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A wide range of compounds is on the market to ameliorate depressive symptoms, however their efficiency is achieved only after long periods of treatment and not in 100% of patients. Inserm researchers identified early cel...

Dementia (a decline in memory and other mental abilities) is a serious condition, and its prognosis (the likely course of the disease) is marked by progressive loss of cognitive function and complications such as infecti...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo developed thin and flexible wearable sensors that can be used in rubber gloves worn by doctors to help better detect breast cancer in patients.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is recommending screening for depression in the general adult population, including pregnant and postpartum women, and that screening should be implemented with adequate s...

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A new review pointed to toxic exposures as likely culprit behind Gulf War Syndrome. The disease is not merely psychological, argued experts who looked into such exposures to pesticides, oil fire smoke, and nerve-gas agen...

U.S. President Barack Obama urged disease experts and researchers to develop better diagnostic tests, treatments and vaccines for the Zika virus as quickly as possible in order to stop the spread of the mosquito-borne il...

Researchers created 4D-printed flowers that can mimic movement of natural processes. The technology can revolutionize tissue engineering for the creation of synthetic human organs.

A first-of-its-kind smartphone study in the UK will seek to find the link between pain and weather changes. People with arthritis and other conditions - even those without pain - can participate in Cloudy with a Chance o...

Half of women are at risk of developing serious health problems due to lack of sleep. Not enough sleep is a common problem yet, most women do not go to a doctor for advice.

Coffee lovers have a new reason to enjoy their cup as researchers found no association between caffeine intake and palpitations. The study challenges existing medical belief that consumption of caffeine can result in an ...

Health officials in Seattle are investigating a suspected norovirus outbreak at Maggiano's Little Italy restaurant believed to sicken up to 50 people at a private party. The establishment has been ordered closed and thor...

Researchers from MIT, Harvard University and other scientific organizations have developed a new technology that would allow insulin-producing beta cells to be implanted into the body. The device effectively protects the...

A new study found that frequent use of social media may be linked to sleep disturbances in young adults. Researchers say doctors may need to include social media use when assessing patients with sleep disturbances.

In patients suffering from Type 1 diabetes, the immune system attacks the pancreas, eventually leaving patients without the ability to naturally control blood sugar. These patients must carefully monitor the amount of su...

A food safety lawyer, who has won many cases on food poisoning claims, outlined the food products he stays away from to avoid becoming a victim. Find out which food products are the most risky.

Death rates from leukaemia among people of all ages in Europe are falling, according to the latest predictions for European cancer deaths in 2016, published in the leading cancer journal Annals of Oncology [1] today (Wed...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends breastfeeding for the first year of life, but it is also calling on ob-gyns to provide support for moms who decide not to breastfeed.

A toddler became the first in the world to get an organ transplant from an adult donor through 3D technology. The operation was successful and the child was saved from a lifetime of dialysis treatments.

(New York University) Four factors -- medical complications at birth, maternal education, early motor assessments, and early cognitive assessments -- help predict later cognitive function and motor performance for childr...

(Wiley) Researchers have developed a new way to prioritize investigations on the environmental impacts of the estimated 1500 active pharmaceutical ingredients currently in use.

(Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena) Researchers of the Jena University and of the Jena University Hospital located an important region for the visual processing of numbers in the human brain and showed that it is acti...