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(University of Otago) Researchers from New Zealand's University of Otago have undertaken the first-ever study looking at what infants eat when they follow baby-led weaning and found that they have a lot of healthy eating...

(SUNY Downstate Medical Center) New research led by SUNY Downstate Medical Center shows that mice devoid of PKMzeta, a molecule previously identified by SUNY Downstate scientists as essential to memory formation and stor...

A new report suggests that doctors should counsel or ask patients regarding gun safety and other firearm-related issues. This is part of efforts to prevent gun-related violence in the United States.

A cancer patient who lost his private organ to amputation received the first penis transplant in the U.S. The operation gave hope to other people with similar problems, especially soldiers and service members.

Around-the-clock blood pressure monitoring through the use of a wearable device may help spot 'masked' hypertension, a new study revealed. The study may help patients pay closer attention to their BP levels.

Individuals who have an active lifestyle are less likely to develop 13 cancers. Having at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week already shows significant results.

Run, mailman, run! An annual survey by the U.S. Postal Service found that 6,549 of their employees were attacked by dogs in 2015 while on the job.

A mother's soothing voice can activate many different regions of the brain, a new study revealed. These regions are very crucial to how kids navigate the world.

American supermarket chain Hy-Vee voluntarily recalled two of its frozen rice food items due to listeria scares. To date, no hospitalizations linked to the case have been reported.

Depending on the state of neutrophils, the most common type of white blood cells in the body, it may be possible to determine risks of progression in patients with COPD. It could also help develop new treatments for the ...

(University of Veterinary Medicine -- Vienna) Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is the most frequent form of blood cancer. In about 30 percent of AML patients, a mutation in the FLT3 tyrosine kinase accelerates the course of...

(Care New England ) B. Star Hampton, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., a board certified urogynecologist in the Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and an associate pro...

(Boston University Medical Center) Parents who smoke are more likely to quit smoking after receiving motivational smoking cessation counseling following a 'teachable moment' such as witnessing their child experience an a...

(Salk Institute) Salk scientists find key molecule that keeps gut bacteria in check.

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) The antioxidant boosting properties of sesame, and especially sesame oil, can have a significant effect on oxidative stress, improving human health, according to a system...

(Oxford University Press) Most migraine and post-traumatic headache sufferers find their headaches get worse in light, leading them to quit their most fundamental daily tasks and seek the comfort of darkness. A new study...

(University of Virginia Health System) A gene that scientific dogma insists is inactive in adults actually plays a vital role in preventing the underlying cause of most heart attacks and strokes, researchers have determi...

(University of Bonn) An international team of researchers under the leadership of the LIMES Institute and the excellence cluster ImmunoSensation of the University of Bonn unraveled a new regulatory mechanism how food com...

(CrossRef) At the click of a button, health professionals and researchers will now be able to view all of the clinical trials referenced in the paper they are reading, and any related publications such as the protocol, s...

(University of Iowa) A new University of Iowa study found that only one third of undergraduates from 11 universities who reported having a learning disability were receiving accommodations.

(National Academy of Sciences) WASHINGTON - An extensive study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has found that new technologies in genetic engineering and conventional breeding are blurrin...

(Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary) Researchers from the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School have designed three new eyeglasses using high-power prisms to optimally e...