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(Group Health Research Institute) Group Health Research Institute conducted the first randomized trial to test an intervention aimed at improving hesitancy about early childhood vaccines by working directly with doctors....

A not-so-rare genetic condition causes some people to sneeze upon exposure to bright light. Experts suspect this bizarre phenomenon is the result of crossed wires in the brain.

Cleveland: Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered for the first time that a metabolite of an FDA-approved drug for metastatic prostate cancer, abiraterone (Abi), has more anti-cancer properties than its precursor. ...

Results of two clinical trials reported at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2015 show continued promise of immune therapies nivolumab and pembrolizumab against advanced melanomas, specific...

Officials in Kanpur in northern India will implement the guidelines stated in sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act of 2003. The order will effectively restrict the sale and use of tobacco p...

Medical marijuana will be available in Minnesota in July but patients opting for the alternative treatment face hurdles when seeking certification from their doctors.

Beijing is set to roll out a smoking ban on Monday that would prohibit smoking in public transport, offices and restaurants. Those who violate the law three times will be "shamed" on a government website.

Using an experimental compound, researchers were able to block HIV from feeding sugar and nutrients eventually killing it off. The findings could lead to new treatment not just for HIV but also for cancer.

South Korea moved to quarantine hundreds in an effort to curb the further spread of the MERS virus in the country after confirming 18 cases of the disease.

A new study has warned of alternative treatments for Lyme disease being promoted on the Internet. Some treatments are not just costly, but also untested and dangerous.

Harriette Thompson, a 92-year-old cancer survivor from Charlotte, North Carolina, set the record for the oldest woman to finish a marathon when she completed the San Diego Rock n' Roll Marathon on Saturday.

A combination therapy using two drugs could improve the life expectancy of melanoma sufferers, researchers say. The doubling up of two drugs significantly slows down the progression of the disease compared to when either...

A study finding on how the HIV virus 'feeds' on nutrients in immune cells suggests a way to kill the virus, researchers say. A new compound that can shut down an immune cell's sugar and nutrient pipeline may starve HIV t...

(University of Virginia Health System) In a stunning discovery that overturns decades of textbook teaching, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined that the brain is directly connecte...

(Virginia Commonwealth University) A new promising combination therapy has been discovered for the treatment of one of the most deadly and difficult cancers to manage. VCU Massey Cancer Center and VCU Institute of Molecu...

(Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) Going into space might wreak havoc on our bodies, but a new set of microgravity experiments may help shed light on new approaches for treating cartilage disease...

(MediaSource) Data from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons shows an increase in weight loss surgeries may be having a ripple effect in plastic surgery. In 2013 there were about 500 weight loss surgeries a day and a...

(Wiley) In a population of Congo Basin foragers called the Aka, 67 percent of men -- but only 6 percent of women -- use cannabis, and the practice seems to protect against infection with parasitic worms.

(University of Arizona) Researchers found that two major factors can predict an older person's quality of life: the physical health and the cognitive functioning of the person's spouse.

(Wiley) New recommendations offer insights on strategies for treating infants with seizures.

(St. Michael's Hospital) People who had more social support, including trust and a sense of belonging, were less likely to experience emotional or verbal abuse while in a relationship, said a study published today in the...

(Rice University) Technology is making health-care services that may have once seemed available only within a doctor's office accessible to the general public, according to new research from Rice University's Baker Insti...