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November 1, 2018
A Stanford study linked babies of older fathers with a variety of increased risks at birth, including low birth weight and seizures, though they\'re slight.
October 31, 2018
Japanese researchers have tested a vaccine in mice that may protect people who had a stroke against blood clots for more than two months without increasing the risk of bleeding.
October 30, 2018
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed 170 lives, health authorities said on Sunday.
October 30, 2018
A handful of California doctors are making hay off anti-vaccine parents, charging hundreds of dollars to issue medical exemptions for required childhood vaccinations, a new study claims.
October 29, 2018
Researchers from China\'s Taiwan Province have found that a common drug used to treat type 2 diabetes may have an effect of lowering the possibility of developing a disease leading to blindness, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) said Sunday.
October 27, 2018
Canadian health authorities are on alert on Friday after the appearance of a rare polio-like paralytic illness, also reported in recent weeks in 22 U.S. states.
October 26, 2018
A gene associated with dyslexia, a learning disorder, may make some athletes less susceptible to concussions, reports a new study from Penn State University and Northwestern Medicine.
October 26, 2018
The cerebellum can\'t get no respect. Located inconveniently on the underside of the brain and initially thought to be limited to controlling movement, the cerebellum has long been treated like an afterthought by researchers studying higher brain functions.
October 26, 2018
Where air pollution is high, the level of transportation noise is usually also elevated.
October 25, 2018
Another flu season is here, which means another chance for viruses to mutate.
October 24, 2018
The way we breathe may affect how well our memories are consolidated i.e. reinforced and stabilised.
October 24, 2018
Levels of antiphospholipid antibodies, which are associated with rheumatic diseases, are also elevated in myocardial infarction without any autoimmune co-morbidity, a study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in Annals of Internal Medicine reports.