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Generations of Europeans who lived after the Black Death were healthier and lived longer than those who lived before the plague's first outbreak, new research shows. The plague may have wiped out the weak and frail, leav...

Graphene, a one-atom-thick form of the carbon material graphite, has been hailed as a wonder material -- strong, light, nearly transparent, and an excellent conductor of electricity and heat. But a number of practical ch...

(Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday released an updated report on how a changing climate has touched every corner of the country, from oyster growers in Washington State to maple syrup producers in Vermont, a...

Playing with touch screen devices may have no benefits in the cognitive development of kids younger than 3 years, even though many parents swear by the devices' 'educational benefits.'

About 20 percent of women now will have pelvic surgery during her lifetime, nearly double the risk of having one of these surgeries in the 1990s, a new study says.

Misinformation and misunderstanding about the risks associated with ionizing radiation create heightened public concern and fear, and may result in avoidance of screening mammography that can detect early cancers. The au...

Screening 40- to 49-year-old women for breast cancer has additional benefits beyond the proven decrease in mortality rate. Patients screened with mammography are statistically less likely to undergo chemotherapy, avoidin...

Estimated radiation doses are substantially lower for pediatric CT exams of the brain that used an adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction technique (ASIR) compared to those that did not use ASIR.

Patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis catheter placement via fluoroscopy and ultrasound-guidance experienced significantly fewer complications at 1 year post-insertion than did patients whose catheters were placed lapa...

A multidimensional frailty score may help predict postoperative outcomes in older adults. A multidimensional frailty score composed of items including dependence in activities of daily living, dementia and malnutrition a...

New evidence uncovered at several spots along Alaska's scenic coastline reveals that many tsunamis have flooded the region's southern islands and fjords in the past several thousand years.

Didymo, also known as "rock snot," is a type of freshwater algae that clumps on rocks and invades river bottoms.

Seeing Jesus' face in a piece of toast is a perfectly normal phenomenon, and new research suggests that an area of the brain responsible for processing faces is activated when people think they see a face that isn't ther...

The four-year war that shattered a chimp society in the 1970s shows similarities between the ways chimpanzee and human societies break down

Drugs work best when taken as prescribed. Take control with the help of a smart pill and skin patch that report back if you forget to take your meds

Glutamate imaging reveals ischemic lesions in the first 3 hours after stroke that are not distinguishable in T1-weighted and T2-weighted imaging. The finding has the potential to speed diagnosis -- and, therefore, treatm...

A small group of patients with locally advanced unresectable pancreatic carcinoma suffered no major ill effects -- pancreatitis or fistula formation -- after undergoing percutaneous CT-guided irreversible electroporation...

For commonly ordered abdominal CT exams, iterative reconstruction techniques enabled approximately 50 percent radiation dose reduction compared to the national averages.

The first report of a bacterium whose genome contains man-made DNA building blocks opens the door for tailor-made organisms that could be used to produce new drugs and other products.

The microscopic world described by quantum theory seems a strange, confusing place - but some physicists argue it's just us who are uncertain (full text available to subscribers)

In their quest for new medications, researchers have looked in some unusual places. Now, researchers from the University of Missouri have found that soy sauce contains a potent antiviral compound that may someday be used...

Grocery prices are rising with climate -- a trend that shows no sign of letting up.