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A rare transplant procedure allows a woman with liver cancer who would not survive on the transplant list to receive a new liver from a living donor.

New evidence suggests that taking vitamin B supplements may help reduce the risk of stroke.

Having the right tool to estimate surgical risk in patients at high risk for complications and death during and after surgery is crucially important, according to a study in the October issue of Anesthesiology.

Microscopic, bottle-like structures with corks that melt at precisely-controlled temperatures could potentially release drugs inside the body or fragrances onto the skin, according to a recently published study.

Redirecting runoff underground could make for a much more pleasant day at the beach In 2011, water pollution closed or drove visitors away from U.S. shores on more than 15,000 beach days across the country. In many place...

With the solar system in its rear view mirror, Voyager has enough juice to last to 2025 - and it's heading for a giraffe-shaped constellation     

In a world-first, decompression surgery has been shown to be an effective procedure to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) - a common progressive, degenerative disease of the spine that can lead to paralysis - ac...

When it comes to fat, you want the brown type and not so much of the white variety because brown fat burns energy to keep you warm and metabolically active, while white fat stores excess energy around your waist, causing...

A blood test developed has showed more than 90-percent accuracy in distinguishing between viral and bacterial infections when tested in people with respiratory illnesses.

Gravity, one of the constants of life, not to mention physics, is less than constant when it comes to being measured. Various experiments over the years have come up with perplexingly different... --

Genetically modified insects could soon be preventing their natural counterparts from ruining olive harvests     

Scans can now reveal all the major features of dementia thanks to a new chemical tracer, which should make it possible to unravel how Alzheimer's develops     

Do you hear that, friends? It is the sweet, atonal sound of classic gaming. For better or worse, the 1993 demon-blasting video game Doom is one of the most influential games ever. Which means we get amazing fan tributes ...

Embryonic stem cells have the enormous potential to treat and cure many medical problems. That is why the discovery that induced embryonic-like stem cells can be created from skin cells (iPS cells) was rewarded with a No...

A smartphone app can quickly screen for cognitive dysfunction often found in patients with cirrhosis, known as minimal hepatic encephalopathy, has been difficult to diagnose.

A major milestone has been achieved in understanding genomic "dark matter" -- called non-coding RNA. This "dark matter" is difficult to detect and no one knows exactly what it is doing or why it is there in our genome, b...

Several psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia, autism and intellectual disabilities share the same brain cell abnormalities: the contacts (synapses) between brain cells are poorly developed and not functional. Res...

Most parents are all too familiar with the equation school + kids = sick days. With more than 200 cold viruses it's no wonder parents feel like they are fighting a losing battle when it comes to keeping their kids health...

Research into fine motor control in children shows that developmental improvements continue much later than previously believed, and aren't isolated to the brain.

What if doctors could visualize all of the processes that take place in the brain during the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease? Such a window would provide a powerful aid for diagnosing the condition. No...

A large, newly published study that includes more than 13,500 postmenopausal women has yielded the most definitive associations yet between certain lifestyle and demographic factors and levels of a promising early biomar...

A new technique that allows scientists to measure the electrical activity in the communication junctions of the nervous systems has been developed, and offers a new and unique viewpoint into something not seen before in ...