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The sprawling US health care industry has trouble managing patient information: Every doctor, medical office, hospital, pharmacy, therapist and insurance company needs different pieces of data to properly care for patien...

A clinical trial of the use of adrenaline in cardiac arrests has found that its use results in less than 1 percent more people leaving hospital alive -- but almost doubles the risk of severe brain damage for survivors of...

A new study reports tidying up and greening vacant lots in urban areas, can have a positive influence on the mental health of local residents. Researchers say people who lived within quarter of a mile of greened lots had...

According to researchers, a person's tendency to anticipate feeling guilty is the strongest predictor of their trustworthiness.

Researchers have identified novel neural pathways that help regulate sleep and wakefulness.

By drawing in a bit of sweat, a patch can reveal how much cortisol a person is producing. Cortisol is known as the stress hormone but is involved in many important physiological functions.

According to researchers, people find it easier to lie in a foreign language than their native tongue.

A new study reports children who exhibit excessive self control and have tendencies toward perfectionism are twice as likely to develop OCD by their teenage years. Researchers report perfectionist children often have sma...

Elementary cytoskeleton protein is different in parasites and represents a starting point for a possible new therapy against malaria infections.

The sun's size changes throughout its 11-year cycle of magnetic activity, and measuring that growth may help us figure out what's going on inside

What kind of sea monster is this?

Researchers have created the fastest man-made rotor in the world, which they believe will help them study quantum mechanics.

The ventrolateral preoptic nucleus (VLPO) in the brain plays a critical role in the initiation and maintenance of sleep, while the lateral posterior part of the hypothalamus contains neuronal populations implicated in ma...

In the lab it was possible to improve the symptoms in the chronic phase of the disease while encouraging the repair of the nervous tissue, and the challenge now is to move the research forward in humans.

A new study finds patients with similar medical profiles receive different treatments based on doctors' 'gut feelings.'

Researchers have reversed wrinkled skin and hair loss, hallmarks of aging, in a mouse model. When a mutation leading to mitochondrial dysfunction is induced, the mouse develops wrinkled skin and extensive, visible hair l...

Researchers report applying ultrasound to the whole brain improves cognitive dysfunction in mouse models of dementia. A clinical trial is currently underway to test the effectiveness in humans with the neurodegenerative ...

It's difficult to know who will like a film, so 20th Century Fox have built an AI that watches movie trailers and predicts who's most likely to go see it

A woman in England learned the hard way that it's not safe to treat a foot fungus infection by covering it with slices of raw garlic, according to a new report of the woman's case.

Occasional drinking during pregnancy may affect IQ, according to a study that tested newborn babies' faeces to see if their mothers had consumed alcohol

Researchers show that one of the most common surgical procedures in the Western world is probably unnecessary. Keyhole surgeries of the shoulder are useless for patients with 'shoulder impingement', the most common diagn...

Individualized dietary recommendations based on genetic information are currently a popular trend. A team has systematically analyzed scientific articles and reached the following conclusion: There is no clear evidence f...