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Southwest U.S. is getting hotter due to the current heat wave, which is expected to last until Wednesday, June 22. Here are some tips on how to survive a heat wave and prevent heat strokes.

The world's first Zika vaccine will start human clinical trials in the next few weeks after getting FDA approval on Monday, June 20. The GLS-5700 vaccine could be instrumental in fighting the global Zika virus epidemic.

Cannabis use during pregnancy could lead to potential damage to an unborn child's brain, according to a new study. Researchers emphasize the importance of the findings given the rising rates of marijuana use during pregn...

The Zika virus is known to affect pregnant women and their developing fetus in the womb -- but what are Zika effects on children and should they be a cause for concern? Here are tips to protect kids from the virus.

A Mayo Clinic report finds that Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism could be getting more common. The increased rates were highly observable among men aged 70 and above based on study findings.

A university degree is linked to a heightened risk of developing a brain tumour, suggests a large observational study, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

One study reveals doctors who enjoy free meals sponsored by pharmaceutical companies are more likely to prescribe certain brands of medicine. But is this promotional practice ethical?

(Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic is highlighting the potential merits of using precision medicine in prescribing antidepressants. Details appear in the current issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Eleven percent of Americans 12 ye...

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Writing in a commentary in Environmental Health Perspectives, Frederica Perera, director of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH), identif...

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) The Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) and OpenNotes have announced a partnership to advance transparency in health care and enhance patient and clinici...

Nearly 40 percent of patients with heart problem that can cause stroke are prescribed the wrong medicine. Why are atrial fibrillation patients treated with aspirin and not the recommended blood thinner?

Lychnopholide, a substance isolated from a Brazilian plant, and formulated as part of "nanocapsules" cured more than half of a group of mice that had been infected experimentally with Chagas disease parasites. "Chagas di...

Brain training programs offer users a boost in fluid intelligence and a chance to stave off mental aging. However, new research suggests that the 'benefits' of these programs may actually just be a placebo effect.

(Human Frontier Science Program) At the Intergovernmental Conference hosted by the Medical Research Council of the UK in London, on June 10th, representatives from the governments that support the Human Frontier Science ...

(American Geriatrics Society) Researchers reported that each additional day of participation in a leisure activity reduced post-operative delirium by 8 percent. According to the researchers, maintaining leisure activitie...

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) In an effort to address widespread concerns related to testosterone deficiency (TD) and its treatment with testosterone therapy, a group of international experts has developed a set...

(University of Florida) Researchers have found that an existing diabetes drug can be used to halt progression of another disease that is a leading cause of liver transplants.

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) Offering medical assistance in dying to people in Canada on the basis of psychiatric illnesses could put vulnerable people at risk, argues a commentary in Canadian Medical Associati...

(Weill Cornell Medicine) Weill Cornell Medicine is kicking off its groundbreaking international study of antimicrobial resistance with an event called Global City Sampling Day. Spanning six continents, 32 countries and 5...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) NIH and Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz (Fiocruz), a national scientific research organization linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, have begun a multi-coun...

(Deutsches Aerzteblatt International) More prescriptions for psychotropic drugs in children and adolescents in Germany have been issued than in the past. This is the result of a study reported by Sascha Abbas and colleag...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Chimeric antigen receptors engineered from a patient's own immune cells, have been successful for treating blood cancers, but using CARs for solid tumors has been limited b...