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Spending too much time on social media may not be good for teens. A new study found a link between prolonged screen time and increased rates of depression and suicide in teen girls.

Videos Researchers from Wyss Institute at Harvard University have been furthering research with engineering organs ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler

News Wearable and flexible technology has gained significant interest in recent years, leading to tremendous progress in soft and wearable sensors ... Contributed Author: National University of Singapore

News Users wearing VR goggles can put their head inside a mouse brain and visualize the 3D structure at cellular resolution ... Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News At the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw a sensor has come into being that means this may become a reality ... Contributed Author: Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Pol...

News This device represents a novel therapy for diastolic heart failure, a condition characterized by lifestyle-limiting breathlessness ... Contributed Author: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Topics: Card...

UN leaders appeal for immediate lifting of humanitarian blockade in Yemen - tens of thousands of lives at imminent risk

As a result of the new high blood pressure guidelines issued by U.S. heart organizations this week, nearly half of American adults are now considered to be hypertensive. Here's what people can do to lower their risk for ...

(University of California - San Diego) That 'to do' list of chores and errands could actually provide a variety of health benefits, according to researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. T...

(University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center) While genetics play a role in the development of Lupus, a systemic autoimmune disease, so do environmental triggers, such as particulates in air pollution and ultraviolet...

(American Academy of Family Physicians) General practitioners trained in compression ultrasonography accurately diagnose deep vein thrombosis.

(Rutgers University) The 20th century saw revolutions in scientific medicine, consumer culture, and social welfare, and in the understanding of human development and potential, explains Janet Golden.And while many intell...

(Regenstrief Institute) Involving the patient is critical for improving medication safety according to Regenstrief Institute researcher and Indiana University School of Medicine assistant professor of medicine Joy L. Lee...

(University of Sydney) It's not just our eyes that play tricks on us, but our ears. That's the finding of a landmark Australian-Italian collaboration that provides new evidence that oscillations, or 'strobes', are a gene...

(Queen Mary University of London) A new project to develop and test a talking-based therapy for cancer survivors, led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Barts Health NHS Trust and King's College London, has been ...

(University of Delaware) Work underway in a laboratory at the University of Delaware suggest certain drugs can prevent and reduce changes to the brain caused by mistreatment at an early age.

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) A tool designed to more accurately predict the risk of heart attack in older patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery works significantly better than traditional ri...

(University of Southern California - Health Sciences) A study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC finds that a peptide only found in Old World monkeys has the potential to stop rheumatoid arthritis progression better...

(George Mason University) Given the critical role livestock play in Mongolia, transmission of tick-borne diseases can have very real health and economic implications for livestock and herders. George Mason University's D...

(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) There is no doubt the prevalence of obesity has increased significantly across all age groups, creating greater health risks. What exactly constitutes obesity, however, is su...

(Virginia Tech) Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute (VTCRI) have revealed the pathology of cells and structures stricken by optic nerve hypoplasia, a leading cause of childhood blindness in develo...

(University of Liverpool) Staff at the University of Liverpool's Department of Eye & Vision Science have been awarded £1.3 million by the National Institute for Health Research's (NIHR) Intervention for Innovation (i4i)...