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(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) The first three-dimensional image capturing a critical malaria 'conductor' protein could lead to the development of a new class of antimalarial drugs.Researchers from Melbourne's Walter ...

(National Academy of Sciences) This Commission on Global Health Risk Framework for the Future -- for which the US National Academy of Medicine is providing organizational and management functions -- will have its first p...

(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) When it comes to fighting gut infections, we are not equal. EPFL scientists have shown how apparently insignificant genetic variation can lead to big differences in the gut's ...

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

For the first time, stillbirths in the U.S. outnumbered infant deaths. The finding calls for improved understanding on what causes stillbirths and ways to prevent it.

Trevor Frolek was only 23 weeks old when he was born. His condition necessitates that he stay at the hospital and undergo surgeries but after 345 days, he is finally back home with his family.

Several comorbidities have been linked to sleep apnea. The sleep disorder may impair breathing patterns, hence it is important to know what one should do to detect or treat the problem.

Latest study conducted by the United States government has found that the consumption of calories among average Americans have significantly dropped in previous years, suggesting that the decline in public health initial...

The FDA has approved a drug developed by Novartis for the treatment of the most common form of skin cancer. Odomzo was green-lighted for treatment of advanced basal cell carcinoma.

Studies show two classes of drugs can improve survival odds for postmenopausal women with early breast cancer. Two studies focused on aromatase inhibitors and bisphosphonates.

(The Gerontological Society of America) The Journalists in Aging Fellows Program, run jointly by the Gerontological Society of America and New America Media since its launch in 2010, will continue thanks to renewed fundi...

(Buck Institute for Age Research) Low-dose lithium reduced involuntary motor movements -- the troubling side effect of the medication most commonly used to treat Parkinson's disease (PD) -- in a mouse model of the condit...

(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Many new mothers do not receive potentially life saving advice from physicians on aspects of infant care such as sleep position, breas...

(Wiley) A new study points to the need for increased awareness of fertility preservation options for young patients with cancer.

(Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery) Two new studies presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery 12th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, report that Mobile Stroke Treatment Units (MSTUs) can significa...

(University of California - San Diego) The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded James McKerrow, M.D., Ph.D., dean of the University of California, S...

(ETH Zurich) One of the big questions intelligence researchers grapple with is just how differences in intelligence are reflected in the human brain. Researchers at ETH Zurich have succeeded in studying further details r...

(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 'Molecular Approaches to Reproductive and Newborn Medicine,' published by CSHLPress, reviews our current understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in conception, pregnancy, placen...

(University of Vermont) A new study released just days after the US House passed a bill that would prevent states from requiring labels on genetically modified foods reveals that GMO labeling would not act as warning lab...

(University of Zurich) In industrialized countries like in Europe, acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common form of cancer in children. An international research consortium lead by pediatric oncologists from the U...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) A Johns Hopkins-led study of outcomes among 1,200 people with implanted defibrillators -- devices intended to prevent sudden cardiac death from abnormal heart rhythms -- shows that within a few y...