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Hunter Brady, a 16-year-old teenager from Tampa, Florida, was initially diagnosed with the flu. Unfortunately, his condition turned out to be far worse, as he is now battling against stage 4b Hodgkin's lymphoma.

People with varicose veins were found to have higher incidence of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolisms, and peripheral artery disease. Do varicose veins cause blood clots?

News More than 95 percent of point-of-care professionals expect to see an expansion of ... Contributed Author: SME

News Today, Boston Children's Hospital and Klick Health announced a proof of concept platform that uses virtual reality technology to ... Contributed Author: Boston Children's Hospital and Klick Health

Back in the 1980s, S.O.S. calls after midnight were common in the field of infectious disease. And as soon as my pager started to trill, I turned on my bedside lamp and dialed--often within thirty seconds. One night, I c...

News The National Science Foundation has awarded $10 million to a Rice University-led team that hopes to ... Contributed Author: Rice University

Blog According to the University of Michigan, a recent National Poll on Healthy Aging study found that only 14 percent of people over age 50 believe that more is usually better when it comes to health care. The results c...

The vision of the Sustainable Development Goals is a world in which no one is left behind, including people who suffer from rare diseases. Just because a disease affects a small number of people does not make it irreleva...

Earlier studies showed that just the presence of a mobile phone can reduce the quality of in-person conversations. A new study shows the unwanted effects of using mobile phones during dinner with family and friends.

A medical-legal team filed the first lawsuit in the United States that aims to protect children born with NAS. The suit was filed to several drug makers and distributors, which include Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Purdue Pha...

(American College of Cardiology) Football players show structural changes in the heart and face an elevated risk of heart rhythm disorders later in life, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiol...

(University of Melbourne) Doctors will be better able to predict breast cancer risk thanks to pioneering work led by University of Melbourne researchers, who have identified heritable but non-genetic markers for breast c...

(American College of Cardiology) Patients with a history of breast cancer or lymphoma were more than three times as likely to develop heart failure--a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to meet the body...

(American College of Cardiology) A newly-designed wristband and corresponding app that works with a smartwatch can accurately display the heart's electrical activity and notify people with atrial fibrillation (AFib) if t...

(American College of Cardiology) For people living with both Type 2 diabetes and heart failure, taking an aspirin each day appears to lower the risk of dying or being hospitalized for heart failure, according to research...

(Springer) In a new study published in EPJ E, Valentina Meschini from the Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy and colleagues introduce a new model that examines the mutual interaction of the blood flow with the...

(American College of Cardiology) Several studies being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Session demonstrate how the computer science technique known as machine learning can be used...

(Karolinska Institutet) Individuals with bipolar disorder have the lowest risk of rehospitalisation if treated with lithium, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in JAMA Psychiatry. Long-ac...

(University of California - Santa Barbara) The Asian tiger mosquito -- carrier of such diseases as dengue, yellow fever, Rift Valley fever, Chikungunya and Zika -- appears to have vanished from Palmyra.

(California Institute of Technology) Caltech researchers discover the wiring of the circuit in the mouse brain that drives and quenches thirst.

(American College of Cardiology) Women diagnosed with preeclampsia during pregnancy were significantly more likely to develop high blood pressure, diabetes or high cholesterol within five years compared with women who di...

(Penn State) Moms who continue to co-sleep -- by sharing either a room or bed -- with their infants past six months were more likely to feel depressed, worried about their babies' sleep and think their decisions were bei...