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Scrapbooks or social networks are collections of mostly unsorted data. The search for single elements in very large data volumes, i.e. for the needle in the data haystack, is extremely complex for classical computers. Sc...

Patients who go to the ER with chest pain often receive unnecessary tests to evaluate whether they are having a heart attack, a practice that provides no clinical benefit and adds hundreds of dollars in health-care costs...

Electronic cigarettes are more frequently used by people who recently quit smoking and alcohol drinkers.

Heat-not-burn devices may eliminate users' exposure to tobacco smoke, but the vapor they produce has the same negative impact on blood vessel function as smoking, according to a preliminary animal study.

Individuals who have A, B, or AB blood types have an elevated risk of having a heart attack during periods of significant air pollution, compared to those with the O blood type, according to new research.

A Critical Care Recovery Center could benefit ICU survivors of all ages, suggests new research. The model is America's first collaborative care concept focusing on the extensive cognitive, physical, and psychological rec...

Researchers have linked sitting for long periods of time to a number of health issues, including increased high blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat and cholesterol. They also warn that prolonged sitting inc...

Induction of labor at 40 weeks in nulliparous women aged 35 and older is associated with reduced risk of in-hospital perinatal death, according to a recent analysis.

Astronomers have spotted a trio of galaxies that look remarkably like the giant spiral of the Milky Way and its two brightest companions, the Magellanic Clouds

Re-organising the National Health Service in England has failed to reduce the proportion of people being referred for expensive hospital treatments

Lightning can be a destructive force of nature, but it's not immune to human influence. In fact, new research suggests that the exhaust from ships transporting oil, coffee, and probably this holiday season's most popular...

The cremated remains of what could be the Buddha have been found in China, along with 260 buddhist statues.

A new shape-shifting polymer can target and kill Helicobacter pylori bacteria in the stomach without killing helpful bacteria in the gut. Such a treatment could improve the digestive health of billions of people worldwid...

People with psoriasis are at a higher risk to develop type 2 diabetes than those without psoriasis, and the risk increases dramatically based on the severity of the disease. Researchers found people with psoriasis that c...

An artificial protein has been engineered that may block malignant properties of cancer cells as well as correct certain birth defects. The findings may lead to identifying new molecular targets suitable for therapeutic ...

A new study of mice raises concerns about the potential impact that long-term exposure to genistein prior to conception may have on fertility and pregnancy.

Traditional toxicity testing underestimates the risk that pharmaceutical and personal care product pollution poses to freshwater ecosystems. Criteria that account for ecological disruption -- not just organism death -- a...

New research has found that the amount of distress and pain felt by a preschooler during a vaccination is strongly related to how to their parents help them cope before and during an appointment.

Researchers have shed new light on sleep's vital role in helping us make the most of our memory.

An anti-inflammatory drug may have the potential to stall the damaging effects of alcohol on the fetal brain, a new study suggests.

Just how it works is not known, but human beings have an internal clock which enables us to perceive and estimate periods of time subconsciously. A research team has demonstrated that this mental time-processing system i...

A new study has found that perioperative aspirin can prevent heart-related complications after major noncardiac surgery in patients with previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) such as an angioplasty or stent. ...