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A new CDC report showed that fewer Americans died of preventable deaths between 2010 and 2014. According to data, the leading cause of death in the United States is heart disease.

The microbial activity of every city is unique and it depends heavily on people's life styles. A new study researched the microbes from New York City ATMs and the communities they form.

A high-fiber diet is helpful in protecting the gut from pathogenic microbes, reports a recent study. The commensal gut microflora feed on the mucus layer when there is no fiber in the diet, and this paves the way for the...

A new study employed genetic mapping in a large number of subjects, both patients and a control group, to identify mutations of the genetic genome that could impact our health. A series of diseases were related to this g...

The WHO reclassified the Zika virus from a global health emergency to an ongoing threat, described as any disease that is easily spreadable and very dangerous and intrusive. Examples of ongoing threats include malaria.

Women typically feel pressured to have babies as early as they can but researchers have found that there is actually benefit in having a last pregnancy after the age of 35. Late last-pregnancy may be associated with bett...

(American Society of Nephrology) The results of numerous high-impact clinical trials that could affect kidney-related medical care will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2016, Nov. 15-20 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Ill.

(University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center) Patients with diabetes and suffering from acute kidney injury, proteinuria and uncontrolled blood sugar experience a sharp reduction in the number of years they have heal...