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CMS officials said that the transition to ICD-10 could pave way for many improvements in the public health system. Implementation of the new coding system starts on Oct. 1.

The real baby of the distressed couple, who became a victim of a baby swap in El Salvador, is finally reunited with his real parents. The doctor, who allegedly plotted the crime has now been arrested.

DNA analysis of ancient skeletons sheds light on the early history of the Basque people. The findings also overturn the theory that this group of people was isolated for 10,000 years.

It's not what you think! Sending a microbiologist to test airplanes and airports yielded some interesting results, but still highlighted the need for operators to focus on hygiene.

Taken by the plight of the newborn baby whose mother died of Ebola, 25-year old Donnel Tholley decided to adopt the child who was left in the hospital alone. The young boy could die with no one to care for him.

Rhode Island is gearing up to give seventh-graders HPV vaccines when they go back to school but parents voice opposition, citing concern over the move.

Broad-spectrum antibiotics are known to treat different bacteria, which makes treatment of patients infected with diverse pathogens possible. Now, scientists were able to discover how humans may fight off different virus...

A small electrical current applied to the scalp could 'train' our brain to dampen down motion sickness, researchers say. The technology could some day be built into a smartphone, they suggest.

A breakthrough in bird flu management may have been discovered by a group of UK researchers. Genetically modified glow-in-the-dark chickens are said to help detect possible cases so spread of the virus may be halted.

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

(Wiley) Researchers who analyzed data from the 2006-2007 wildfires in Australia found that exposure to wildfire smoke was linked to increased visits to hospital emergency departments for asthma.

(Wiley) A new review presents a 'patient blood management' program to help clinicians make decisions relating to anemia and blood transfusion

(University of Ottawa Heart Institute) Researchers from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute have found the answer to an ongoing debate in the cardiovascular scientific world. Dr. Ruth McPherson and Dr. Majid Nikpay,...

(Southern Methodist University) Drugs behaved as predicted in a computer-generated model of the key protein, P-glycoprotein, say researchers at Southern Methodist University, Dallas. The model allows pharmacological rese...

(University of Rochester Medical Center) A pair of studies suggests that a region of the brain -- called the insular cortex -- may hold the key to treating addiction. Scientists have come to this conclusion after finding...

(International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) The publication of the 8th edition of the 'Tumor, Node and Metastasis Classification of Lung Cancer' will provide physicians around the world access to new data to...

(University of Iowa Health Care) University of Iowa scientists have discovered a cause of and potential treatment for age-related muscle weakness and loss. The new study identifies a transcription factor ATF4 as the firs...

(Virginia Tech) An international team of researchers, including scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, has identified key opportunities in nutrition science to address projected gaps in foo...

(University of North Carolina Health Care) Inside our bones there is fat. Diabetes increases the amount of this marrow fat. And now a study from the UNC School of Medicine shows how some diabetes drugs substantially incr...

(University of Warwick) What is expected to be the biggest UK study on the effect of physiotherapy on women after breast cancer surgery is to be led by Warwick Medical School in partnership with University Hospitals Cove...

(INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale)) Chemical substances that are safe for humans when taken in isolation can become harmful when they are combined. Three research teams bringing togethe...

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) For inventing a completely new way to strike cancer by unlocking a shackled immune system attack, Jim Allison, Ph.D., chair of Immunology at The University of Texas MD A...