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Chances are that children who eat excessive amounts of fatty foods will not only become obese, but will develop cognitive and psychiatric problems when they are older, a study in mice suggests. This is because, according...

Autism is an agonizing puzzle, a complex mixture of genetic and environmental factors. One piece of this puzzle that has emerged in recent years is a biochemical cascade called the mTOR pathway that regulates growth in t...

The discovery of a novel protein that links aging and age-dependent retinal diseases could lead to potential new treatments for conditions that cause sight loss in later life.

Though some people may be wary of a poop collection, the fossils are hard as a rock and don't smell.

Different kinds of quantum computers encode information using their own wavelengths of light, but a device that modifies their photons could allow them to network

Many breast cancer survivors worry that their breast cancer may come back. Recurrence has puzzled scientists and health care providers, recognizing that it can suddenly reappear, often with a vengeance, months or years a...

The Zika virus is most commonly transmitted in humans as the result of a bite from an infected mosquito or from an infected human to another human. What is not well known is that the virus also can be transmitted via the...

A popular group of antacids known as proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs, used to reduce stomach acid and treat heartburn may increase the risk of ischemic stroke, according to preliminary research.

The design is confidential, but essentially the device substitutes for the second hand, producing a bulge that holds the insulin needle stable in the subcutaneous fat.

A new bioinformatic framework has identified key proteins significantly altered at the gene-expression level in biopsied tissue from patients with diabetic kidney disease, a result that may reveal new therapeutic targets...

For the first time, researchers have created light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on lightweight flexible metal foil. Engineers are developing the foil based LEDs for portable ultraviolet (UV) lights that soldiers and others can...

The day after Halloween, gift guides started hitting mailboxes and inboxes. One of my favorite categories to browse is "For the tech-lover." These lists feature the latest phones, smartwatches, and random novelties (like...

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, hospital admissions for heart attacks in the city were three times higher than they were before the storm, according to new research.

As you age, you may find it more difficult to focus on certain tasks. But while distractions can be frustrating, they may not be as bad as we think. In a new report, researchers suggest that there may be some benefits to...

25 percent of individuals in a Sierra Leone village were infected with the Ebola virus but had no symptoms, a research team has determined, suggesting broader transmission of the virus than originally thought.

New research has found a way to partially restore brain cell communication around areas damaged by plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease.

An analysis of the records of UK patients who had experienced a stroke has found that over half of those who should get drugs to prevent strokes were not prescribed them.

New research findings shows that the influenza vaccine produces antibodies that protect against disease, suggesting that the conventional flu vaccine can be improved.

Scientists have identified an antibody from an HIV-infected person that potently neutralized 98 percent of HIV isolates tested, including 16 of 20 strains resistant to other antibodies of the same class. The remarkable b...

The approach to preventing alcohol and drug use by some adolescents should begin in early childhood, new research suggests.

Researchers are a step closer to understanding why cigarette smoke exposure during pregnancy may increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). SIDS is the unexplained, sudden death of a child younger than one...

Researchers have found new insights into sleep's importance to overall health: it may give the immune system a chance to regroup at a time when the relative risk of infection is low. As the foundation of the human body's...