(University of Cambridge) A gene essential to the production of pain-sensing neurons in humans has been identified by an international team of researchers co-led by the University of Cambridge. The discovery, reported to...

(BMJ) Road traffic noise is linked to a heightened risk of developing a mid-riff bulge, indicates research published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

(BMJ) Being very overweight in your teens may double the risk of developing bowel cancer by the time you are middle aged, suggests research published online in the journal Gut.

(University Health Network) Prostate cancer researchers have drawn a molecular portrait that provides the first complete picture of localized, multi-focal disease within the prostate and also unveils a new gene subgroup ...

(Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal) A team of researchers at the IRCM led by François Robert, Ph.D., uncovered a critical role for two proteins in chromatin structure. Their breakthrough, recently published i...

(American College of Physicians) A systematic review of published evidence does little to clarify the appropriate duration of dual antiplatelet therapy following drug eluting stent placement. The evidence suggests that l...

(University of Exeter) New research conducted in a rural community in Pakistan highlights the crucial role that essential fatty acids play in human brain growth and function.

(Buck Institute for Age Research) Having a healthy gut may well depend on maintaining a complex signaling dance between immune cells and the stem cells that line the intestine. Scientists report significant new insight i...

(University of Helsinki) University of Helsinki researchers have partnered with Swedish and Australian researchers to create a 'brainstorm barometer,' which allows computers to calculate the brain functions of very prema...

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) Frailer older patients are at higher risk of readmission to hospital or death within 30 days after discharge from a general internal medicine ward, but health care professionals can...

(Canadian Association for Neuroscience) Research by Liisa Galea, University of British Columbia, suggests the form of estrogens used in Hormone Therapy (HT) and previous motherhood are critical to explain why HT has vari...