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The odds of patient complications following high-risk surgeries are lower when the surgeon and anesthesiologist have prior ...

In a major advance for patients with Crohn's disease, a new study led by researchers at Mount Sinai Health System found that ...

A new study by a Tulane University researcher casts doubt on a widely used shortcut in rectal cancer drug trials, raising ...

Ever felt like where you live is having an impact on your mental health? Turns out, you're not imagining things.

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Guoping Li, Ph.D., of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the ...

Several local factors—including the minimum temperature reached in autumn, the water level in lakes and ponds in winter, and ...

Researchers at MIT and other institutions have identified compounds that can fight off viral infection by activating a ...

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The mystery of how cancers build up resistance mechanisms and evade the treatments that should have destroyed them is a ...