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RIKEN researchers have discovered how a single mutation in one gene can simultaneously result in two symptoms—a severely ...

Older adults with declining financial and health literacy are at risk of making mistakes that could significantly impact ...

Changes in brain connectivity before and after puberty may explain why some children with a rare genetic disorder have a ...

New research undertaken with football teams in the Bundesliga has shown a trend between ankle injury recurrences and the ...

Fluoride in drinking water has become a highly charged topic in recent weeks. In March, Utah became the first state to ...

Three people in Mammoth Lakes died recently after contracting hantavirus, the same infection that killed Gene Hackman's wife ...

A day after Tierra Jackson gave birth to her third child last November, she began to repeatedly complain about chest pains to ...

One hundred years ago, scientific research began at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, eventually yielding discoveries ...

Police officers are more than twice as likely to have traumatic brain injuries compared to the general population. Officers who incur these injuries while on duty face more than double the risk of ...

Humans and other animal species can experience many types of pain throughout the course of their lives, varying in intensity, unpleasantness and origin. Several past neuroscience studies have explored ...

Love for sports can take a toll on aging bodies, with deteriorating joints leading to painful osteoarthritis, especially in the hip. For hardcore athletes and weekend warriors, a total hip replacement ...