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Researchers at the Walter Reed National Military Center found that approximately 52 percent of more than 800 participants in a study on mild brain injuries were found to have scar-like abnormalities. The findings reveal ...

A number of drugs already approved to treat parasitic infections, cancers, infertility and other conditions also show promise as antibiotic agents against staph and tuberculosis infections, according to a new study by Un...

It's official: you can buy happiness. According to researchers, material and experiential purchases can provide varying levels of happiness, so choose based on what will suit your desires.

NHS hospital trusts have been accused of taxing the sick through parking charges by a Press Association study. High parking fines is a problem because they add to the concerns patients and their loved ones have when visi...

USPSTF endorsed low to moderate doses of statins to prevent first-time heart attack or stroke in high-risk adults ages 40 to 75. Its new recommendations for statin treatment are considered close enough to controversial 2...

Researchers found that women with gum disease are more likely to develop breast cancer, especially those who smoke. Other experts cautioned that gum disease could be an indicator of overall poor health and not a specific...

Kaiser Permanente is opening a medical school in Southern California. Due to open in 2019, the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine is the organization's answer to ever-changing health care needs in the U.S.

Researchers found that unused human pancreas may be recycled as new organs for diabetics. Unused pancreas of organ donors can be used as a base to create a new-generation and bio-artificial one.

American Heart Association's 2016 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update found nearly 31 percent of all deaths worldwide are linked to cardiovascular disease. The update also tracked behaviors and health factors link...

Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are looking into a latest string of E. coli infections detected in Kansas, Oklahoma and North Dakota last month that caused five people to become sick. Ea...

Along with the buzz and excitement coming from the holiday season, most people also experience bouts of sadness and melancholy. Fortunately, scientific studies have shown many ways to combat holiday blues.

Five people in Oklahoma, North Dakota and Kansas fell ill due to the new E. Coli strain that could be linked to Chipotle's recent foodborne illness outbreak. All five people ate at a Chipotle restaurant a week before get...

Gay and bisexual men can donate blood if they've abstained from sex with a man for one year, the FDA says. The new policy lifts the lifetime ban put in place 30 years ago.

(University of Hawaii Cancer Center) In the findings published in PLOS Genetics, through genetic and genealogical studies by Michele Carbone, M.D., Ph.D., director of the UH Cancer Center's Thoracic Oncology Program and ...

(Boston University Medical Center) Researchers from Boston University, the Cleveland Clinic, Banner Alzheimer's Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, have been awarded a $16 million* grant from the Nation...

(National University of Singapore) A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore has uncovered the mystery behind the potent parasite-killing effect of artemisinin, a drug that is considered to be the l...

(Elsevier Health Sciences) An article published today in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology reports that a commonly used drug for the treatment of diabetes, metformin, may have the potential to prevent and...

(Rockefeller University) Even under repeated stress, the brain maintains the potential to adapt and recover. Researchers have shown how changes in gene expression cause these transitory opportunities to open up. Their re...

(Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University) Inside the brain, a protein called YAP, best known for its ability to help right-size our developing hearts and livers, appears to have the different but equally...

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) A number of drugs already approved to treat parasitic infections, cancers, infertility and other conditions also show promise as antibiotic agents against staph and tuberculos...

(Michigan State University) A Michigan State University study shows that 14- and 15-year-olds are at a higher risk of becoming dependent on prescription drugs within a 12-month period after using them extra-medically, or...

(University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) Children younger than 5 who live in economically disadvantaged areas had a greater risk of medication poisoning that resulted in referral to a health care facilit...