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Individuals diagnosed with muscle-invasive bladder cancer face a difficult treatment decision - intensive radiotherapy or complete surgical removal of their bladder. Each option has benefits and draw backs, and there are...

FINDINGS: Increasingly patients and providers are interested in using remote monitoring devices to help with their health care. The researchers sought to determine if these devices could be useful in preventing 180-day a...

A research strongly suggests that physical activity during mid-life can help slow down brain shrinkage and aging. Find out more about the conclusion to the two-decade study on the link between fitness and brain aging.

American scientists have developed an algorithm that can predict the effects of numerous individual drugs on a large number of target proteins. The robotic system can reduce necessary tests by 70 percent and make drug di...

Walgreens threatens end of partnership with Theranos. The pharmacy chain has given the blood test company a 30-day deadline to fix its issues and violations against the U.S. government.

The Internet may not be the most reliable source of information when looking for weight loss programs. A new study found that most online content does not reflect what programs actually offer to its consumers.

The genome sequence of the Zika virus has been successfully obtained by researchers in Slovenia from a fetal brain with microcephaly. Their findings further strengthened the link between the virus and babies born with sm...

Research bodies across the globe joined forces to battle the growing outbreak of Zika virus. The statement, signed by organizations, aims to make all data freely available to the public.

Researchers found a significant drop in dementia cases among people with at least a high school diploma. An Alzheimer's expert said this supports the cognitive reserve concept.

Scientists preserved a rabbit brain without damage using a new cryonics method called the aldehyde-stabilized cryopreservation or ASC. This method successfully preserved the delicate brain circuitry.

A study discovered that middle-aged people who smoked weed as teenagers had poorer verbal memory. Verbal memory decreased by 0.13 standardized units for every five years of past marijuana exposure.

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Social support has well-known benefits for physical and mental health. But giving support -- rather than receiving it -- may have unique positive effects on key brain areas involved in stress and ...

(American Society for Radiation Oncology) Advances in Radiation Oncology, ASTRO's new original research journal, has closed its first issue with research including a phase II clinical trial in prostate cancer, a prospect...

(Elsevier) Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services today announces the launch of Transplantation Reports, a new online-only open access journal covering ...

(University of Louisville) Conklin will share new data showing that e-cigarettes have been shown to speed up atherosclerosis -- the plaque-causing disease that leads to heart attack, stroke and peripheral arterial diseas...

(American Society for Microbiology) After the age of nine months, the development of the infant gut microbiota is driven by the transition to family foods, not maternal obesity, according to results from a new study. The...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Among adolescents who encountered sexual harassment on social networking sites (mostly on Facebook), 21.8% reported the incident to the provider, but in nearly half of th...

(University of Gothenburg) Apps that test visual function at home can discover deterioration of the eye's macula lutea long before traditional vision tests. A doctoral thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy explored this issue.

(Mayo Clinic) Building on previous studies, Mayo Clinic researchers have demonstrated significant health improvements in the vascular system of mice following repeated treatments to remove senescent cells. They say this ...

(NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region) Toxins from harmful algae are present in Alaskan marine food webs in high enough concentrations to be detected in marine mammals such as whales, walruses, sea lions, seals, porpoises an...

(Public Relations Pacific LLC) NeuroVision Imaging LLC has announced completion of a nonexclusive license agreement with Janssen Research & Development LLC, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnso...