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A new report concludes that while gene editing promises great advancements, it can also be potentially dangerous. The panel of scientists concludes that it's too early to release genetically altered organisms such as ins...

Constipation and an inability to empty the bladder are rare, but not unheard of, complaints from patients who acquire a genital herpes infection. The thing is, doctors couldn't say how these seemingly unrelated symptoms ...

Got LED light? Display cases and grocery stores increasingly do, and that's bad news for milk drinkers.

The mosquitoes known as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus transmit arboviruses that are increasing threats to human health in the Americas, particularly dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses. Therefore, accurate and up-...

Most antidepressants do not help curb the symptoms of depression in kids and teens, a new study revealed. Certain antidepressants were linked to increased suicidal thoughts.

Pharmavite issued a Nature Made vitamins recall because of possible salmonella and staph contamination. Learn more about this recent among food recalls in the United States.

Assisted suicide in California is taking effect on June 9, Thursday, after being passed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown last year. Religious groups and other parties continue to oppose the End of Life Option Act while some ...

Ohio finally legalizes the use of medical marijuana. The law, which will take effect in 90 days, includes 20 medical conditions to which marijuana derivatives may be used as a treatment.

WHO declares the end of the most recent Ebola virus disease outbreak in Liberia

(European League Against Rheumatism) Selective delivery of drugs into inflamed joint tissue may improve tolerability and reduce treatment costs

(European League Against Rheumatism) Blood test can help predict RA treatment response

(Yale University) If the US health-care system were a country, it would rank 13th in the world for greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research. The study, published June 9 in PLOS ONE, quantified previously unrep...

(Northwestern University) Northwestern Medicine and University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) scientists have identified a gene that causes severe glaucoma in children. The finding, published in The Journal of Clinical Invest...

(European League Against Rheumatism) Diabetes more frequent in children with chronic rheumatic disease

(European League Against Rheumatism) Patients with antibodies to biological infliximab are less likely to benefit from infliximab biosimilar (CT-P13)

(University of California - Davis Health System) Patients with late-stage, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have surgery have better survival rates than those who don't, but fewer of these patients are undergoing s...

(European League Against Rheumatism) Depression linked to disease activity and disability in adolescents with arthritis

(University of Toronto) A new study by the University of Toronto (U of T), found the lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts among adults who had been exposed to chronic parental domestic violence during childhood was 17...

(European League Against Rheumatism) Lupus confirmed as risk factor for cervical cancer

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) A new study found that blue wavelength light exposure led to subsequent increases in brain activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and the ventrolateral prefrontal cort...

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) By watching brightly glowing HIV-infected immune cells move within mice, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have shown how infected immu...

(University of Liverpool) A University of Liverpool study published in the British Medical Journal has found the UK population's cardiovascular health is not being supported enough by the NHS Health Check program.