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Scientists have long used mathematics to describe the physical properties of the universe. But what if the universe itself is math? That's what cosmologist Max Tegmark believes.

Detailed prediction models that project long-term patient mortality following PCI and CABG surgery can be useful for the heart team when determining the best treatment strategy for individual patients.

Local communities can expect the number and asset size of philanthropic foundations to increase, due to the rise in health care consolidations driven by health care reform. In the past, assets of this kind may have been ...

Children with depression are more likely to be obese, smoke and be inactive, and can show the effects of heart disease as early as their teen years, according to a newly published.

Children improved their knowledge of stroke symptoms and how to respond after playing a stroke education video game. They retained that knowledge for several weeks.

When biology and materials science converge, the results can be new materials that can be used to deliver targeted drugs, repair damaged arteries or rebuild failing tissues, such as the anterior cruciate ligament, the AC...

For a cancer cell, it pays to have a group of eccentric friends. Like X-Men characters, a group of cancer cells with diverse physical traits is safer, because it takes different strategies to kill each member. The more d...

The US Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration today released the findings of a field study that provides evidence that a revised provision in new hours-of-service regulations for truck...

Could the quality of your attachment to your parents affect your own child's risk for obesity? A new study says it can.

Physicians have long known that oxygen deprivation to the brain around the time of birth causes worse damage in boys than girls. Now a study by researchers conducted in mice reveals one possible reason behind this gender...

A team of researchers has found that moderate to severe hot flashes continue, on average, for nearly five years after menopause, and more than a third of women experience moderate/severe hot flashes for 10 years or more ...

A new evidence review found that administering a drug called clonidine before surgery may be a good alternative for controlling post-surgical pain and help reduce a child's anxiety after surgery.

Age is a key risk factor for breast cancer. A recent study examines the connection between cancer and the aging process to see if epigenetic DNA alterations might contribute to age-related increases in breast cancer risk...

A newly published study shows that the associations between caregiving and different types of psychological distress (depression, anxiety, perceived stress and perceived mental health) depend largely on a person's genes ...

Previous studies of anxiety in the brain have focused on the amygdala, but a team of researchers had a hunch that understanding a different brain area, the lateral septum (LS), could provide more clues into how the brain...

It's Super Bowl time. See the feats of engineering that hold tens of thousands of football fans each year.

The underside of the Ross Ice Shelf held more than just a view of the ice.

A snowy owl that's become somewhat of a local celebrity in Washington, D.C., was hit by a bus today (Jan. 30), but survived. It's being cared for at the National Zoo.

Summer high tides are getting higher in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, boosting the destructive power of hurricanes.

A short video game may help children understand how to identify the signs of a stroke, and call 911 if they witness one, a new study suggests.

Regular ol' reading is so passé. E-readers? Not good enough. Try harder, science. Here's a good example: suit up and wire yourself into a book with this sensory fiction device. The Girl Who Was Plugged In MIT Media Lab ...

For the first time in more than two years, Yellowstone National Park's impressive Giantess Geyser is erupting. Rangers can't predict when this irregular geyser will blow.