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The backbone of patient care is informed consent. Genetic testing has long required patient consent and patients have had a "right not to know" the results. ...

The largest ketamine clinical trial to-date led by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has revealed that patients with treatment-resistant major depression saw dramatic improvement in their illness after treatment with ...

Google has announced a major addition to its emailing service at its annual developer conference. The internet behemoth said users can now send money as an attachment via Gmail. ...

A new study has now linked the exposure to Agent Orange and lethal forms of prostate cancer among the US Veterans. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal...

To reflect current cyclists' preferences and safety data, bicycle engineering guidelines often used by state regulators to design bicycle facilities need to be overhauled. ...

Scarring at the surgical site is the most common cause of failure after glaucoma surgery, so researchers are actively looking for ways to minimize or prevent scar formation. ...

The cellular layer lining the body's blood vessels is called the endothelium, which is extremely resilient....

Individuals suffering from Crohn's disease could gain benefit from vitamin D supplements, says research. These symptoms can remain even when patients are in...

A class of jelly-like, water-loving materials with uses ranges ranging from the mundane such as superabsorbent diaper liners to the sophisticated, such as soft contact lenses, could be tapped for a new line of serious work. ...

Researchers have sought to determine the geographic distribution of many life-threatening conditions in the past, including stroke and cardiac arrest....

Scientists, journal editors and publishers, scholarly societies, and research funders across many scientific disciplines have called on the world scientific community to eliminate the role of the journal impact factor (JIF) in evaluating research ...

A gene involved in neurodegenerative disease also plays a critical role in the proper function of the circadian clock, according to Northwestern University scientists. In a study of the common fruit fly, the researchers found the gene, ...

A new X-ray method developed by scientists records a living frog embryo's internal structure and cell movement. Scientists at Northwestern University and the Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie in Germany, in collaboration with the ...

Regular coffee consumption is linked to reduced risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), an autoimmune liver disease, say researchers. PSC is an inflammatory disease of the bile ducts that results in inflammation and subsequent ...

Health officials have confirmed that a woman died of swine flu in Uttar Pradesh late on Friday. Neelam Singh had recently returned from Delhi and had complained of breathlessness and other complications. Her husband, a doctor at the King ...

Two leading auction houses in New York combined for the art world's richest sales week ever, with works getting auctioned for more than a billion dollars. ...

Eyebrows were raised when Finnish singer Krista Siegfrids ended her song rehearsal by kissing one of her female dancers. Eurovision has been a staple of gay culture for decades in western Europe, where gay bars and nightclubs ...

According to a survey conducted by YouGov, only one in 10 Americans are keen in wearing Google Glass, as some find it 'socially awkward' and others find it is 'too irritating to wear'. ...

In Slovakia, the first Central European country to host one of the world's top five wine competitions, France burnished its winemaking credentials by winning the prestigious Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (CMB) at the international wine contest. ...

Antonio Paolucci, the Vatican museum director, criticised contemporary-style churches for lacking "form" and harked back to the Baroque era when he said that shrines embodied religious faith. ...

The regulations and guidelines regarding the advertising of alcohol is under the wing of the alcohol industry itself. A new study has investigated the ability of panels to find...

London, May 18 (ANI): People in Britain spent a record-breaking 49.4 billion hours at work last year. A new study has found that UK workers put in an average of 950.3 million hours a week in just the first three months of this year, the S...

Research shows that the drug previously used to treat schizophrenia is a powerful weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a huge problem all over the world: For example, 25 - 50 per cent of the ...

A gene involved in neurodegenerative disease plays an important role in the function of the circadian clock, scientists show. In a study of the common fruit fly, the researchers found the gene, called Ataxin-2, keeps the clock responsible ...

Gays and lesbians are pushing for an end to discrimination and for civil rights such as same-sex marriage in Venezuala. "In some areas of the capital, two men cannot be seen holdings hands without security ushering them out," said Cesar ...

A study released by research consultancies Bain & Company and Fondazione Altagamma showed that the global luxury market will grow by a relatively modest 4-5 percent in turnover this year compared to the 10 percent expansion seen in 2012. ...

