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George Washington University (GW) Researcher Michael S. Irwig, M.D. published a first-of-its-kind survey assessing the attitudes and practice patterns of transgender care by endocrinologists, who often treat transgender ...

University of Queensland researchers probed how a peptide toxin found in the Peruvian green velvet tarantula could target brain receptors and offer pain relief. They showed for the first time the role of the cell membran...

The oral health of kids in the UK is becoming worse, an NHS report states. The rate of extraction due to severe tooth decay rose in the past four years, signifying lack of adequate primary care.

A 90-year-old woman from Northern Michigan was diagnosed with cancer but refused treatment. Six months later, she is now traveling across the United States with her family, documenting her journey on Facebook.

A potential treatment for Huntington's disease is set to be tested in human clinical trials. The medicine has been found successful in animal models, and the researchers are hoping to replicate the same results in humans...

Both men and women are opting for cosmetic surgery to improve facial features and body image. A total of 15.9 million plastic surgeries were reported in 2015.

A drunken nurse in Pennsylvania assisted in surgery after drinking four to five beers. The 59-year-old male nurse staggered into the hospital, helped prepare the patient and had difficulty logging into the hospital's com...

A new study adds to the growing body of evidence that supports the benefits of mindfulness meditation. This time, the technique is found to improve the condition of adults with chronic pain.

Millions of Indians suffer from life-threatening rare diseases and most of them are not aware. Most of these are genetically inherited and can't be cured by present treatments.

Nurse who suffered from Ebola virus has been released from London Hospital after being readmitted due to a late treatment complication. Royal Free Hospital confirmed that the patient named Pauline Cafferkey is not infect...

Detecting anemia may be as easy as pricking your finger and running the blood sample under a smartphone. Scientists from Kansas are testing a new 3D-printed device that runs exactly like that, and can identify anemia in ...

(University of Basel) In the past two decades, water frogs have spread rapidly in Central Europe. Using a new statistical model, researchers from the University of Basel were now able to show that local species such as t...

(Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and Impel NeuroPharma have signed a licensing agreement to advance a new neuropeptide-based therapeutic approach shown to be effe...

(SUNY Downstate Medical Center) A study led by SUNY Downstate Medical Center has found increased risk of obesity among Filipino immigrants living in the New York City metropolitan area.

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) A team of researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technische Universität München and the German Center for Diabetes Research has identif...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) The brain chemical dopamine regulates how mice learn to avoid a disagreeable encounter, Science has shown that dopamine reinforces 'rewarding' behaviors, but to the researc...

(Rutgers University) Women considering abortions are getting medically inaccurate information nearly a third of the time in states that require doctors to provide informed consent materials to their patients, according t...

(American Society of Anesthesiologists) The Medicare 'opt-out' rule that allows anesthesia to be administered without physician supervision does not increase patient access to anesthesia care, according to a study recent...

(Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine) The opioid growth factor receptor (OGFr) interacts with a specific opioid growth factor ligand (OGF), chemically termed [Met5]-enkephalin, to maintain homeostasis in a wide...

(University of Massachusetts Medical School) Scientists at UMass Medical School have identified a cell membrane transporter -- CarT -- that maintains vision in the fruit fly Drosophila by recycling the neurotransmitter h...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) today announced that with a new grant of $60,000 from the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, m...

(Association for Psychological Science) Suffering from chronic medical conditions and engaging in unhealthy behaviors are known risk factors for early death, but findings from a longitudinal study of over 6,000 adults su...