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(DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and OHSU announced today a joint collaboration to improve patient care by focusing research on highly complex sets of biomedical data, and...

A man said that his post-operative pain disappeared after an open water swimming. Can pain sufferers now ditch taking strong medications and physiotherapy for swimming in cold water?

Researchers have discovered a new a potentially new antibiotic that's very powerful. This could help against drug-resistant bacteria that the health sector is struggling against.

Article One known technique to determine stress levels involves monitoring, measuring, and/or tracking electrodermal activity (EDA), which can be performed by measuring... Contributed Author: José Carlos Conchell and Ja...

More than 38 percent of American adults and 17 percent of American children are obese. And while there are numerous ways to shed pounds, it's often difficult for many people to keep them off. It turns out some common ite...

News A new study has shown that a cancer-killing ('oncolytic') virus currently in clinical trials may function as a cancer vaccine -- in addition to killing some cancer cells directly, the virus alerts the immune system ...

Product Announcement Gardner Denver THOMAS has released the model 2680CWW40 vacuum pump. This newly released Nexus 2.75 in.[69.85 mm] bore, .40 in. [10.16 mm] stroke unit utilizes a a next generation ...

A study by the Mayo Clinic revealed that cases of kidney stones are on the rise, especially among women. The best way to avoid the painful condition is to drink lots of water.

14 February 2017 - The sixteenth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the Director General on 7 Febru...

(Rush University Medical Center) Higher levels of lifestyle physical activity are associated with more gray matter in the brains of older adults, according to a Rush University Medical Center study published in the Journ...

(University of Edinburgh) A major fund has been established to support pioneering research into mental health and early death in people with epilepsy. The crucial investment -- named The Juliet Bergqvist Memorial Fund --...

(Bentham Science Publishers) The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) has accepted to index four journals published by Bentham Science Publishers.

(Boston Medical Center) A new study shows that public health and public safety agencies established local, collaborative programs in Massachusetts to connect overdose survivors and their personal networks with addiction ...

(University of Cambridge) New study suggests that people with more muscle mass are less susceptible to heat loss and heat up faster after cold exposure than non-muscular individuals.

(Nemours) Children with later-onset spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) were more likely to show gains in motor function when treated with a new medication compared to children receiving a sham procedure, according to a study ...

(Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)) In patients with Chagas Disease, the odds of being infected by the intestinal worm Strongyloides stercoralis increases by two-fold, according to a study led by the Barce...

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Scientists have more evidence that exercise improves brain health and could be a lifesaving ingredient that prevents Alzheimer's disease.

(Massachusetts General Hospital) An analysis by investigators from MassGeneral Hospital for Children and Newton-Wellesley Hospital of trends in sudden unexpected infant death finds that the drop in such deaths that took ...

(Salk Institute) Salk research suggests time-restricted eating can improve shift workers' health.

(KU Leuven) Bone cells do not just form new bone, they also influence the blood sugar level. Leuven scientists have now discovered a new mechanism that controls this link. The metabolism of bone cells determines how much...

(University of Iowa) A new study from the University of Iowa finds that an unexpected sound causes people to stop an action more often than when they heard no sound at all. The finding could lead to new treatments for pa...

(Elsevier) Infection prevention practices centered on hand hygiene (HH) protocols can save lives across all healthcare facilities, not just hospital settings. This includes nursing homes, according to a new study publish...