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ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Twenty-seven million Americans have type-two diabetes. It happens when the pancreas makes more insulin than the body needs and sugar builds up in the blood. It can be deadly, but it al...

(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) In the first study of its kind, researchers have shown that inadequate maternal iron intake during pregnancy exerts subtle effects on infant brain development. Their findings have been p...

(NIH/Office of Disease Prevention) The National Institutes of Health will convene a Pathways to Prevention workshop to assess the available scientific evidence on the benefits of implementing a Total Worker Health (TWH) ...

Bone Cancer Primary bone cancer called Osteosarcoma (OS) is a rare cancer most often affecting adolescents and children. While most bone cancers have their origin in other body tissues and spread to the bones through met...

Have asthma and migraine? Here's more bad news: researchers have found that those with the conditions are likelier to develop chronic migraines in the future.

(European Society of Cardiology) Seville, Spain - Dec. 3, 2015: Research presented today at EuroEcho-Imaging 2015 raises the possibility that cancer itself may damage heart muscle irrespective of exposure to cancer drug ...

(University of Veterinary Medicine -- Vienna) Up to now, three species of lemurs on Madagascar were the only primates known to hibernate. Researchers at Vetmeduni Vienna in Austria, now show for the first time that anoth...

(Georgia State University) Activating receptors in the brain for the body's hunger hormone increases food-related behaviors, such as gathering, storing and consuming food, a finding that has implications for the treatmen...

(ecancermedicalscience) Long-term collaborations have been generated between top European cancer centers from the EurocanPlatform project which will carry a new phase of cooperation into the future: Cancer Core Europe an...

(Garvan Institute of Medical Research) Cancer cells that lie 'snoozing' in the skeleton can be awakened by changes in the bone that surrounds them, Australian scientists have shown. In a world first, researchers from the...

(American College of Physicians) The American College of Physicians (ACP) today told the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division that it has 'significant concerns about the pending mergers between Aetna/Humana and An...

(North Carolina State University) New research finds that mental health courts are effective at reducing repeat offending, and limiting related jail time, for people with mental health problems -- especially those who al...

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Depression is a significant predictor of five-year survival and recurrence in head and neck cancer patients, according to a new study from The University of Texas MD And...

(Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care) In contrast to the use in advanced unresectable breast cancer, no positive effects have been proven. However, more patients discontinue treatment, particularly due to...

(New York University) The study is among the first nationally representative studies in the US to examine the linkages between nonmedical use of opioids and heroin in high school seniors. The researchers examined associa...

(Entomological Society of America) Researchers in Brazil examined sand fly specimens in museum collections. After detailed analyses of three different flies in the genus Psathyromyia, they found that the specimens were o...

(Pensoft Publishers) Extremely rare and hidden in the forests of the Andes, there are still new snake species left to find. This has recently been evidenced by the colubrid serpent, described for the first time in the pr...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) Many Western countries including England and the United States have come to rely on nurses trained abroad in times of nurse shortages. Yet little is known about how such pra...

(University of Florida) One out of every 10 people worldwide suffer from foodborne diseases annually, and children and the poor suffer most, according to the findings of a World Health Organization task force headed by a...

(European Society of Cardiology) Seville, Spain - Dec. 3, 2015: Changes in foetal hearts have been found in pregnant women with diabetes or obesity, in research presented today at EuroEcho-Imaging 2015 by Dr Aparna Kulka...

(McGill University Health Centre) Researchers at The Neuro compile new tool designed to be shared with experts world-wide to accelerate research.

(University of Toronto) A good poker face might prevent others knowing what cards you're holding, but it won't prevent them from knowing if you've gained or lost weight. That's because our faces reveal many things, inclu...