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A large random clinical trial settled the belief that anti-smoking drugs can increase the risk of mental health conditions. Not only is there a lack of increased risk, they may also help smokers abstain from the bad habi...

Soy isoflavones and peptides may inhibit the growth of microbial pathogens that cause food-borne illnesses, according to a new study from University of Guelph researchers.

Researchers have found that living in neighborhoods with high levels of vegetation lowers risk for chronic diseases. The findings suggest that community planning and development should be done with its residents' health ...

The Victorian government is spending $30 million to fund its real-time monitoring system to crackdown prescription shopping that could lead to drug overdose deaths. The system will include Schedule 8 drugs such as morphi...

To help raise public awareness on the dreaded Zika virus, the WHO and the CDC have each published infographics to present what experts know about the disease so far. These diagrams also contain steps on how people can pr...

Teens in the United States were more likely to vape, researchers say. Those who are in middle and high school were more likely to take the habit if they frequently see online advertisements of e-cigarettes.

Vaccines are widely recognized as the most effective way we've got to fight infectious disease, a bulwark against a staggeringly diverse array of potentially pathogenic organisms looking to circumvent our defenses. Perva...

KFC has started an investigation after a BBC program revealed that feces from bacteria was present on its ice. Experts say the bacteria may cause illness to anyone who consumes it.

LOS ANGELES. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's the stuff of science fiction showing up in dental offices. Dentists and prosthodontists are using computers to make teeth, implants, and dentures. It's a process called computer-ai...

(Baylor College of Medicine) Dr. Ming Zhou, the Ruth McLean Bowman Bowers Professor in the Verna and Marrs McLean department biochemistry and molecular biology at Baylor College of Medicine, is a featured speaker in the ...

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) According to new research led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center pulmonologist and critical care physician Mary B. Rice, M.D., M.P.H., improved air quality in US cities since t...

(Columbia University Medical Center) Columbia University researchers have found evidence in mice that, for some types of autism, gastrointestinal problems may originate from the same genetic changes that lead to the beha...

(Nationwide Children's Hospital) Exposure to laundry detergent packets is more dangerous to young children than exposure to other types of laundry and dishwasher detergent.The study found that from January 2013 through D...

(Carnegie Mellon University) Carnegie Mellon University will award the fourth annual Andrew Carnegie Prize in Mind and Brain Sciences to Alexandre Pouget, professor of basic neuroscience at the University of Geneva. Poug...

(Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) Research from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago conducted in mice shows the drug hydrocortisone -- a steroid commonly used to treat a variety of i...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) About half of Medicare patients who start taking biologic therapies for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis stop within a year, according to a new study. Previous studies h...

(Rice University) Current medical research and literature may be overemphasizing the role that hospital volume plays in patient outcomes, according to a study by researchers at Rice University.

(University of Warwick) A new national database could help relieve the misery of miscarriage for thousands of women. Researchers from the University of Warwick's Institute of Digital Healthcare (IDH) are using data to he...

(MedImmune, Inc.) MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, today announced that it has achieved a significant scientific milestone by publishing three manuscripts in Nature Immunology ...

(University of Michigan) Changing climate conditions -- including warmer temperatures and an increased frequency of heavy rainstorms -- represent 'an emerging threat to public health in Michigan,' according to a new repo...

(University of Leicester) University of Leicester researchers shed light on the role of inositol phosphate molecules in gene regulatory complexes.

(Dove Medical Press) Recently, it has been shown that Nocebo hyperalgesia can be acquired through observational learning. The aim of this study was to investigate socially induced nocebo hyperalgesia and its relationship...