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Specialists report they have successfully treated and put in remission a 2-year-old, now age 5, with a highly virulent form of tuberculosis known as XDR TB, or extensively drug-resistant TB.

People who drink moderate amounts of coffee daily may live longer than people who don't drink coffee, a new study finds.

Pluto's the prettiest dwarf planet at the party in this new, brilliantly colored image recently released by NASA.

A mysterious extinct branch of the human family tree that once interbred with modern humans was more genetically diverse than Neanderthals, a finding that suggests many of these extinct humans called Denisovans existed i...

Lions and tigers and birds, oh my!

The amount of data that flows over the internet has exploded in the last decade. Whether people are watching cat videos, streaming movies, or uploading vacation photos to social media sites, they are demanding ever highe...

What's more scarce than perfect diamonds, right? Wrong. This week, a new company called Diamond Foundry announced that it is able to "grow" hundreds of perfect, "real" diamonds (up to...

The organization's many-sided facade is about to become a giant digital photo album.

New insights into what nutrients fat cells metabolize to make fatty acids have been released by scientists. The findings pave the way for understanding potential irregularities in fat cell metabolism that occur in patien...

Men who are overweight are just as likely as overweight women to experience interpersonal discrimination when applying for a job or shopping at retail stores, according to new research.

The creation and sustainment of 'safe spaces' may play a critical role in community-based HIV prevention efforts by providing social support and reducing environmental barriers for vulnerable populations, a new study has...

Predators and prey bring an ancient tile floor to life.

This year's particularly strong El Niño is expected to get even stronger before it's done.

A biomedical engineer used her know-how to help create a prosthesis for a 4-year-old girl using 3-D printing. An energetic and inquisitive little girl, the child was born with Poland syndrome, a birth defect marked by in...

Imagine you have a bone injury but you heal slowly. Instead of forming bone, you could form fat. Researchers may have found a way to tip the scale in favor of bone. They used cytochalasin D, a naturally occurring substan...

Swimming just below the water's surface, a Sunburst diving beetle larva locates its target by visually "scanning" it with up-and-down head movements.

Peptides promise to be useful drugs, but they're too easily digested and can't get into cells without help. Chemists now show that peptides can be protected from digestion and delivered into cells without changing their ...

Mailing yearly stool kits -- an alternative to the often-dreaded colonoscopy -- has helped an organization to boost rates of lifesaving screening for colon cancer, according to new research. Mailing an easy-to-use at-hom...

A new guideline aims to help Canadian physicians, nurses and pharmacists treat children and adults with acne, a disease that can severely affect quality of life. The guideline updates the previous guidance published 15 y...

An initiative to improve prescribing of antibiotics for urinary tract infections (UTIs) resulted in better-quality prescribing of first-line antibiotics, although the number of prescriptions also increased, according to ...

Efforts over the past seven years to reduce tobacco use in China have been strikingly ineffective and leave tobacco use a top threat to the health and economic well-being of the world's largest country, according to rese...

Promoting cardiovascular health worldwide, experts discuss how the practice of medicine will change to reflect an increase in ambulatory care.