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The Zika virus is a danger to people around Latin America and the Caribbean. But has it met its match in the same mosquitoes that spread the virus?

Researchers at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway have combined a laboratory ultrasound technique called "sonoporation" with the commercially-available chemotherapy compound Gemcitabine to increase the poros...

What's hiding behind the sweetness? Findings show that while artificial sweeteners, especially aspartame, can help people cut down on calories, these sugar substitutes can increase the risk for type 2 diabetes.

In a study published online by JAMA Ophthalmology, Rubens Belfort Jr., M.D., Ph.D., of the Federal University of Sao Paulo and Vision Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and colleagues assessed and identified possible risk fac...

New research suggests that many young adults with abdominal obesity are at high risk of developing chronic kidney disease. However, the vast majority are unaware of the risks.

A new study suggests that unemployment can lead to higher rates of cancer-related deaths. However, this can be mitigated if governments would introduce stronger systems for public health.

People with chronic kidney disease might want to start cutting down on salt. A new study linked high sodium intake with increased clinical cardiovascular disease risk.

Thanks to genetic analysis, Canadian researchers were able to unlock the underlying cause of certain neurodevelopmental disorders in children. Find out how gene sequencing diagnoses and helps potentially treat these deve...

In a study appearing in the May 24/31 issue of JAMA, Jiang He, M.D., Ph.D., of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, and colleagues evaluated more than 3,500 participants with ...

(American College of Surgeons) For uninsured patients who are at a high risk for colorectal cancer (CRC), performing free screening colonoscopies can identify cancer at an earlier stage and appears to be cost neutral fro...

(Buck Institute for Research on Aging) Researchers have shown a new effect on aging via a small drug-like molecule that alters the perception of food in C. elegans. Scientists at the Buck Institute 'tricked' the worm's m...

(Georgia State University) A free electronic book to assist researchers, practitioners, advocates, students and others interested in working to end smoking, one of the leading causes of death and disease globally, has be...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) A team of researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System recently surveyed patients to understand barriers to ...

(Cornell Food & Brand Lab) Dining in dimly lit restaurants has been linked to eating slowly and ultimately eating less than in brighter restaurants, but does lighting also impact how healthfully we order?

(Canadian Association for Neuroscience) The Canadian Association for Neuroscience is happy to announce it will hold its tenth annual meeting in Toronto, from May 29 to June 1 2016. This meeting will bring together top ne...

(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) Cardiac complications are the number one cause of death among diabetics. Now a team of scientists has uncovered a molecular mechanism involved in a common form of heart d...

(University of Southern California) A mouse study, followed by a human study, indicates that the fasting-mimicking diet holds promise as a treatment for autoimmune diseases.

(Aarhus University) Researchers at Aarhus University have described how a group of the brain's transport proteins with important roles in depression and dependence overcome the step which limits their effectiveness. The ...

(Rockefeller University) With a new imaging tool, scientists are able to measure the activity of all the neurons in a mouse brain with unmatched precision. The method is widely applicable for studying how the brain funct...

(NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center) Oncologists from NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine will discuss their latest research findings at the American Society...

(Salk Institute) Salk team first to discover protein that controls the strength of body's circadian rhythms.

(SWOG) Investigators from SWOG, the National Cancer Institute funded clinical trials group, will make 21 presentations in Chicago next week at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the wor...