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Glioblastoma patients treated using a combination of electromagnetic wave therapy and chemotherapy remained cancer-free for a longer period. Patients who only received chemotherapy medication did not experience any simil...

Some adults have never drank breast milk probably because they were never breastfed when they were babies. In a new BuzzFeed video, volunteers were asked to taste breast milk, and the results were astounding.

Time to load up on carbs, marathon runners! According to researchers, eating meals high in carbohydrates trump those rich in fat when it comes to boosting race performance.

Children who are exposed to violence are more likely to have greater levels of behavioral and emotional problems, according to a U.S. study. Researchers compared children in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico with children in El Paso...

More than 200 individuals filed a class action lawsuit against celebrity-endorsed WEN hair care products. The complaints included hair fall, hair loss and scalp damage such as bald spots and rashes.

Excessive obsession with health standards may lead to the Angelina Jolie syndrome. This entails fear of sickness that is linked to highly commercialized standards of health and beauty that drive people to take over-the-t...

A study that involved 93,000 women linked passive and active smoking to early menopause and fertility issues. Women exposed to high tobacco smoke experienced early menopause up to two years in advance.

Researchers found dogs plunge their tongues into the water to create a water column that they can raise into their mouths. Dog tongues also curl downward creating a ladle that raises small amounts of water. The precise m...

The majority of opioid drug prescriptions come from general practitioners and not from the small cluster of "pill mills" prescribers. Researchers suggest law enforcement efforts should go after the biggest prescribers to...

A group of doctors in Melbourne hypothesized that music from 'Star Wars' is better than other music for listening to while performing an endoscopy. They found that listening to the movies' soundtrack increased their dete...

The risk of cardiovascular conditions goes up in the first few months after the appearance of shingles, a study finds. Risks of heart attack and stroke return to normal levels after six months, researchers note.

Canadian doctors sought to tackle poverty as a health issue due to mounting evidence linking poverty with increased rates of chronic disease. The Poverty Tool offers a three-step approach to assist health care providers ...

Researchers found a genetic abnormality linked to the health problems developed by patients with Down syndrome. Excessive and lacking genes may affect the peripheral nervous system, which is often overlooked in most stud...

(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Children from low income environments appear to have a higher risk of neurological impairment than those from more economically secure...

(Entomological Society of America) Scientists from California and Saudi Arabia have observed red palm weevils flying as far as 50 kilometers in 24 hours in flight mill studies.

(Care New England ) To prevent preeclampsia, new research suggests that low-dose aspirin should be given prophylactically to all women at high risk (those with diabetes or chronic hypertension) and any woman with two or ...

(Salk Institute) Using genetic tools to interrogate cell types sheds light on how the brain processes visual information.

CHICAGO. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Technology used to keep astronauts cool in their spacesuits and protect our soldiers from brain injuries on the battlefield is now being used on heart patients. The idea is to induce hypoth...

(University of Massachusetts Medical School) Researchers at the UMass Medical School have identified a new life cycle stage in HIV infection thanks to a novel technique they developed to take images of intact infected ce...

(Scripps Research Institute) A scientist from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has been awarded approximately $2 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the impact of aging and ...

(University of Otago) A new study by a team of researchers from New Zealand's University of Otago and Japan suggests that the appetite-regulating hormone ghrelin could be used clinically for the early treatment of critic...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Thirteen percent of department leader positions at top academic medical institutions in the United States are held by women, while nearly 20 percent are held by men with mu...