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Researchers were able to develop a 10-minute saliva test that can detect cancer with near-perfect accuracy. The test is so simple, even patients may do it at home.

Research has found that long-term use of type 2 diabetes drug liraglutide caused degenerative weakening of insulin-producing cells. Liraglutide is an FDA-approved drug marketed as Victoza used for treating the condition ...

Researchers found that eating breakfast benefits obese individuals by promoting greater physical activity in the morning. It is still a matter of debate, however, how breakfast affects one's personal health goals or what...

A stomach bug has sickened about 200 students at a Pennsylvania College. Ursinus College and the Montgomery County Department of Health (MCHD) are working together to determine the cause of the mysterious illness.

Animal testing is practiced widely for drug research, but with it comes issues in ethics and the quality of science. Now, a lab-grown mini version of the human brain may soon replace lab animals in experimentation.

Rising populations and increasing agricultural practices are main drivers of worldwide water shortage. The World Wide Fund for Nature said two-thirds of the worldwide population could suffer from water shortages by 2025.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to include pregnant women and those up to 21 years old in the medical coverage for Flint residents. The requested expansion will cover all in...

Experts said sleeping with pets may be good for health. Here are some helpful tips to ensure sharing bed with dogs or cats become a beneficial and safe experience.

Australia is set to welcome its 24 millionth citizen tomorrow, according to latest estimates by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Experts in 1999 forecasted that the country will not be able to reach this milestone un...

(University of Louisville) Final results for the Sunbelt Melanoma Trial, published online this month in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, show that thanks to current diagnostic techniques, most stage III melanoma patient...

(RIKEN) Researchers at the RIKEN Evolutionary Morphology laboratory and other institutions in Japan have shown that complex divisions in the vertebrate brain first appeared before the evolution of jaws, more than 500 mil...

(Cornell Food & Brand Lab) From helping new employees get settled in a job to setting deadlines and job expectations, it goes without saying that managers have a huge influence on employee behavior. A new Cornell Food an...

(BMJ) Membership of social groups, such as book clubs or church groups, after retirement is linked to a longer life, with the impact on health and wellbeing similar to that of regular exercise, suggests research publishe...

(Karolinska Institutet) A relatively newly discovered group of immune cells known as ILCs have been examined in detail in a new study published in the journal 'Nature Immunology'. By analysing the gene expression in indi...

(The JAMA Network Journals) There appears to have been no change in the incidence of epilepsy in patients younger than 65 over the past 40 years in Finland but an increased incidence among older patients, which a new stu...

(German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)) Many animal species delay the development of their embryos to ensure that their offspring is born at a favorable time. Scientists from the German C...

(University of Pennsylvania) Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and colleagues from across the country have identified how the parasite Toxoplasma gondii makes its way across th...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Nearly 50,000 people applied to medical school in 2013. Forty seven percent of the applicants were women, and studies show they still face continuing bias against women in medicine. Bu...

(The JAMA Network Journals) The use of proton pump inhibitors, the popular medications used to treat gastroesophageal reflux and peptic ulcers, may be associated with an increased risk of dementia in a study using data f...

(Babraham Institute) Raising a child together has a greater effect on your immune system than the seasonal 'flu vaccine or travellers' gastroenteritis, a study by researchers at VIB and KU Leuven in Belgium and the Babra...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) A team of researchers from children's hospitals across the country, including a University of Colorado School of Medicine faculty member, found that hospitals serving chil...

(Drexel University) Researchers have shed new light on the structure of phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) -- the enzyme that is defective in patients with Phenylketonuria (PKU).