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In a small study, intravenous mistletoe extract showed promise as a cancer therapy. While the phase 1 trial ...

Finger fracture, traumatic brain injury, and shoulder sprain or strain are the three most common injuries related to ...

Two new studies add to the evidence that social isolation is a substantial risk factor for dementia in ...

People with acute biliary pancreatitis who don’t have their gallbladders out often do just fine, despite standard guidelines ...

A hormone secreted into the blood during endurance, or aerobic, exercise reduces levels of a protein linked to ...

As many as a third of people with “wet” age-related macular degeneration, a blinding retinal disease, may someday ...

Evidence suggests that odor-sensing cells are the key entry point for SARS COV-2, according to a new study. ...

Researchers found that convalescent plasma reduced the need for hospitalization by half for outpatients who participated in the ...

Older adults classified as having prediabetes due to moderately elevated measures of blood sugar usually don’t go on ...

Calcium supplements may increase the risk of heart damage and plaque buildup in arteries, even though a diet ...

People blind from birth appear to do math in a part of the brain typically devoted to vision, ...

Children born to obese women with diabetes are more than four times as likely to be diagnosed with ...

Scientists have for the first time watched the human brain making a purely voluntary decision to act. Unlike ...

NASA has released the first global digital model of Mercury’s peaks and valleys, revealing in stunning detail the ...

Scalp-pulling hairstyles can lead to a form of gradual hair loss, caused by prolonged or repeated tension on ...

An emergency study has identified what could be a biological link between Zika virus and a rare birth ...

Yoga can make people with arthritis feel better both physically and mentally, according to a study of patients ...

Orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries respond dramatically well to talk therapy, even when the therapists ...

People with Parkinson's disease may soon be able to treat their own tremors and muscle stiffness without invasive ...

Baseball’s major leagues have been using computers to produce their schedules for years, but for the minors the ...

The results of a new study on "deadbeat dads" suggest that the stereotype might be more myth than ...

Gentle brain stimulation with electricity may improve short-term memory in people with schizophrenia, a small study suggests. The ...

Even though the Messenger mission to Mercury ended late last month with a planned collision into the planet’s ...

Nearly a quarter of patients who spent time in an intensive care unit (ICU) suffer from post-traumatic stress ...

Minimally invasive surgeries are not performed often enough, resulting in unnecessary complications from traditional open incision procedures and ...

People who attempt suicide then undergo counseling are less likely to try again. In fact, short-term counseling after ...

Together, major hospitals in the US throw away at least $15 million a year in unused surgical supplies ...