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Obese patients who underwent weight-loss surgeries have better survival rates compared with those who did not. Such surgeries are also found to help improve blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes.

A synthetic human genome project is on its way as scientists unveil their plans to help in human health and agricultural sectors in the most ethical way possible.

Work of the man who first discovered Zika virus was found in the archives of the University of Glasgow. The slides, images and hand-written notes may help ongoing Zika researches.

Pantone 448C, voted as the world's ugliest color, is posed to save more lives. The said color emerged as the least attractive hue for smokers in a research conducted by Gfk Bluemoon.

The number of cancer survivors in the United States is increasing because of better diagnostic and treatment procedures. However, the survivors need more emotional and psychological support from their health care provide...

In a study recently published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke, investigators in the REasons for Geographical And Racial Differences in Stroke Study, or REGARDS, found that blacks are four times more like...

A small study presented at this year's European Obesity Summit in Gothenburg (1-4 June) shows that obese patients with type 2 diabetes who have obesity surgery could save the UK National Health Service around £95,000 pe...

Americans are more likely to die of stroke than are whites, not because of differences in care, but because blacks are having more strokes, according to new research in the American Heart Association's Journal Stroke.

Stroke patients with disabilities were able to walk again after doctors injected modified stem cells into their brain. The experimental treatment did not show significant side effects.

The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) aims to help prevent the rise in cases of catheter-related urinary tract infection. The program has successfully reduced incidence by as much as 32 percent.

CLEARWATER, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- About 17 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury every year. It can be caused by a bump, blow or jolt. But the brain can also suffer when it's not being used effectively, an...

A new study finds that long-term marijuana smokers have higher risks of developing gum disease. New findings also show that these marijuana users flossed and brushed their teeth less often than the non-marijuana smokers.

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) More precise dosing methods and cellular engineering techniques show promise in the effort to improve treatment of aggressive cancers with personalized cellular therapies, ...

(Wiley) New research reveals that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was a strong, negative predictor of sexual satisfaction in both male and female veterans who returned from warzones in recent Iraq and Afghanistan co...

(Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care) There were effect modifications in both new therapeutic indications: Depending on sex or age, advantages or disadvantages predominate.

(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) Moffitt Cancer Center will present results of the phase 3 NETTER-1 study, showing clinically meaningful and significant results for Lutathera (77Lu-DOTA0-Tyr3-Octreotat...

(Wiley) New research suggests that early severe social deprivation may impact DNA modifications that affect the expression of stress-related genes.

(Brown University) In a study using tadpoles, neuroscientists tracked how the brain develops its sense of whether two sensory inputs -- for example, vision and touch -- happened at the same time.

(Institute of Cancer Research) Testing for metabolic changes in the blood could indicate whether a cancer drug is working as designed, a new study reports.

(Aarhus University) In collaboration with Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., scientists from Aarhus University have used X-rays to understand how the therapeutic antibody eculizumab prevents our immune system from destroying...

(University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center) Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine have found that adding increasing doses of an approved Type 2 diabetes drug, metformin, to a chemotherapy ...

(University of Massachusetts Medical School) Eight weeks after receiving their first samples of Zika virus, scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) have shown that a very small protein we all ...