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During Heart Disease Awareness Month, experts at the U-M Cardiovascular Center are available to discuss new strategies for improving patient care and the quality of patients' lives. While cutting-edge techniques are transforming treatment of heart ...

A new survey of 29 integrative medicine centers around the U.S. found that 75 percent reported success using integrative practices to treat chronic pain and more than half reported positive results for gastrointestinal conditions, depression and ...

Alejandro Lopez-Bezanilla used the computing power of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Jaguar supercomputer, America's fastest, to study the effects of adding oxygen, sulfur and hydrogen to nanoribbons made of boron nitride. An upgrade is ...

A six year old Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center patient, who has been diagnosed with a rare brain tumor went on a 'dream date' with Justin Bieber, thanks in part to a Facebook campaign to have her meet the pop star. As important as the ...

Water-associated infectious disease outbreaks are more likely to occur in areas where a region's population density is growing, according to a new global analysis.

U-M researchers take an important step in understanding retina regeneration, suggesting new possibilities for developing treatments in humans.

Jonathan Lunine, Cornell University professor of astronomy, adviser to NASA, and principal investigator for a mission to sail one of the three great seas of Titan, comments on the proposed 2013 federal budget unveiled by President Obama.

Patients with chronic kidney disease who received the vitamin D compound paricalcitol for up to 48 weeks did not show improvement on measures of cardiac structure, function, or left ventricular mass, compared to patients who received placebo, ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. However, calcium scoring can give you the winning edge. Michael Pressel, MD from the Heart Center at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore explains.

In a study that included data for more than 20,000 children and adolescents, higher amounts of time with moderate to vigorous physical activity were associated with better cardiometabolic risk factors , regardless of the amount of time spent ...

The amount and quality of sleep you get at night may affect your memory later in life, according to research that was released today and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans April 21 to April ...

Antibiotics that doctors typically prescribe for sinus infections do not reduce symptoms any better than an inactive placebo, according to investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Short-term exposure to all major air pollutants, with the exception of ozone, is significantly associated with an increased risk of heart attack, according to a review and meta-analysis of previous studies appearing in the February 15 issue of JAMA.

The City of New York recently subpoenaed a Twitter account as part of an ongoing Occupy Wall Street criminal case. The Occupy protester named in the case is challenging the subpoena. Privacy law expert Neil Richards, JD, professor of law at ...

Treatment with the antibiotic amoxicillin for patients with acute uncomplicated rhinosinusitis did not result in a significant difference in symptoms compared to patients who received placebo, according to a study in the February 15 issue of JAMA.

Though researchers are becoming increasingly aware of the long-term effects of head injury, few studies have looked at the prevalence of traumatic brain injury in all age groups, including males and females, taking into account both mild and ...

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers have identified a subtype of ovarian cancer able to build its own blood vessels, suggesting that such tumors might be susceptible to anti-angiogenic drugs. The investigators estimate that the subtype may ...

A team of scientists from Whitehead Institute and other institutions has shown for the first time how two long intergenic noncoding RNAs in brewer's yeast contribute to a location-dependent switch for the yeast FLO11 gene to toggle between active ...

The selection follows a series of demonstrations from publishers as part of an initiative to reduce textbook costs and improve student learning.

North Carolina State University chemists have created a compound that makes existing antibiotics 16 times more effective against recently discovered antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs.'