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The road to good health is paved with plenty of sleep. Parents and doctors have repeated this bit of wisdom for years; however, the link between your sleeping patterns and the onset of sickness was a parable based on cor...

Disproportionately more women than men die due to cardiovascular disease and heart attacks in the U.S., and current risk scoring systems--based on factors measured mainly in male populations--are poor predictors of morta...

A study shows a bill for better nutrition in fast food kids' meals will help in the fight against childhood obesity. The bill will require more fruits, vegetables and whole grains and less salt and fewer calories.

Every person has a blind spot in the eye that not many notice. In a new small study, researchers find that eye training can "reduce" the blind spot and emphasize its importance in the treatment of other types of blindnes...

Not getting enough sleep can make you four times as likely to catch a cold, according to a latest study. These new findings provide more evidence of the importance of sleep for our immune systems.

UK babies will be receiving meningitis B shots on top of current immunizations as the NHS begins a vaccination program to combat meningococcal group B infections.

Medtronic revealed the results of two independent studies that identified a gene that is associated with irregular and potentially life-threatening heart rhythms.

Researchers have discovered that a man vaccinated against polio when he was a child has been carrying the virus in his gut for more than 30 years. The virus has since mutated into a more dangerous strain, and the discove...

Junior Olympic qualifier Michael Riley died due to a brain-eating bacteria. The teenager was said to have contracted the disease after swimming with his teammates in a lake in Houston.

An Illinois veterans home have been confirmed to have four fatalities due to Legionnaires' disease. The health officials of the state are now recommending elderly people and individuals with comprised immune systems to p...

Latest study conducted by the Boston University School of Medicine has found that people who undergo knee or hip replacement surgery experience an increased risk of heart attack during the first month following the proce...

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

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