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A search-and-rescue dog's training and highly sensitive nose detected its owner's lung cancer long enough to prevent it from spreading. Owner Anne Wills has been working with Heidi for more than seven years in a non-prof...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA was thought to be static. For the first time, however, researchers were able to videotape the superbug colony's movement, which may lead to the development of new vacci...

Video pills can now potentially detect the presence of throat and gut cancers, with small sensing systems lighting up patients' innards using an extremely tiny light source. It's enhanced fluorescence imaging, according ...

The UCSF Medical Center halted its living donor program for kidney transplant following the death of a donor. Investigations to determine the cause of death are ongoing.

Theranos is in hot water again! The U.S. FDA is currently investigating two laboratory and research practices complaints filed by two former employees against the startup, one of which was filed to the Centers for Medica...

A new cosmetic treatment that uses patients' own blood has become increasingly popular worldwide. Known as Platelet Rich Plasma, the treatment involves blood being extracted, modified and re-injected into the patient.

A new analysis highlighted in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) for human reproduction, particularly for same-sex couples. However, mounting scientific, social, and legal considerations will have to be addressed before the techn...

Patients with EGFR-activating mutations in advanced lung cancer seem to benefit more from afatinib than gefitinib as first-line treatment, researchers report at the first ESMO Asia 2015 Congress in Singapore.

Carlos Aguilera played his saxophone while neurosurgeons operated on his brain to remove a tumor. This made sure the surgery won't affect his ability to play music.

Isis Pharmaceuticals on Friday said it will change its name to Ionis Pharmaceuticals in order to avoid confusion with the terrorist group. For over two decades, the biotech company has been developing transformational dr...

Post-traumatic stress disorder experienced after return from deployment can recede, but then come back even five years later. Findings suggest that the screening of returning veterans should continue for longer.

A poll showed that 31 percent of French women - followed by American and British women - were most likely to fake it with their current partner. Experts also pointed to the prevalence of vaginal penetration in women's st...

A new microscope visualizes individual motor units and muscle movement. This will pave the way for the study of neuromuscular diseases such as muscle dystrophy.

TotalWellness and Mary Roback both committed errors. Apart from reusing syringes to administer 67 flu vaccines to Otsuka Pharmaceutical employees, the vaccines were not properly stored, transported and handled.

Japanese researchers found fish oil can convert some of the body's fat-storing cells into fat-burning cells, which can help in weight loss and weight management. Mice lab tests showed subjects who ate fatty foods infused...

(Kaiser Permanente) A third of patients with chronic conditions who exchanged secure emails with their doctors said that these communications improved their overall health, according to a Kaiser Permanente study publishe...

(University of Wyoming) Prehistoric human populations of hunter-gatherers in a region of North America grew at the same rate as farming societies in Europe, according to a new radiocarbon analysis. The findings challenge...

(Penn State) Understanding how tiny molecular motors called myosins use energy to fuel biological tasks like contracting muscles could lead to therapies for muscle diseases and cancers, says a team of researchers led by ...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Physicians often treat heart attack patients with stents, which prop open the arteries to allow blood to flow again. Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the...

(American Association for Cancer Research) Postmenopausal women with periodontal disease were more likely to develop breast cancer than women who did not have the chronic inflammatory disease. A history of smoking signif...

(University of Liverpool) Dr. Eric Robinson from the University of Liverpool's Institute of Psychology, Health and Society has been awarded a Medical Research Council grant to research the effect food portion size has on...

(Wiley) A new analysis indicates that many patients continue working after being diagnosed with metastatic cancer, but a heavy burden of symptoms may prevent them from doing so. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-r...