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(St. Michael's Hospital) The Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Institute of Population and Public Health has awarded Dr. Prabhat Jha its inaugural Trailblazer Award in Population Health Solutions.

Exactly why so many humans choose monogamous pair bonds over juggling multiple partners has long been a mystery to scientists. After all, having several partners at the same time should lead to more offspring -- an outco...

Alcohol can be a wonderful thing. It can also be a very bad thing, and the line between the two is, well, blurry. Knowing when enough is enough is something of an art, but establishing where to draw the line is made more...

The human papillomavirus is a common sexually transmitted infection among sexually active men and women, including teens. To prevent acquiring this virus, it is best to get vaccinated during early teens.

The blood infection Elizabethkingia claimed the life of a resident in Illinois. The infection has also taken 18 lives in Wisconsin since November 2015.

A decrease in air pollution in Southern California has resulted in the improvement of children's health. Researchers found that children showed fewer respiratory symptoms alongside improved air quality in the region.

According to the WHO, better investment in depression treatment and mental health will translate to four-fold returns for the world's economy. Paying attention to mental care will increase work productivity as well as pr...

Stem cells from the fatty deposition around your waist might help in curing diabetes, suggests a new research. The genetically programmed cells were found not only to produce insulin but also to wipe out excess sugar fro...

A new study has revealed results that we might have known all along. A good night's sleep is a secret to lowering risk of diseases including common colds.

Wearing earplugs to loud concerts or night clubs, albeit not so cool, can considerably prevent temporary noise-induced hearing loss which is rising prevalently in young adults.

Napster founder and Facebook co-founder Sean Parker makes a historic $250 million donation for cancer immunotherapy. The funding will bring together 300 experts and 40 laboratories from six different cancer research cent...

Minnesota is facing an STD crisis with cases making up nearly 70 percent of all reported infectious diseases, and chlamydia takes the first lead. The reported cases are a cause for worry as they reflect the condition's h...

Researchers have found a link between Zika virus and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), an autoimmune disorder that attacks the brain and spinal cord. ADEM is a condition similar to multiple sclerosis.

ATLANTA. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- As many as one in four women in the U.S. suffer from chronic pelvic pain. A lot of times medication, steroid injections or physical therapy will help, but for women whose pelvic pain comes ...

Robert Andtbacka, M.D., C.M., a Surgical Oncologist at the Huntsman Cancer Institute talks about a virus doctors are using to fight cancer.

(Cancer Treatment Centers of America) Dr. Glen Weiss, Director of Clinical Research and Medical Oncologist at Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Western Regional Medical Center has been named 2016 Healthcare Leadersh...

(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem report that honey bees seem to have evolved the sophisticated ability to bias their foraging efforts towards food that balances the...

(European Association for the Study of the Liver) Two separate studies presented today at The International Liver Congress™ 2016 in Barcelona, Spain have offered alternative conclusions regarding the efficacy of direct...

(Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary) A complication associated with bone marrow transplantation, graft-versus-host-disease, occurs when a transplanted immune system attacks certain parts of a host's body, and may cause ...

(European Association for the Study of the Liver) The growing burden of alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) could be reduced if hospitals introduced a simple universal screening procedure for those attending acute and e...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) A review of blood samples for nearly 5,000 patients seen at The Johns Hopkins Hospital Emergency Department suggests that federal guidelines for hepatitis C virus screening may be missing up to a...

(Brown University) Scientists studying the biology of aging have found dozens of genes common to worms, flies, mice and humans that are all affected by the same family of proteins.