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(University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) Four per cent of the Greenlandic population are, due to a specific genetic alteration, in the risk of developing obesity and diabetes, a new study fro...

A 27-year-old dying of Ewing sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, spent her last days writing an inspiring letter. On the day she died, her family shared her message on social media and is now touching thousands of hearts acr...

CRISPR has been touted as the next step for human evolution, but a new paper may cast doubt on its effectiveness. Due to immune responses, the gene editing tool may not work on most humans.

News This engineering solution will allow scientists to produce affordable and efficient domestic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) devices ... Contributed Author: The National University of Science and Technology MISIS T...

Men who take high doses of ibuprofen may experience infertility and erectile dysfunction, among other health issues, according to a study. Scientists warned against taking the common painkiller drug for months beyond wha...

News To make activity trackers effective, users need to set a specific goal and stick with it ... Contributed Author: Oregon Health & Science University Topics: Wearables

News While both 18F-FDS and 18F-FDG effectively tracked the degree of bacterial infection measured by bioluminescent optical imaging ... Contributed Author: Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Topics: Medic...

News The research team has developed an imaging system that accurately analyzes the characteristics of tumors ... Contributed Author: DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology) Topics: Oncology

News The new technology and discoveries offer a game-changer for the one-in-five people worldwide who will suffer from a gastrointestinal disorder in their lifetime ... Contributed Author: RMIT University Topics: Medical...

Next time you crave for oysters, think again. A woman from Texas reportedly died weeks after eating fresh oysters that were infected with flesh-eating bacteria. This condition is rare, but deadly.

A 27-year-old New Yorker went on a rampage in Phuket International Airport. While high on Viagra, he screamed at scared onlookers and even threw his own feces at airport staff.

(Institute for In Vitro Sciences) The Institute for In Vitro Sciences, Inc. (IIVS) today announced a collaboration with BASF to import a non-animal, cell based, safety test into China. The LuSens test, developed by BASF,...

(University of Liverpool) New research from the University of Liverpool suggests that children as young as 8 years can learn a route after only a single experience of it.

(Regenstrief Institute) How do patients and physicians feel about email, cell phone and text interactions? A new study led by Joy L. Lee, Ph.D., of the Regenstrief Institute compares these ways to communicate, concluding...

(Babraham Institute) Scientists from Cambridge, Brazil and Italy have together discovered a way that bacteria in the gut can control genes in our cells. Their work shows that chemical messages from bacteria can alter che...

(American Academy of Family Physicians) Family physicians in South Africa strengthen district hospital care, not community health center care.

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) This invited commentary references a preliminary study in which the integrative medicine technique known as CranioSacral Therapy (CST) was tested on a group of ex-Nationa...

(Elsevier) Malnutrition among hospitalized patients remains a serious issue that has been underdiagnosed and undertreated for decades. It is estimated that nearly one out of five pediatric patients and one out of three a...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) An experimental treatment developed from cattle plasma for Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infection shows broad potential, according to a s...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Mothers of children with obesity may be more likely to use direct statements to restrict a child's eating.

(American Academy of Family Physicians) More than five percent of family physicians did not attempt recertification.

(Mayo Clinic) A study by Mayo Clinic researchers found that most patients with suspected spinal cord inflammation of unknown cause have an alternative, specific diagnosis. The research is published in Neurology, the medi...