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The toenail-sized robotic stingray is powered by genetically-altered rat cells so that it follows a light source. How can this cyborg pave the way for better artificial hearts?

This kiss, this kiss! Researchers found a link between unexplained infertility in women and a herpes virus called HHV-6A, which is known to be transmissible by kissing.

An open letter warns the public about the risks that come from transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a 'do-it-yourself' type of brain stimulation. Experts warn that they could be doing more harm than good.

Prince Harry follows his late mother's footsteps in raising awareness about HIV/AIDS. During his recent visit to the King's College Hospital's HIV service, he urged people who might have the virus to get tested.

Inherited mutations in genes that function to repair DNA may contribute to metastatic prostate cancer more than previously recognized, according to a study out today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Though infrequ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- This is not your father's heart-rate monitor. Wearable, stretchable electronics can now monitor several body functions and instantaneously send the information to a doctor. Here are mo...

(American Academy of Neurology) The American Academy of Neurology is pleased to announce the winning entries to the 2016 Neuro Film Festival. The Neuro Film Festival is an annual contest to help raise awareness about why...

(Norwegian University of Science and Technology) More than 20 million people worldwide are estimated to have heart failure. The results of this study suggest that heart failure development is associated with disruption o...

(British Psychological Society) Emily said: 'While some women spoke about faking orgasm in positive ways, for instance, as a pleasurable experience that heightened their own arousal, many talked about feigning pleasure i...

(Entomological Society of America) While most butterflies feed on nectar from flowers, researchers from the University of Connecticut believe that northern oak hairstreaks feed on non-nectar sources such as oak galls and...

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) London's Great Smog of 1952 resulted in thousands of premature deaths and even more people becoming ill. The five December days the smog lasted may have also result...

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Today, several of Space City's best-known institutions -- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and...

(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) Max Planck researchers visualize cilia-based networks in the brain, which could transport vital messenger substances.

(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) A team of researchers led by Thomas Buchanan, M.D., Michele Kipke Ph.D. and Jonathan Samet, M.D., of the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California received a prest...

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Noninvasive electrical brain stimulation offers hope as a potential new tool to ease the symptoms of certain diseases and mental illnesses. But neuroscientists from Beth Israel Deac...

(IDIBELL-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute) Five leading research institutions (IDIBELL, Hospital del Mar, Irsicaixa, VHIO and VHIR) create the 'Next-Next Generation Sequencing' Platform, together with Roche Diagno...

(American College of Physicians) A new proposed rule by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services will greatly strengthen the ability of primary care physicians to provide high value, coordinated and patient-centere...

(Scripps Research Institute) Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have shown for the first time that ensembles of genes within the striatum could be deeply involved in bipolar disorder. Mo...

(Brown University) Experts concerned that primary care screening for melanomas could lead to widespread misdiagnoses or overtreatment can take comfort in the results of a new study that found no such problems.

(Deutsches Aerzteblatt International) Your risk of heart attack increases with the amount of traffic noise to which you are exposed. The increase in risk -- though slight -- is greatest with road and rail traffic noise, ...

(University Hospitals Case Medical Center) University Hospitals Case Medical Center is among the first in the country -- and the first in Ohio -- to offer and deploy the Abbott Absorb stent, a completely bioresorbable st...

(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) The Structural Heart Program team at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is among the first in the country...