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One supposed key to fighting Zika virus is by releasing genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce the population of aedes mosquitoes. However, critics suspect that these genetically modified mosquitoes could be responsib...

Sitting for long hours may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, even though a person works out. Diabetes is still the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.

Sambo fish are part of El Salvador's plan to help curb the spread of Zika virus. The fish will be placed in water sources where to eat the larvae of the Aedes mosquito, which transmits Zika and other viruses.

(Carnegie Mellon University) New research from Carnegie Mellon University provides a window into the brain changes that link mindfulness meditation training with health in stressed adults. Published in Biological Psychia...

(Faculty of 1000) F1000Research will launch a new publishing channel that will encourage and facilitate open and transparent publication and discussion of confirmatory and non-confirmatory studies in the biomedical resea...

(Mayo Clinic) The incidence of childhood and adult obesity has increased significantly over the past three decades. New research shows that there is an association between obesity development during adulthood and childho...

(American Society of Anesthesiologists) New research may allow new, more effective and safer pain medications to reach patients who suffer from chronic pain sooner.

(American Geriatrics Society) Developed by a committee of experts in ethnogeriatrics, 'Achieving High-Quality Multicultural Geriatric Care' outlines present health disparities and the need for sensitivity to culture and ...

UC Davis researchers have developed a way to use the empty shell of a Hepatitis E virus to carry vaccines or drugs into the body. The technique has been tested in rodents as a way to target breast cancer, and is availabl...

A study based on medical records from more than a quarter million adult patients found that African-American patients with connective tissue diseases such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis were twice as likely as white pa...

An herbal medicine for arthritis was found to contain DNA of snow leopard. The animal is so rare traces of it in traditional Chinese medicines had to be deliberately added.

Kids who eat a high-protein breakfast are less likely to overeat at lunch. They consume about 70 percent less calories at lunch than those kids who just ate cereals and oatmeal.

Obesity is more rampant in women that in men. This could be because of the difference between men and women in terms of hormones that regulate appetite, physical activity and energy expenditure.

Kids are likely to perform poorly in school and get lower grades if at least one parent suffers from depression. Experts said depressed parents should seek help if they want to protect their kids.

A team of researchers in the UK received a groundbreaking green light to use gene editing on spare IVF embryos in order to understand what causes infertility and miscarriage in women. The research aims to identify the cr...

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

Researchers believe that video games have potential to be a key therapy to improve the motor skills of children diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. Find out what research has been done to support the claim.

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

Care to try the Chick-fil-A diet? The fast food chain, through its takeout bag, recommends shedding the excess pounds and eating healthy by consuming its grilled chicken nuggets every 3 hours.

Two Santa Clara University students have contracted meningococcal meningitis, a potentially deadly disease, on Sunday. Public health officials and university administrators are urging the campus community to get vaccinat...

Microbiologists from the University College London discovered bacterial strains in human beards that are capable of killing other known infections. The team believes this could lead to the creation of newer antibiotics t...

The CDC recommended that young women who are not using birth control should stop drinking alcohol. Women may unknowingly become pregnant and continue to drink, thus putting babies at serious health risks.