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A wireless sensor that dissolves when its job is done helps patients avoid the need for additional surgery needed to remove current devices, researchers say. The tiny device is just one millimeter in size.

Studies confirm the importance of omega-3 essential fatty acids in brain development. Better brain function is seen in children of moms who included significant amounts of fish in their diets, researchers say.

A team of neurosurgeons and engineers has developed wireless brain sensors that monitor intracranial pressure and temperature and then are absorbed by the body, negating the need for surgery to remove the devices.

The number of kidney disease-related early deaths has decreased. However, the number of those being diagnosed with end stage renal disease continues to rise.

The USDA suggests that people limit their intake of added sugar or natural sweeteners to only 10 teaspoons per day. With that, most people switch to artificial sweeteners, but is it safe to do so?

Quantum dots, or light-activated nanoparticles that are about 20,000 times smaller than human hair, successfully killed 92 percent of drug-resistant bacteria. Will they be man's next ally in the fight against antibiotic ...

Antibiotic drugs should no longer be prescribed to patients suffering from acute respiratory tract infections such as sore throat, bronchitis and the common cold. The new guidelines released by the CDC and the American C...

A new study conducted by the CDC has found that blacklegged ticks are now present in 45 percent of the total number of counties in the United States. These insects are the most common carriers of the Borrelia bacteria, w...

A new study found that catching up on sleep during weekends may reduce diabetes risk. The study subjects regained normal blood sugar levels after a week of sleep deprivation when they slept for extended periods during th...

Is vigorous exercise bad for your heart health? Studies have shown that somehow it actually is harmful. However, the benefits of exercising still outweigh the harms, experts said.

Brazil is funding a biomedical research center to develop a vaccine that can protect against Zika virus. The mosquito-borne infection that causes microcephaly in newborns currently has no available vaccine and treatment.

Experts believed that smoking pot can cause reduced intelligence in teenagers. However, a new study revealed that this notion may not be as definite as we think we know.

A man recently died after participating in a clinical trial. Knowing the benefits and risks of these experiments is critically vital before deciding to participate in such tests.

Stillbirth figures remain excessively high and unchanged since 2011, but a study series on global stillbirth rates showed most of the 2.6 million cases in 2015 could have been prevented. Moreover, findings showed women i...

Researchers have found that a certain gene associated with autism development is also a crucial component for healthy brain growth. This provides new insight on how mental disorders develop.

European nurses and midwives are now required to prove high-standard English skills before they can work in Britain. They will be required to take an English language test to prove that they can practice safely in the UK...

Around 32,000 women in the UK may unknowingly carry the BRIP1 gene mutation which increases their risk for ovarian cancer by three-fold. This underscores the importance of studying inheritable gene changes in cancer rese...

(MedStar Washington Hospital Center) MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center will be the first site in the US to initiate a clinical trial, examining the safety and effectiveness of trans...

(KU Leuven) Researchers from KU Leuven, Belgium, have improved a test for ultrasound diagnosis of ovarian tumors. Professors Dirk Timmerman and Ben Van Calster collaborated with scientists from Imperial College London an...

(Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) There is good news for frequent public speakers. New research shows that individuals have the ability to quickly and accurately identify a crowd's general emotion as...

(University of Hawaii at Manoa) Researchers at the University of Hawai'i developed an array of highly innovative experiments to allow scientists to safely test first-aid measures used for box jellyfish stings -- from fol...

(Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press)) New research published in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism reveals that a high proportion of long-term care residents have a B12 deficiency. Researchers fro...