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News The Kentucky Attorney General announced he's seeking thousands of dollars in damages for each patient in the state who got a vaginal mesh implant made by Johnson and Johnson. Contributed Author:  Associated Press T...

News Use of a wearable neurotechnology device by military personnel could improve sleep and thereby lower the risk of developing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Contributed Author:  Brain State Technologies, LLC ...

News The flexible and stretchable device harvests energy delivered from a nearby smartphone or tablet using magnetic inductive coupling. Contributed Author:  Medgadget Topics:  Wearables

News New research from a fluid mechanics team in Greece reveals how blood flow dynamics within blood vessels may influence where plaques develop or rupture. Contributed Author:  American Institute of Physics (AIP) Topic...

News A new gene expression analysis method to widen the usage of blood in biomarker discovery and analysis. Contributed Author:  Karolinska Institutet Topics:  Medical Diagnostics

Rejoice late-risers, you can now quote science as an excuse for sleeping in: human bodies are more susceptible to viruses in the morning.

News Using eye-tracking technology could improve nursing education by reducing the role of subjective assessments and by providing more consistent evaluations. Contributed Author:  University of California, Los Angeles ...

News Researchers found a molecule which is closely associated with the effect of Oxaliplatin treatment, an anti-cancer drug widely used in the treatment of colorectal cancer. Contributed Author:  Aarhus University Hospi...

Swapping a sugar-filled beverage with water every day is enough to reduce the body's intake of calories, a new study says. This could lead to a significant improvement in overall health and lower excess body weight.

Schizophrenia, characterized by a reduction in the volume of brain tissue, has long existed. According to researchers, however, the condition did not develop until humans diverged from Neanderthals.

News A new technology harnesses imperfections that typically compromise MRI exams to create images resolved enough to enable consistent diagnoses across populations for the first time. Contributed Author:  NYU Langone M...

News Neomem FlexPlus, a high-performance barrier membrane for regenerative procedures in oral surgery. Contributed Author:  Antibe Therapeutics Topics:  Surgical

News A Northwestern University team recently caught DNA doing something that has never been seen before: it blinked. Contributed Author:  Northwestern University Topics:  STEM

Too much time spent on sedentary behavior is bad for your heart, a new advisory revealed. The American Heart Association says the best solution is to sit less and move more.

A man in El Paso County, Texas tested positive for Zika infection after a recent trip to Miami, Florida. Health officials say this is the first confirmed case of interstate transmission of the virus in the United States.

A so-called meta-analysis of reports on more than 4,000 patients suggests that almost one in three people discharged from hospital intensive care units (ICUs) has clinically important and persistent symptoms of depressio...

Counting and reviewing every birth and death is key to preventing future tragedies.

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Boys exposed prenatally to a common chemical used in plastics may be more likely to develop symptoms of anxiety and depression at age 10-12. The new study by resear...

(University of Louisville) In an effort to understand how specific genetic factors coupled with lifetime exposure to cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke may influence a woman's ability to conceive, University of Louis...

(Imperial College London) Scientists have discovered a new way to attack Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. The team, from Imperial College London, have revealed how the bacteria regulates its salt levels.

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine have published a new study showing that sleep apnea worsens non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in obese adole...

(Elsevier Health Sciences) It has long been suspected that steroids may have negative neurodevelopmental effects on very premature infants. In a study in the Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmolog...