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(Queen Mary University of London) Changing the epigenetic code of a single gene is enough to cause a healthy breast cell to begin a chain reaction and become abnormal, according to research by Queen Mary University of Lo...

News Studies from the Children's National Health System have discovered how infrared light is better for healthcare settings such as operating rooms ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Surgical

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News This new method leverages the emerging field of photocatalysis pioneered at Princeton and applied it to yet another new field, MacMillan said. It has obvious financial value as well, but he waved that off ... Contri...

News What started as a final year engineering class project at McMaster University is now an internationally recognized improved solution for the early detection of melanoma ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Oncol...

News The new probes are expected to give scientists a much clearer picture of how different parts of the brain work together to process information ... Contributed Author: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Topics: Neurolog...

A 10-month-old Mexican baby weighs the same as an average 9-year-old child. Doctors say the baby may be suffering from a genetic condition called Prader-Willi syndrome.

In older adults, researchers found an association between increased risk for osteoporosis and bone fractures and exposure to air pollution particulate matter. Here are other ways polluted air impacts older members of the...

(St. Michael's Hospital) Lower thresholds for blood transfusions during cardiac surgery have proven to be safe and provide good patient outcomes compared to traditional thresholds, according to the largest research study...

(Northwestern University) In a shift away from the more patriarchal/matriarchal relationship between doctor and patient, patients report an increased partnership with their physicians in making medical decisions, reports...

(University of Montreal) Université de Montréal research reveals that 29 pregnant women living near natural-gas hydraulic fracturing sites had a median concentration of a benzene biomarker in their urine that was 3.5 t...

(Chapman University) Chapman University has published research measuring women's perceptions of how media impacts their body image. Results showed that many women reported feeling worse about their bodies when shown medi...

(Karolinska Institutet) Contrary to what was previously believed, the immune system's cancer-killing T cells are more effective in a tumour's anoxic environment when they have access to growth factor VEGF-A. In a study f...

(American Heart Association) The American Heart Association presented its newest honor, the Joseph A. Vita Award, to Laura Mauri, M.D., of Harvard Medical School and Boston's Brigham & Women's Hospital, for her "leadersh...

(American Academy of Ophthalmology) Women who took estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy after ovary removal had a lower risk of developing glaucoma, according to research presented today at AAO 2017, the 121st Annua...

(University of Cologne) Since their discovery in 2006, induced pluripotent stem cells are a glimmer of hope for many diseases. But further research of the complex regulation of pluripotent stem cell identity revealed une...

(Rockefeller University) Scientists have discovered a peculiarity in the genetic code of HIV that might explain how this and other viruses evolved ways to dodge our immune system. The findings could make it possible to d...

(Aarhus University) It is well known that vascular dementia is triggered by factors such as stroke, but an extensive study from Aarhus University, Denmark, now shows that heart attack also is associated with increased ri...

(American Osteopathic Association) The authors of the study believe surgical excision is the more effective treatment option as it is completed in one visit, typically creates little scarring and rarely leaves painful or...

(Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research) Ludwig Cancer Research has released the scope of its participation at this year's Annual Meeting and Education Day of the Society for Neuro-Oncology in San Francisco, California, No...

(American Heart Association) The American Heart Association presented its 2017 Research Achievement Award to Thomas G. Brott, M.D., 'for his pivotal role in the development of life-saving interventions that have revoluti...

(University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) When low-income adults were newly covered by Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), they were more likely to quit smoking cigarettes than their counterpart...