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Men with more white hair were found to have higher risk for coronary artery disease that is independent of age and other cardiovascular factors. What do health experts recommend for individuals with high chances of devel...

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) In the fight against disease, many weapons in the medicinal arsenal have been plundered from bacteria themselves. Using CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology, University of Illi...

(Wiley) A new review investigates the effects of avocados on different components of metabolic syndrome, which is a clustering of risk factors including high blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure, and body mass index....

News WWI was a huge influence on the development of medicine ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Prosthetics

News ECN is proud to announce the launch of the fourth annual ECN IMPACT Awards. The 2017 ECN IMPACT Awards are the culmination of a Product Technology Awards history stretching back 60 years. At the ECN IMPACT Awards, a...

News Researchers at Iowa State University are exploring what they hope will be a better way to transform those stem cells into Schwann-like cells ... Contributed Author: Iowa State University Topics: Regenerative Medicin...

News The new findings, based on the use of light-emitting particles called quantum dots, is described in a paper in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering ... Contributed Author: David L. Chandler, Massachusetts Insti...

News The new test makes use of a "synthetic biomarker" -- a nanoparticle that interacts with tumor proteins to release fragments ... Contributed Author: Anne Trafton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Topics: Oncolog...

Researchers may have found a potential cure for Huntington's disease. Scientists studied the progression of the disease using mice and human stem cells and surmised that a cure for the fatal disease may be possible.

News We believe that 2D nanomaterials can compete with the materials currently used for printed electronics ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: STEM

Bruce Shilton, formerly a lawyer and Newmarket court judge, tells the story of his 20-year struggle with Lyme disease. Find out how a tick bite changed his life, and what's on the horizon for others with Lyme.

News The RH5 protein is one of the malaria parasite's proteins that have been tested for use as a vaccine ... Contributed Author: Weizmann Institute of Science Topics: STEM

News The EmboTrap and EmboTrap II Revascularization Devices are commercially available in Europe and has been available in the U.S. ... Contributed Author: Codman Neuro Topics: Implantables

News The non-invasive method produces real-time heat maps of the infant's brain that doctors can use to determine ... Contributed Author: UT Southwestern Medical Center Topics: Medical Diagnostics

Sean Smith and his husband paid more than $20,000 for a fertility procedure for which, under Hawaii state law, married heterosexual couples have the right to financial help. The LGBT community is now lobbying for equal a...

Yo-yo dieting could increase the risk of death due to cardiovascular diseases in obese and overweight individuals. Frequent loss and gain in weight could up the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

A study revealed the possible link of common sedatives like benzodiazepines in increasing the risk of pneumonia in Alzheimer's patients. The risks rose by 30 percent among Alzheimer's patients who were prescribed these m...

Celiac disease is an immune response triggered in the gut, or any other part of the body due to the consumption of gluten-based products. Here's how to recognize the symptoms and signs of the disease.

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Some scientists never got the praise they deserved. Here's to the ones history passed over.

(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) The first stage of the selection process for new Clusters of Excellence in Germany's Excellence Strategy can now get underway. By the deadline on 3 April 2017, 195 draft proposals for Cl...

(JOSPT, Inc. d/b/a Movement Science Media) Dry needling may be a viable treatment alternative to cortisone injection for patients with chronic, intermittent pain and tenderness on the outside of the hip, thus avoiding th...