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A blood test that leads to the rejection of donor hearts may be unnecessary in predicting whether a heart transplant will succeed or fail, according to new research in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Associ...

Hops, the flower cones used in beer-making, are also found in dietary supplements designed to help treat post-menopausal symptoms and other conditions. Scientists are now investigating whether an extract from the plant c...

When travelers return from a journey, they usually hope to bring back some souvenirs, photos and maybe a slightly different perspective on the world. But, they may be bringing something more harmful back with them as wel...

A breakthrough research reveals how cancer spreads and how to stop it. The unexpected findings could lead to new medications and treatments that could prevent the growth of secondary tumors.

The heroin epidemic in the United States reaches the highest level in 20 years. The 'alarming' increase could be linked to new laws that made it more difficult to abuse opioid prescription drugs such as oxycodone.

MIAMI. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Breast cancer treatment can be uncomfortable, but a newly approved product may allow some patients to avoid one unpleasant side effect to chemo treatment. A new cooling cap may help some pati...

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that Minnesota-based poultry producer GNP is recalling an estimated 55,608 pounds of its products. This is because of a possible foreign matter contamination involv...

(University of Chicago Medical Center) Although the estrogen receptor is considered dominant in breast cancer, the progesterone receptor assumes control when both receptors are present and exposed to estrogens and proges...

(American Thoracic Society) A recent study in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society found that in a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries who were newly diagnosed with COPD, adherence to mainte...

(Medical University of South Carolina) A genomics approach at the Medical University of South Carolina has unmasked genetic signatures in breast cancer cells that predict their sensitivity to certain drugs. The findings,...

(University of New Mexico) The use of medical marijuana for millions of patients suffering from a wide range of health conditions and the subsequent therapeutic benefits has long been documented. Cannabis sativa can bene...

(Georgetown University Medical Center) Obese male mice and normal weight female mice produce female pups that are overweight at birth through childhood, and have delayed development of their breast tissue as well as incr...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A new study shows that microRNAs, which are small, noncoding RNA molecules that can silence genes, have an important role in inducing asthma. Regulating the function of s...

(Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) One possible cause of the alarming bee mortality we are witnessing is the use of the very active systemic insecticides called neonicotinoids. A previously unknown and harmful effec...

(Loyola University Health System) New devices called stent retrievers, which effectively reverse strokes, are revolutionizing the treatment of certain stroke patients.

(Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) A new era of innovation and discovery opens tomorrow when the first UK Robotics Week June 25 - July 1 begins. Organised by the EPSRC UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems...

(Mayo Clinic) For the first time in human application, Mayo Clinic researchers successfully closed an open wound on the upper chest caused by postoperative complications of lung removal. The protocol and approach were ba...

(University of Houston) Racial discrimination, whether it's derogatory language or unequal treatment, impacts communities and individuals in different ways. For children, the effects are sometimes emotional scars, and as...

(University of Bonn) The elephantnose fish explores objects in its surroundings by using its eyes or its electrical sense -- sometimes both together. Zoologists at the University of Bonn and a colleague from Oxford have ...

(Society for Personality and Social Psychology) When it comes to helping patients make the best choices for themselves, sometimes you have to challenge their usual way of dealing with the world, according to new research...

(Drexel University) Tiny algae, called diatoms, living in water could be key to providing a definitive and clear measure of whether streams, rivers and lakes have damaging levels of nutrients in them.

(Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) ) A team of researchers led by Dr. Friederike J. Gruhl and Professor Andrew C. B. Cato at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are developing a three-dimensional model for p...