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Tamiflu can sometimes cause psychosis. You should probably still take it if your doctor prescribes it.

Different processes occur in the brains of jazz and classical pianists while playing the same piece of music, researchers report.

A recent study has concluded that an electronic nose (eNose) can be used to identify the most common bacteria causing soft tissue infections.

People with diabetes, heart failure and other chronic diseases often live independent lives, without a traditional caregiver. But many have a family member or friend who plays a key supporting role in their health care.

Liverpool physicists are celebrating after a vital component of the global neutrino experiment - the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) - which they have helped construct has been delivered to CERN for testing.

When magnetic fields clash, they can rapidly unleash powerful explosions. Now scientists may have solved the decades-old mystery behind how these outbursts can happen so quickly. The findings could one day help explain t...

Women who have gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) during pregnancy have a higher than usual risk of developing type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and ischemic heart disease in the future, according to new research.

A new, first-of-its-kind study was designed to assess whether cognitive training, a medication-free treatment, could improve MCI. Studies show that activities that stimulate your brain, such as cognitive training, can pr...

A research team has validated a way to outfox tumors. They engineered T-cells, essential players in the body's own immune system, to strip tumors of their self-preservation skill and were able to hold Hodgkin lymphoma at...

A close examination of federal survey data shows that while many settings including ERs cut back on prescribing opioids for more than a decade, physicians' offices continued to prescribe them.

A recent study has found that black children are more than twice as likely to die following surgery than white children and describes race-specific models to predict surgical outcomes.

More than 10,000 people in the United States are living with memory loss and other persistent neurological problems that occur after West Nile virus infects the brain. Now, a new study in mice suggests that such ongoing ...

Pain researchers have developed a new method of reducing pain-associated behaviors with RNA-based medicine, creating a new class of decoy molecules that prevent the onset of pain.

Researchers reveal high salt intake reduces resting cerebral blood flow and can contribute to dementia in mice.

A research team has found a new way to keep the immune system engaged, and is planning to test the approach in a phase 1 clinical trial.

A high-salt diet reduces resting blood flow to the brain and causes dementia in mice.

Obese, middle-age men and women who had bariatric surgery have half the death rate of those who had traditional medical treatment over a 10-year period, reports a study that answers questions about the long-term risk of ...

A hidden world of particles awaits. We don't need extra dimensions or parallel universes to have an alternate reality superimposed right on top of our own. Invisible matter is everywhere. For example, take neutrinos gene...

Methods from optogenetics and machine learning should help improve treatment options for stroke patients. Researchers have now developed a computer vision technique to analyze the changes in motor skills that result from...

Possibilities range from a new burial chamber to a sealed-off construction passage.

An increasing number of older adults are reporting cognitive impairment in their families over the past two decades, according to a new study.

Taking a view on unsettled science is always likely to cause controversy, but the fiery debate Johann Hari's new book has sparked is worth having, says Samantha Murphy