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Dark chocolate can be beneficial to the brain, particularly treats made of 70 percent cocoa, but which of the available brands in the market is the healthiest? Here are some tips.

A plant-based diet could help prevent a third of premature deaths based on a new study. The paper was presented during the Fourth International Vatican Conference, where other experts stressed the importance of consuming...

An elderly woman died in 2015 at a nursing home in Georgia. It has now been reported that the older woman died a 'painful' death due to being 'eaten alive' by scabies that lived under her skin for a long period.

All human bodies can do different types of tricks that can help to overcome pain and other problems. Here are 20 important body hacks that you probably never realized.

A young woman who was fighting for her life at the University of New Mexico Hospital has died. The woman was diagnosed with a rare but fatal virus known as the hantavirus.

Videos A squishy foam body robot offers more than just a squeeze for stressed out people. This robot's name is MARCo, and he was developed for individuals suffering with mental illness such as depression, bipolar disorde...

News A study found that drug-filled dentures can reduce fungal growth. To better treat these infections researchers have turned to 3-D printers, using the machines to build dentures filled with microscopic capsules that ...

Product Announcement Henkel Corporation has introduced two new high-elongation, high-flexibility, LED-curable adhesives specifically designed for use on flexible medical devices made of TPE and TPU - substrates that are ...

News Call it a lab in a box: Researchers created a device about the size of a toaster that can test a drop of blood to tell, in about half an hour, who's immune to certain infections and who's not. The goal is to find gr...

Researchers identified the classes of drugs that carry high risk for dementia. These medications include those used for treating depression, urinary incontinence, and Parkinson's disease.

Some people regard depression as just a feeling that can be solved by positive thinking. As a new large-scale study proves, it ties in with our genetics.

(University of Cambridge) Scientists from the University of Cambridge have identified a potential therapeutic target in the devastating genetic disease Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), which is characterized ...

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Good cosmetic results are an important factor -- but not the only factor -- differentiating positive versus negative reviews for plastic surgeons on Google, Yelp, and other online review sites, ac...

(Boston University School of Medicine) Researchers have identified a protein critical for the aggressiveness of T-cell leukemia, a subtype of leukemia that afflicts children and adults.

(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Doctors could be a step closer to finding the most effective way to treat cancer with a double whammy of a virus combined with boosting the natural immune system, ac...

(Lancaster University) Migraine costs the UK economy £8.8 billion per year in lost productivity, a new report by the Work Foundation reveals.The equivalent of 86 million workdays are lost to migraine each year and close...

(BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) Following a case of poisoning caused by a potato dish, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment is reminding people about the correct handling of potatoes. Glycoalkaloi...

(University of Notre Dame) researchers from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found that a bacterium that causes pneumonia, sepsis and other infections, communicates dis...

(University of Alabama at Birmingham) About one in every 100 people in the world takes glucocorticoids long term to treat immune-mediated diseases. However, glucocorticoids, such as prednisone, have a side effect -- they...

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) The Sleep Research Society (SRS) selected three of the world's leading sleep scientists as recipients of the 2018 Sleep Research Society awards, which will be presented Monday, June 4...

(University of Pennsylvania) Research from the University of Pennsylvania reveals that FDA-approved drugs to treat diabetes and obesity may reduce cocaine relapse and help people who are addicted break the habit. Such me...

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) Several leaders in the field of sleep medicine and a best-selling author were selected as recipients of the 2018 American Academy of Sleep Medicine awards, which will be presented Mon...