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Using silk fibroin, researchers developed a method to store blood samples without refrigeration. The blood can still be analyzed after 84 days of storage at 45 degrees Celsius.

A new experimental and clinical study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the sleep hormone melatonin impairs insulin secretion in people with a common gene variant. "This could explain why the risk of type 2 diabe...

A judge decided in favor of the House Republicans on the Obamacare lawsuit. The ruling said that the Administration should not spend billions of federal funds to subsidize payments to private insurers under the Obama hea...

Fruit flies may be diminutive in size, but they've been helping the scientific community gain a better understanding of many things involving the body for years. Most recently, researchers tapped fruit flies to understan...

The front windshields offer more protection from UV-A rays than car door windows. This is because they are made of laminated glass designed to prevent them from shattering.

In the battle against antibiotic dependence, Prince Charles shared that he uses homeopathic treatments for his farm animals. Homeopathy theorizes that a disease can be treated by a substance that coaxes similar symptoms ...

A bacterial war in the scalp - not fungi as assumed - is pinpointed as the main cause of dandruff. Researchers from China believe that the staph bacteria has to be controlled and a competing bacterial species should be e...

Single-sided deafness has been found to be closely related to brain plasticity issues, specifically a misalignment of brain hemispheres. New findings are hoped to lead to the elusive cure to this condition.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Breathing deeply isn't just for yoga class. A specialized method of deep breathing is keeping some breast cancer patients from getting unintended doses of radiation to the heart.

(Society for Neuroscience) Assessing whether a fluffy bunny or a giant spider poses a threat to our safety happens automatically. New research from The Journal of Neuroscience suggests the same brain areas may be involve...

(Queen's University) New research from the Canadian Cancer Trials Group has discovered that a new subset of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer could benefit from taking the drug cetuximab.

(International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA)) A team from the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste has obtained very promising results by applying gene therapy to glioblastoma. Tests in vitro...

(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) Taxanes are a group of drugs commonly used to treat cancers of the breast, lung, ovary, or prostate, but its use can be limited by significant side effects. Researchers...

(Mayo Clinic) The Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine joined the National Microbiome Initiative sponsored by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In support of the National Microbiome Initi...

(European Society of Cardiology) Myocardial fibrosis could be a future therapeutic target after researchers found it correlated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea referred for ...

(European Society of Cardiology) A new technique for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging improves accuracy by removing patients' need to breathe, reveals research presented today at EuroCMR 2016 by Professor Juerg Schwitt...

(Lund University) A new experimental and clinical study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the sleep hormone melatonin impairs insulin secretion in people with a common gene variant. 'This could explain why the ri...

(Pollock Communications) High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects one-third -- or 70 million -- US adults. It is responsible directly or indirectly for more than 350,000 deaths -- about 1,000 per day -- annually in ...

(Tohoku University) Researchers have discovered that the short-lived reactive species generated by plasma can enhance the calcium ion influx into cells.

(American Society of Anesthesiologists) A novel measure for assessing the body's response to surgery may allow for better anesthesia management in the O.R., less pain when regaining consciousness from anesthesia and bett...

(University of Pennsylvania) Consuming omega-3 initially improves a child's aggressive behavior, according to University of Pennsylvania researchers Adrian Raine and Therese Richmond, but the effects eventually vanish.

(Wiley) Researchers have found that patients with coeliac disease are at high risk of acquiring pneumonia if they haven't received the pneumococcal vaccine.