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Overweight and obese children are at greater risk for pedestrian injury, new research shows. It's not because overweight and obese kids can't cross the street fast enough. Rather, in a study involving traffic simulations...

A new study based on the largest prospective cohort of children with concussion in the world introduces a validated clinical prediction score that will help health providers and researchers to predict the duration of ped...

HIV infects and reproduces in macrophages, large white blood cells found in the liver, brain and connective tissues of the body, new research demonstrates. This discovery has significant implications for HIV cure researc...

Advances in medical imaging and implant manufacturing are making it possible to tailor an implant to the patient receiving it, and using patient-specific rods in reconstructive surgery gives patients with spinal deformit...

A rare and potentially life-threatening liver infection developed in a Pennsylvania man after a routine dental exam, a new report says.

Antidepressants, commonly used to treat anxiety, pain and other disorders, quadruple the risk of dental implant failure, according to a new pilot study. Each year of antidepressant use doubled the odds of failure.

Oversized tonsils and tongues place people at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea, a disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep due to blocked upper airways, suggests a new report.

A computer program that can predict whether or not a given pharmaceutical will have worrying side effects has been developed. Researchers have developed the 'in silico' testing system for drugs in the early stage of drug...

Understanding non-homeostatic eating -- or eating that is driven more by palatability, habit and food cues -- and how it works in the brain may help neuroscientists determine how to control cravings, maintain healthier w...

Within most families, the experience of having a member with Down syndrome is generally a positive one, new research concludes. Investigators evaluated surveys of more than 2,000 parents or guardians of individuals with ...

Patients risk experiencing anxiety and fear when health care does not meet individual patients' needs. New approaches to reduce anxiety for instance over radiotherapy are needed and design research is well-suited to meet...

One-fifth of smartphone owners had health apps in 2012. Now a new study examined the privacy policies of Android diabetes apps and the sharing of health information.

The cardiovascular safety of the obesity treatment naltrexone-bupropion remains uncertain because of the unanticipated early termination of a trial to determine its safety, according to a study.

Women are 1.38 times more likely than men to report neck pain due to cervical degenerative disc disease, according to a new study.

An international team of scientists studied what mutations are responsible for formation of the most common skin cancer type.

A first case of acute myelitis following infection with Zika virus has been reported for the first time. A young patient in the acute phase of an infection by Zika virus presented motor deficiency in the four limbs, asso...

Researchers looked at the associations between firearm-related laws and firearm homicides, suicides, and unintentional injuries and deaths. The results indicate that gun violence tended to decline after countries passed ...

Ultrawide field (UWF) scanning technology significantly improved the ability of experts at a remote central location to identify diabetic retinopathy in a patient, and to judge whether the eye disease warranted referring...

One of the mysteries of lupus is why the immune cells that normally keep inflammation at bay can't seem to do their job. A study now suggests that for people with lupus, the B cells that regulate inflammation are getting...

Cutting-edge simulations run at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) over a two-year period are helping physicists better understand what influences the beh...

The Internet Time Service operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) serves much of the Earth, with customers from around the globe. In one month of study alone, just two of the 20 NIST servers...

Using a bionic fingertip, an amputee for the first time has been able to feel rough and smooth textures in real-time, as though the fingertip were naturally connected to his hand.