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Sooner or later, evolution was going to render antibiotics useless, and new evidence indicates we're quickly being outflanked by infectious bacteria. Researchers in China have discovered a strain of E. Coli bacteria resi...

The drug anastrozole is effective in treating an early form of breast cancer, according to a clinical trial led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). The results of the IBIS-II DCIS trial show that anastrozole is as...

Sweet Leaf Tea recalled 1.5 million glass bottles of tea due to possible presence of glass fragments. The company has already received four complaints but no injuries have been reported so far.

Delays in either surgery or chemotherapy for breast cancer can reduce survival odds, studies show. A delay in surgery of even 30 days can see survival rates decline by 10 percent; a 90-day delay in follow-up chemo also p...

Say 'cheers' to this: a glass of red wine or a pint of beer daily can lower Alzheimer's disease-related deaths. Researchers found patients who consumed up to three units of alcohol daily had 77 percent reduced risk of dy...

Microbial communities such as bacteria and fungi are the reliable 'clock' that forensic experts may use to know the time of death and the location of human cadavers even after being moved. Researchers used gene sequencin...

CDC found that most middle schools and high schools in the U.S. do not teach the recommended topics for sex education. In one state, only 4 percent of its middle schools were implementing the course.

New FDA data showed that sales of antibiotics for livestock use climbed by 23 percent from 2009 to 2014. This added to mounting concerns on antibiotic resistance and was criticized given the FDA's voluntary guidance agai...

Playing certain 3D video games appear to help boost memory formation. Researchers explained why 'Super Mario 3-D World' helps improve players' memory recall.

As cheerleading become more competitive and athletic, injuries can be more serious, researchers say. However, it is still among the safest of school sporting activities.

A study found optimism can improve a patient's cardiac health post-heart attack and lower the likelihood of readmission. Gratitude, despite its benefits, had no impact on the improvement of heart health or readmission ra...

While sleeping may replenish energy, doing it for more than nine hours a day can be bad. Prolonged sleep and sitting, together with too little exercise may increase death risk.

Past studies showed people who go for smaller, immediate rewards carry bigger risks in struggling with addiction and impulsivity. New research found specific genes influence a person's decision-making tendencies.

Adults who eat pears have a lower body weight than non-pear eaters, and are 35 percent less likely to turn obese. New research also notes the rich fiber content, nutritional value and health benefits of pears.

Researchers identified biological markers for mental health conditions such as psychosis, for which no objective tests exist. These biomarkers are deemed potentially more effective in classifying mental disorders than me...

(Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)) Cirrhosis is the main risk factor for liver cancer. The same target may be the key to preventing and treating this condition.Cirrhosis figures among the top 20 caus...

CHICAGO. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- More than 12 million Americans suffer with sleep apnea, a potentially serious sleep disorder that causes your breathing to start and stop during rest and can lead to heart disease, stroke a...

(University of Chicago Medical Center) Thyroid cancer survivors report poor quality of life after diagnosis and treatment compared with other patients who are diagnosed with more lethal cancers, according to new research...

(Binghamton University) According to newly published research, a specialized psychotherapy has been linked to changes in activation patterns in certain areas of the brain in patients with borderline personality disorder,...

(Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso) Children who lived in Juarez, Mexico -- once dubbed the murder capital of the world -- in 2010 have high levels of behavioral and emotional problems, according to ne...

(University of Basel) Switzerland has honest students: The vast majority of the students that were questioned were against pharmacological cognitive enhancement. Yet the topic should be addressed more actively by the uni...

(University of Pennsylvania) Hans-Peter Kohler of the University of Pennsylvania, along with Victoria Baranov from the University of Melbourne and Daniel Bennett from the University of Chicago, discovered that AIDS treat...