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Researchers have found that prior yeast infection could be linked to mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The connection, however, is not causal in nature.

Vultures. Cartoon characters in parched deserts often wish them to disappear, since circling vultures are a stereotypical harbinger of death. But, joking aside, vultures in some parts of the world are in danger of disapp...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have used a completely new preclinical technique and analysis of tissue from patients to show exactly what happens when certain patients with Parkinson's disease are restored as a...

Cycling or walking around in cities with high levels of air pollution still has benefits that outweigh the harm, a new study revealed. However, this is no excuse for complacency, researchers said.

Researchers have found that giving cardiopulmonary instructions over the phone improves survival rates of cardiac arrest patients. Immediate performance of chest compression by a bystander before emergency medical servic...

Opioid addicts take large doses of anti-diarrhea drug Imodium (loperamide hydrochloride) to get high or manage their withdrawal symptoms. Experts warn the growing trend may result in serious and potentially fatal side ef...

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday finally signed into law the bill that raises legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21. How will this affect the tobacco industry?

Widely used equation tools used to assess heart attack and stroke may be overestimating risk. In some cases, patients are given statin therapy even when unnecessary, exposing them to the drug's side effects.

Infecting female mosquitoes with Wolbachia bacteria could significantly reduce the insects' ability to transmit Zika virus, a new study in Brazil revealed. The biological method could help stop the spread of the infectio...

Hepatitis C infections are now killing more people in the US than other infections combined, according to a new CDC report. The data pointed to hepatitis C in baby boomers as well as new worrisome virus transmission rout...

For the first time, researchers were able to grow human embryos outside the womb for almost two weeks. The breakthrough may provide scientists insight on why birth defects and miscarriage occur.

BEND, Ore. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If you're a carb counter and looking for a great way to shave some starchy ones out of your diet, get crazy for cauliflower.

(Genetics Society of America) The sex of many reptile species is set by temperature. New research reported in the journal GENETICS identifies the first gene associated with temperature-dependent sex determination in any ...

(University of California - Berkeley) A mother's breast milk supports immune responses in her newborn that help the infant's gut become a healthy home to a mix of bacterial species, thanks in part to newly identified ant...

(University of British Columbia) Nearly one in three B.C. women over age 65 received inappropriate prescription medicines in 2013, according to a UBC study. One in four men of the same age received similar prescriptions.

(Physicians for a National Health Program) In a dramatic show of physician support for deeper health reform -- and for making a decisive break with the private insurance model of financing medical care -- 2,231 physician...

(Drexel University) Looking into the differences in mental health symptoms experienced by those in the LGBQ community, a team from Drexel's Department of Couple and Family Therapy found key disparities in the risks faced...

(University of Sheffield) Males who evolve in male-dominated populations become far better at securing females than those who grow up in monogamous populations, according to new research into the behaviour of fruit flies...

(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 'The p53 Protein: From Cell Regulation to Cancer' covers the rapid progress that has recently been made in basic and clinical research on p53. The contributors review new observations abou...

(University of California - Riverside) Kochar's Clinical Medicine for Students was first written 35 years ago to provide students with a moderately sized, portable clinical textbook. The sixth edition of the book has jus...

(Wiley) Researchers have developed a quick and simple method for measuring bile acids in biological fluids that can be used to rapidly diagnosis a severe fat storage disorder that can lead to liver disease in infancy and...

(University of Oregon) A cell-to-cell signaling network in mice that serves as a developmental timer that could provide a framework for better understanding the mechanisms underlying human heart valve disease, say Univer...