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June 8, 2016
For those worried about the burden of old age, a recent Harvard study has some good news.
June 7, 2016
The number of babies born to American teenage girls fell another 8 percent in 2015, reaching a new record low.
June 7, 2016
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new cause of Parkinson's disease - mutations in a gene called TMEM230.
June 6, 2016
Recording artists are frequently the face of commercial products—and children and adolescents are frequently their target audience.
June 6, 2016
Cancer survivors in the United States reached record numbers this year - 15.5 million - and the American Cancer Society predicts they'll total more than 20 million in another decade.
June 4, 2016
In the last two decades numerous extensive studies have been conducted to reveal the nature of Behcet's disease, a relapsing inflammatory disorder, that is still an enigma for doctors and researchers, which makes it one of the hardest diseases to recognize.
June 3, 2016
Ritalin, a popular drug for treating attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), might increase the risk of an abnormal heart rhythm shortly after a young person starts taking it.
June 3, 2016
An experimental viral treatment may extend the lives of patients with a hard-to-treat brain cancer, researchers say.
June 2, 2016
Asian-Americans are healthier than other adults, according to federal health officials who added that most Asian-Americans are less likely to report that they're in fair or poor health, have multiple chronic conditions or serious psychological problems.
June 2, 2016
A report investigating the current state of digestive health in children has revealed alarming trends in disease incidence and inequalities in the provision of digestive healthcare services for children across Europe.
June 1, 2016
New research from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) highlights a substantial gap in how the United States currently estimates the nation's burden of pediatric concussions.
May 31, 2016
A team of scientists from across the globe have shown that the brains of patients with schizophrenia have the capacity to reorganize and fight the illness.