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(Infectious Diseases Society of America) Although treatment advances have dramatically reduced deaths from opportunistic infections related to AIDS, a new study drawing on 30 years of data from more than 20,000 patients ...

Cancer tops the list of the most common diseases to cause death in British men. The findings of a new study confirm that cardiovascular diseases now place second behind cancer.

(University of Helsinki) An initiation mechanism illuminates the molecular processes involved inlearning and cognitive dysfunction.

The idea that moms can gain health benefits from eating their placentas after birth has given rise to new health fad. However, a review of the scientific literature turned up no evidence for such claims.

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) MIT researchers have found that the process that allows brains to learn also leads to degeneration with age.

(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) Researchers have identified that parent-reported responses to a questionnaire called the Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis Symptom Score correspond to clinical and biologi...

Rat limbs have been grown in a laboratory for the first time. What could this mean for the future of medical research?

Prosthetic limb technology has certainly advanced over the years, but replacing lost limbs with fleshy, biologically functional limbs remains the ultimate prize. And scientists just got a step closer to that goal. A team...

Viral infections come and go countless times over our lives. Some, like mononucleosis, might knock you flat for weeks, while others never produce any symptoms at all. And some may impact your immune system in subtle ways...

Officials from the Chicago health sector announced that an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease is present in the city. The health department is particularly looking at gay men as the main individuals affected.

Veterinarians at the Oakland Zoo are treating a rare California condor for lead poisoning. The bird, which was given the name Miracle, is considered to be the first condor chick born in over a century through the help of...

In an effort to prevent the further spread of the MERS virus, hundreds of schools from kindergarten to college are now closed in South Korea. The virus has already infected 35 people and killed two in the country.

Birth records in areas of Pennsylvania with lots of fracking at gas wells suggest an association with lower birth weights, researchers say. Mothers living in close proximity to high densities of such wells are 35 percent...

Researchers report zeroing in on the primary cause of schizophrenia. Genetic mutations' impact on brain chemistry strongly implicated as an underlying cause, they say.

Tracking a disease? Researchers have found that Twitter may be effective in following how a disease spreads, using tweets to track disease-related activity online.

Aaron Peers suffered from second degree burns a week before his wedding day and lime juice is to blame for the painful reaction.

Former CVS Pharmacy store detectives claimed that their bosses instructed them to racially profile customers. The former employees also alleged that they were similarly subjected to racial discrimination.

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