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The United States lacks resources to provide the unique medical needs of children during disasters. The report from the American Association of Pediatrics states that children are most vulnerable to illness and injury du...

Mexico's tax on soda and other sugary drinks has resulted in a considerable decline in consumption in the country a year following its implementation. Experts believe the move can help curb the growth of the obesity epid...

An international research team formed by a University of Cincinnati (UC) cancer researcher has shown for the first time that a specific enzyme is responsible for sensing the available supply of GTP, an energy source that...

The new UK guidelines move away from the long-held belief that drinking small amounts of alcohol is good. The guidance aims to reduce incidence of alcohol-related illnesses and deaths

From processed foods you buy to the meal you eat in restaurants, salt is ubiquitous. You may not notice, but experts said too much intake of salty foods is harmful to your health.

When you have a fever, your nose is stuffed and your headache is spreading to your toes, your body is telling you to stay home in bed. Feeling sick is an evolutionary adaptation according to a hypothesis put forward by P...

A new study provides assurance for women who used to take birth control pills and want to become future moms. Experts found that the use of oral contraceptives before or during pregnancy is not linked to birth defects in...

Do not fret! Pizza is still safe unless it's in a grease and water proof box. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ban three chemical types of perfluoroalkyl ethyl containing food-contact substances (FCSs) for its...

Statins or cholesterol-lowering drugs have been found to help cut a certain heart disease risk in sleep apnea patients. Some experts, however, said the findings may not be enough reason to grab a statin prescription righ...

A world-first personalized treatment will determine whether a melanoma patient is resistant to radiation therapy before undergoing it. This type of skin cancer is highly prevalent in the country among Queensland's youth.

When a woman reaches menopause, certain symptoms might occur such as vaginal dryness and pain during sexual intercourse. A new vaginal suppository may maintain the vaginal's lubrication.

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Caring for an infant is challenging for any mother -- but especially so for women with postnatal depression, which may lead to adverse effects on child outcomes. Current evidence on postnatal depr...

(Brown University) Among HIV-positive patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, a new study finds that blacks are significantly less likely than whites to receive treatment for the cancer, even though chemotherapy saves lives.

(Virginia Tech) Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have found a potential way to influence long-term memory formation in the immune system.

(University of Basel) With increasing age, the propensity to take physical, social, legal or financial risks decreases. Researchers from the University of Basel and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berli...

(Salk Institute) A factor in how malignant tumors spread may also be a key to treatment.

(Columbia University Medical Center) Columbia University has digitized an important anatomical flap book -- an early attempt to represent the three dimensionality of the human body in the two dimensional format of the bo...

(American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Despite the prevalence of thyroid disease and its sometimes serious effects, researchers have struggled to answer a pretty basic question about the hormone-produc...

(University of Texas at Arlington) Biochemists at The University of Texas at Arlington are mapping the catalytic processes of sulfur-oxidizing enzymes to improve understanding of the chemical imbalances found in patients...

(Center for iPS Cell Research and Application - Kyoto University) Cell therapies for heart ailments involve transplanting over a billion heart cells to the patient's heart. Many of these cells fail to engraft, however, c...

(University of Michigan Health System) Nearly every girl and woman on Earth carries two X chromosomes in nearly every one of her cells -- but one of them does (mostly) nothing. That's because it's been silenced, keeping ...

(Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares) A study by researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III has identified a new mechanism through which hematopoietic stem cells con...