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An experimental drug could be an effective weapon against Junin virus, the pathogen responsible for Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever. If this drug is successful, it could pave way for the development of new drugs.

A new immune-suppressing therapy has led to the longest survival yet for a cross-species heart transplant, according to new research conducted in part by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM S...

Activity-friendly neighborhoods can help promote physical activity among its residents. Those living in these areas had 90 minutes of activity per week.

Subway stores will include calorie counts on their menu boards beginning April 11. The move fulfills the sandwich chain's aim to share nutritional information with diners so they can make informed meal choices.

Administering heart resuscitation drugs to patients whose cardiac arrest is witnessed at the time of the attack can improve survival, but needs to be done through an IV line rather than directly into bone marrow as is mo...

The diet of prehistoric humans might have significant health benefits for obese, postmenopausal women, a study reveals. In addition to lowering these women's risks for diabetes and heart disease, the Paleo diet may also ...

Tanning is a process by which the skin is exposed to the sun for a darker complexion. This process, however, may lower the skin's ability to produce vitamin D, which is vital for the body.

Though the number of people diagnosed with diabetes has increased over the years, the cost of insulin has increased by 200 percent in about a decade.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson's Remicade biosimilar, Inflectra. Now, doctors may prescribe this infliximab drug to patients.

The growing popularity of and demand for smaller dogs lead to health concerns for the canines. These brachycephalic dogs typically have breathing difficulties, digestive disorders and health conditions associated with th...

Boston Scientific halted the sales of its second-generation Watchman FLX in Europe because of higher-than-expected embolism rates. The complication resulted in one death that was linked to postoperative infection after t...

Scientists in South Wales have developed a new repair system that mimics how salamanders grow their limbs. The new stem cell therapy raises hopes for regeneration of damaged bones and tissues.

TAMPA, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It has taken years of research, breakthroughs and improvements to therapy, and as a result, about 80 percent of kids with cancer will survive the disease. Doctors say there is still so m...

(University of California - San Diego) Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that higher levels of vitamin D -- specifically serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D -- are associated with a corre...

(Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care) There is a hint of a minor added benefit for pretreated women, and a hint of lesser benefit for treatment-naive adults.

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Scientists at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern have identified a novel metabolic pathway that helps cancer cells thrive in conditions that are lethal to...

(Concordia University) About one in 68 children in the United States has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Their parents consistently report greater stress levels, caregiving burden and depression than parents of typica...

(American Chemical Society) Food poisoning is a stomach-churning, miserable condition that sends thousands of Americans to hospital emergency rooms every year. Now scientists report in ACS' journal Analytical Chemistry a...

(Terry Collins Assoc) On April 14 and 15, alongside the World Bank Group's annual spring meetings, funders from the private, public, and philanthropic sectors will come together for the inaugural Financing & Innovation i...

(McGill University) Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at McGill University have made an important discovery about the human auditory system and how to study it, findings that could lead to be...

(Mayo Clinic) Patients with a low-grade type of brain tumor called glioma who received radiation therapy plus a chemotherapy regimen, including procarbazine, lomustine and vincristine (PCV), experienced a longer progress...

(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) The use of a respiratory filter mask helps minimize the impact of pollution on people with heart failure during rush-hour traffic in big cities, shows a study descr...