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(Rockefeller University) Scientists call it oxytocin in humans, isotocin in fish, mesotocin in birds, and valitocin in sharks. But according to a new study, it's all the same hormone--and high time we settled on just one...

(Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Exercising enough can prevent weight gain. Researchers have found a simple measurement method that helps to maintain or reduce weight- and it's free.

(American Association for Thoracic Surgery) The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting is the oldest and largest cardiothoracic surgery meeting in North America. The 101st Annual Meeting will be held vi...

(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) A new algorithm that taps data from a patient's electronic medical record can diagnose and stage chronic kidney disease, which is often undetected until it has caused irreversi...

(University of Copenhagen - The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) A new study with the University of Copenhagen represented indicates that the coronavirus variant called P.1, which originated in Brazil, could pose ...

(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) Children and young adults with compromised immune systems may harbor the SARS-CoV-2 virus for extended periods of time, allowing the virus to mutate.

(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) Hot flashes are a hallmark of the menopause transition. Yet, they don't strike with the same frequency or severity for all women. A new study suggests that some of the same g...

(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Researchers have discovered an explanation for why cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs)--clusters of dilated blood vessels in the brain--can suddenly grow ...

(University of Pittsburgh) Asthma exacerbations rose following a catastrophic Christmas Eve fire that destroyed pollution controls at the Clairton Coke Works - the largest such facility in the nation, a new analysis conc...

(Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Humans are inherently emotional and to better understand them, robots need to recognize emotions from human speech. Due to the complexity of auditory perception models...

(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) Researchers found that difficulties in diagnosing toddlers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) might be due to the dynamic nature of the disorder during child development. Children w...

(European Society for Medical Oncology) The 2021 ESMO Breast Cancer Congress will be held as a virtual meeting, on 5-8 May.

(Karolinska Institutet) In almost ten per cent of myocardial infarctions, no obvious cause in the coronary artery can be found. Some of the patients are diagnosed with broken-heart syndrome, while others are left without...

(MediaSource) A new GeneSight Mental Health Monitor national survey finds 83 percent of those diagnosed with depression say life would be easier if others could understand what they're going through. Yet, most reported t...

(American Chemical Society) The highly infectious SARS-CoV-2 variant that recently emerged in South Africa, known as B.1.351, has scientists wondering how existing COVID-19 vaccines and therapies can be improved to ensur...

(Emory Health Sciences) Nearly half of the fecal samples from wild chimpanzees in Gombe National Park contain bacteria that is resistant to a major class of antibiotics commonly used by people in the vicinity of the park...

(Japan Science and Technology Agency) To treat renal anemia for cats, veterinary medicine has only had an option of using erythropoietin (human EPO), that causes side effects. Kaneka Co. successfully developed feline (ca...

(University of Arizona) UArizona veterinary medicine associate professor Ryane Englar says that improving human interactions can also improve animal care.

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Injectable dermal fillers provide a minimally invasive approach to reduce facial lines and wrinkles while restoring volume and fullness in the face. More than 2.7 million dermal filler procedures ...

(University of Houston) COVID-19 vaccines are more available now than ever, so why is the number of people taking them so low in diverse communities across metropolitan Houston and beyond? The University of Houston's HEA...

(University of Bonn) Breast cancer diagnosis: 88 percent of patients survive the dangerous disease in the first five years. Work is important for getting back to normality. Researchers from the University of Bonn and the...

(Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research) A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a previously unrecognized mechanism by which cancer cells of a relatively benign subtype of pancreatic tumors methodically revert--or "...