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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) with a loss of consciousness (LOC) may be associated with later development of Parkinson's disease but not Alzheimer's disease or incident dementia, according to a study conducted at the Icah...

A new study on the possible health benefits of thumb sucking bolsters the decades-old, controversial "hygiene hypothesis," which claims that exposure to some bacteria early in life could improve health down the road. The...

In a new study published in Frontiers in Microbiology, Mark Eppinger, assistant professor in the Department of Biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) describes innovative strategies to track disease-cau...

A study of health insurance claims showed that patients undergoing 11 of the most common types of surgery were at an increased risk of becoming chronic users of opioid painkillers, say researchers at the Stanford Univers...

Children who suck their thumbs or bite their nails may be less likely to develop allergies, according to a new study from New Zealand's University of Otago.

The rate of concussion diagnoses among U.S. kids between 10 and 19 years old has increased. Why do health experts see this as a good sign?

The popularity of e-cigarettes among teens may reverse progress in tobacco control. Researchers found that teens who would have never tried smoking cigarettes are now vaping.

Three cases of West Nile virus infections have been detected in California since the start of July. Officials said the latest of these infections was found in a dead bird recovered in Santa Cruz County.

A bacteria known to cause the infectious disease melioidosis can be contracted just by sniffing. The deadly pathogen can also travel to the brain and spinal cord within one day.

CHICAGO. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- More than one-third of all Americans report being affected by knee pain. Knee replacement surgery can offer relief, but the implants only last between 12 and 15 years. Patients under the ag...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It can happen anywhere at any time ... someone collapses and stops breathing. Cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the United States, yet less than half of the people who have...

(University of Illinois at Chicago) An enriched hops extract activates a chemical pathway in cells that could help prevent breast cancer, according to new laboratory findings from the UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary...

(Albert Einstein College of Medicine) More than one-third of Bronx residents are born outside of the United States. Often separated from family, challenged by language barriers, unfamiliar with health resources, and burd...

(University of Michigan Health System) Parents are more confident their pre-teen child would know what to do if there were a house fire or tornado than whether the child would avoid playing with guns if home alone, a new...

(Jackson Laboratory) Researchers have found a precise and reliable way -- whole-genome profiling of open chromatin -- to identify the kind of cell that leads to a given case of leukemia, a valuable key to cancer prognosi...

(University of Miami Miller School of Medicine) The Florida Institute for Health Innovation released a report today on communities from Palm Beach to Key West with the greatest risk for adverse health effects of sea leve...

(Michigan State University) A Michigan State University researcher has found that a common food additive may be linked to a rise in food allergies.

(Northeastern University) A team led by University Distinguished Professor of Biology Kim Lewis received a five-year, $9 million grant from the National Institute of Health's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...

(University of Pennsylvania) By analyzing more than 10,000 drug transactions, Greg Ridgeway of the University of Pennsylvania found the average joint contains 0.32 grams of marijuana, key data for policymaking.

(Stanford University Medical Center) Experiments conducted under the leadership of a Stanford University School of Medicine investigator have succeeded, for the first time, in restoring multiple key aspects of vision in ...

(Rice University) The Medicare program's transition in 2004 to tiered fee-for-service physician reimbursement for dialysis care had the unintended consequence of reducing use of home dialysis, according to a paper co-aut...

(Kaiser Permanente) A surgical procedure recommended to reduce the future risk of ovarian cancer has been successfully implemented throughout Kaiser Permanente in Northern California without a change in surgical outcomes...