This year's Eurovision Song Contest, hosted by Sweden, might deliver a glitzy spectacle that unites Europe like nothing else. Sweden will pay less than one 50th the astronomical cost spent by last year's host Azerbaijan, but even so it is ...

A transport spokesman has confirmed that Prague underground commuters looking for love will soon be able to try their luck at romance in designated dating cars. "People meet there, pass by each other, and if they like one another they can ...

France now clears a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children too. The bill was approved on April 23 by parliament but was immediately challenged on constitutional grounds by the opposition UMP. Its clearance would see Fr...

Canadian women launch a class-action lawsuit against the maker of a birth control pill after discovering that the product mostly contained placebos. The lawsuit over 45 unwanted pregnancies and four abortions seeks Can$800 million (US$778...

It is well-known among clinicians that chronic trauma can inflict lasting damage to brain regions associated with fear and anxiety. Previous imaging studies of people with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, have shown that these ...

A host of changes are present in the latest makeover to a massive psychiatric tome called the "Bible" of mental disorders. The first major revamp in more than 20 years of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-5, ...

The failure of the most recent efficacy trial for HIV vaccine has delivered yet another setback to 26 years of efforts. With the next attempts expected to be years away, top researchers now say there is a "void" or a "gap" in current ...

A technology to put the mobile phone on the palm of your hand is being developed by researchers from the University of Tokyo. Using a special camera that combines...

Data presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013 says that Massachusetts' healthcare reform did not result in substantially more hospital use or higher costs. The findings ...

Gastrointestinal issues that require interventions are being experienced by an increasing number of children in the US, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW). ...

Pathogens associated with moderate-to-severe diarrhoea in infants have been discovered by scientists. The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) was designed to identify the aetiology and population-based burden of paediatric diarrhoeal ...

Two officials of a pharmaceutical company were sentenced to seven years of prison over the sale of an adulterated teething drug that claimed the lives of 84 babies in the year 2008. ...

Scientists have achieved an important advance in the race to develop carbon-neutral renewable energy sources. Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have reported the ...

A theory proposed in the June issue of BioScience states that naturally occurring "keystone" molecules that have powerful behavioral effects on diverse organisms often play large roles in structuring ecosystems. The authors of the ...

Scientists are of the opinion that human activity is causing global climate change. But the public perception tends to be that climate scientists disagree over the fundamental cause of climate change. To help put a stop to ...

The time when the U.S. health system is facing both a worsening shortage of primary care physicians and an increasing demand for primary care services, one broadly recommended strategy has been to increase the number and the responsibilities of nurse practitioners....

A new study suggested that patients having strokes due to blood clots fare better in hospitals participating in the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke program."We found that stroke patients treated in Get With The Guidelines hospitals were less likely ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation- a procedure used during cardiac surgeries have now been used to resuscitate cardiac arrest patients in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. Now, a novel study of this technique in the U.S. has been completed by ...

A study presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013 has found that control of heart disease risk factors varies widely among outpatient practices. Researchers compared ...

Stanford engineers have com out with a heart monitor which is as thin as skin. The flexible skin-like monitor, worn under an adhesive bandage on the wrist, is sensitive enough to help doctors detect stiff arteries and ...

A report issued by the Organization of American States has called for taking a closer look at possibly legalizing marijuana in Latin America. The report examined an issue that until recently was a taboo topic in the region. Politicians, ...

Female college student drinkers exceed National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) guidelines for weekly drinking more frequently than their male counterparts, new research has indicated. In order to avoid harms associated ...

Individuals who have their first drink during puberty have higher levels of subsequent drinking than individuals with a post-pubertal drinking onset, says a new study. Research shows that the earlier the age at which youth take their first ...

US media reported that four US students have developed shoes that extract energy with every step to power portable electronics and, perhaps someday, life-preserving medical devices. ...

Research presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) reveals that a ground-breaking advance in colonoscopy technology signals the future of colorectal care. Additional research focuses on optimizing the minimal withdrawal time for ...