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What are the purple dots on Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps' back? They aren't tattoos, but they are the marks left behind by a therapy technique called 'cupping.'

A heart transplant recipient walked a bride down the aisle so that her deceased father could be there with her. Pennsylvania bride Jeni Stepien was able to have her father with her, thanks to the man who received her fat...

The new compound GNF6702 can kill the kinteoplastid parasites that cause the neglected tropical diseases chagas disease, leishmaniasis, and sleeping sickness. In mice study, treatment did not cause adverse side effects.

(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) Patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) develop heart complications and nearly a quarter die a sudden death. Now, researchers have linked malfunctioning molecular pathways t...

(University of South Florida (USF Innovation)) Research conducted by a team from the University of South Florida College of Marine Science and the Florida Fist and Wildlife Conversation Commission suggests conditions are...

(Elsevier Health Sciences) Prion diseases are deadly neurodegenerative disorders in humans and animals that are characterized by misfolded forms of prion protein (PrP). Development of effective treatments has been hamper...

News The new steerable, micro molded catheter enables targeted delivery of radio frequency energy to specific points in the heart tissue for corrective treatment. Contributed Author:  King's College London Topics:  Sur...

News For patients with the most common type of noninvasive breast cancer, routine testing for estrogen and progesterone receptors in tissue taken at the first "needle" biopsy is both unnecessary and wasteful. Contributed...

News Researchers at Emory University are the first to systematically record neural activity in the human striatum, a deep brain structure that plays a major role in cognitive and motor function. Contributed Author:  Emo...

(Baylor College of Medicine) Breast cancer tumors are complex and dynamic. They comprise a population of continuously dividing cells that carry different genetic mutations. On a paper published today in Nature Communicat...

Levels of a widely used class of industrial chemicals linked with cancer and other health problems--polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)--exceed federally recommended safety levels in public drinking wat...

News The precise data provided by TMS-EEG measurements on the state of consciousness may also help in the treatment of those brain injury patients who are unable to communicate. Contributed Author:  Aalto University Top...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) A new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital utilized claims data from more than 630,000 patients living in the state of California and found no significant differences in post-operative c...

A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has reported that repeated treatment with pulsed electric fields - a noninvasive procedure that does not generate heat - may help reduce the development of scarring. I...

News Physicians and biologists are developing strategies to help regenerate heart muscle cell formation. Contributed Author:  University of Houston Topics:  Regenerative Medicine

News In May 2014, experts in various science, technology, and regulatory disciplines from the Government, industry and academia were brought together to evaluate the maturity of visual prosthesis technology. Contributed ...

Scientists have identified a compound that can kill the parasites responsible for three neglected diseases: Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness. These diseases affect millions of people in Latin America, ...

(Jackson Laboratory) The National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health has made a grant to The Jackson Laboratory to create a new Center for Systems Neurogenetics of Addiction.

(University of Nottingham) A study led by researchers at The University of Nottingham has discovered that the fertility of dogs may have suffered a sharp decline over the past three decades.The research, published in the...

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) An analysis of a nationally representative sample of US adults reveals that access to healthy foods in a supermarket does not hinder Americans' consumption of empty calories. ...

News Smallest, lightest handheld probe for optical coherence tomography provides insight into children's retinas. Contributed Author:  Ken Kingery, Duke University Topics:  Surgical

News Researchers have determined that LISA, or Less Invasive Surfactant Administration (on Continuous Positive Airway Pressure), is the best ventilation strategy to prevent chronic lung disease, one of the most significa...