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Seniors may increase their risk of stroke and dementia due to poor sleep. Researchers found that sleep fragmentation may harden brain arteries and cause lack of oxygen.

Opioids are used to treat chronic pain and improve mood, but the drug's long term effects may cause something more. A new study revealed that the long term use of opioid painkillers can increase a person's risk of depres...

Sleep apnea, asthma, Down syndrome, and certain ethnicities emerged as risk factors for keratoconus eye disease. On the other hand, there is a prevalent disease that may have "protective" benefits against this eye disord...

Health officials may issue a warning to pregnant women traveling to countries struck with the Zika virus. The United States' first case was recorded from a traveler who visited Latin America.

Most adult smokers turn to e-cigarette smoking in order to stop smoking conventional cigarettes. However, a new study in California revealed that e-cigarettes may not be effective in helping smokers quit the habit.

A team of scientists in California successfully changed the hardwiring of certain human skin cells to make it produce insulin. The experiment could possibly help patients with Type 2 diabetes, experts said.

Researchers have found that the onset of Alzheimer's disease may be detected via a distinct urine odor. The findings may signify that in the future, detecting Alzheimer's may be as easy as doing a simple urine test.

German scientists created motorized "spermbots" that can help poor swimmers reach an egg effectively using the micromotor technology. The tiny metal helices attach to the sperm's tail and detaches upon contact with the e...

A study found that 23 percent of those undergoing bariatric surgery reported having a current mood disorder, mostly depression, and binge eating disorder. Does this mean patients stand to gain certain mental benefits asi...

Infants 6 months old and younger can still be exposed to risks from medications, study finds. Incorrect dosing by parents or caregivers is one source of risk.

A 17-member group was tasked to analyze and plot ways to help the world prepare for the impending Ebola pandemic. The group found a $4.5 billion annual investment is needed to improve public health system and speed up va...

Flavonoid-rich foods like citrus fruits, berries and red wine could reduce the risk of erectile dysfunction. Eating foods rich in flavonoid could prevent the disease for as much as brisk walking for up to five hours per ...

(Lifespan) A study led by a Hasbro Children's Hospital sports medicine physician found that male student ice hockey players in earlier pubertal stages had a significantly increased risk of prolonged symptoms from concuss...

(University of Georgia) While scientists have known for years that African trypanosomes cause sleeping sickness, they've been left scratching their heads as to how these tiny single-celled organisms communicate. A Univer...

BALTIMORE. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- They are the signs of your overall health- things like body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure. Many of us get these measurements done during an annual exam. Bioengineers have now...

(Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research) Infections caused by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) bacteria can often be serious and life threatening. These drug-resistant bacteri...

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Pediatric researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a key component of the pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a devastating and sometimes fatal lung dis...

(Washington University in St. Louis) Given that antibiotics are losing effectiveness faster than replacements are being found, chemist Timothy Wencewicz suggests we try a new approach. Drugs that hobble the production of...

(University of Southampton) A new study from the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, shows lesions, which can best be seen on MRI scans, could help identify individuals who a...

(The Wistar Institute) New research from scientists at The Wistar Institute shows that p53 is able to suppress accumulated DNA damage at telomeres. This is the first time this particular function of p53 has ever been des...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Better coordination between hospitals and post-acute care facilities could reduce patient readmission to hospitals and mortality rates, according to a new study of risk fa...

(Florida Atlantic University) Between 1999 and 2013 in the United States, between 279 (in 2000) to 507 (in 2012) people were killed each year by legal intervention or law enforcement, other than by legal execution. In 20...