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News Could lead to better treatment for diabetic retinopathy, which currently requires multiple, invasive procedures that aren't always effective in the long term. Contributed Author:  Indiana University Topics:  Diabe...

The struggle between humans and viruses stretches back far into the dusty depths of history, and it appears that we wear the scars of this epic battle in that most personal of places: our genome. Whenever a viral epidemi...

The recent emergence of bacterial infections that are resistant to many existing antibiotics is driving an urgent need for tools to quickly identify the small number of therapies that are still effective for individual p...

Cash rewards may initially get HIV-positive patients to engage in healthy behaviors. The effect of the financial incentives, however, is no better than other interventions in the long run.

Children with the APOE e4 variant, a gene tied to increased odds for Alzheimer's disease, were found to have a smaller hippocampus, the brain region linked to memory formation. They also performed worse on memory and thi...

How does your own brain process the overwhelming stream of visual information from the external world? A newly launched observatory in Seattle aims to understand exactly that: the inner workings of the brain.

Being obese or overweight can lead to a much earlier death, particularly for men, a new study suggests. The report attempts to find a definitive consensus on the effects of both medical conditions.

WHO steps up response to rising health needs of IDPs in South Sudan

Older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who start using opioids have a more than two-fold higher risk of dying from a respiratory-related complication compared to non-opioid users, St. Michael's Hospital ...

(American Chemical Society) Sushi wouldn't be the same without wasabi. But odds are that even if you have dined at a nice sushi restaurant, you probably haven't had real wasabi. That green paste may have a very real, ver...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Researchers have identified a unique subset of these cells that exhibit hybrid characteristics of two immune cell types -- neutrophils and antigen-presenting cells -- in sa...

(Wiley) A study of patients undergoing corneal transplants indicates that subtle differences between men and women may lead to poorer outcomes for a woman who has received a cornea from a male donor. The findings, which ...

(University of Hawaii at Manoa) An international team of scientists led by University of Hawaii at Mānoa researcher Joanne Yew may have discovered a new and effective way to control insect pests that are a threat to agr...

(University of Copenhagen - Niels Bohr Institute) Biophysics: As they age, more and more defects arise in most organisms. Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have discovered that microorganisms like bacteria can ke...

(Salk Institute) Salk researchers and collaborators provide a new benchmark for generating the most primitive type of stem cell.

(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) University of Massachusetts Amherst analytical chemist Julian Tyson and his student Ishtiaq 'Rafi' Rafiyu are partnering with Chemists Without Borders (CWB) to develop a low-cost,...

(Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) Overweight or obese women who lost weight through diet or a combination of diet and exercise also significantly lowered levels of proteins in the blood that help certain tumors gr...

(Tufts University, Health Sciences Campus) Eating less may help us lead longer, healthier lives, according to new results from a large, multicenter study led by Tufts researchers. The paper reveals that a 25 percent redu...

(National University of Singapore) Scientists from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at the National University of Singapore have discovered that a modification called phosphorylation made to a protein called RUN...

(AAA) Nearly 80 percent of drivers expressed significant anger, aggression or road rage behind the wheel at least once in the past year, according to a new study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Findings suggest...

(Nagoya University) Researchers centered at Nagoya University revealed a role for orexin neurons of the hypothalamus in regulating the response to harmful stimuli in mice. Painful stimuli activated orexin neurons, except...

(Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute) A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute report discusses the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act and its implications for radiology.