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Jan 25, 2013 04:08 AM EST

FDA Approves the First Autonomous Remote Presence Robot

RP-VITA (Remote Presence Virtual Independent Telemedicine Assistant) is the first autonomous remote presence robot to receive a nod from the FDA.

Jan 24, 2013 12:41 PM EST

Potential AIDS Cure Discovered (Video)

Don't get excited just yet, but another possible cure for AIDs has been found.

Jan 24, 2013 12:15 PM EST

Prostate Cancer Risk Trebles; 1 in 7 Diagnosed

The lifetime risk of prostate cancer has officially jumped from 5 percent to just over 14 percent.

Jan 24, 2013 11:37 AM EST

Migraine Triggers May Not Trigger Migraines; Lights and Exercise

A new study examined the likelihood of a migraine being triggered in patients who were exposed to bright, flashing lights and bouts of intense exercise.

Jan 24, 2013 10:43 AM EST

Abusive Partners Can Sabotage Birth Control; OB-GYNs Told to Watch Out

Women may be facing a form of abuse that wasn't on a doctor's radar before--reproductive coercion.

Jan 24, 2013 09:18 AM EST

Smoking Takes 10 Years of Life -- But Quitting Gets Them Back

Quitting smoking by 40 restores life expectancy to near normal, according to a new study.

Jan 24, 2013 08:27 AM EST

Golden Retrievers Reveal More About Cancer

A groundbreaking long study on golden retrievers provides useful information about their health and the health of other dogs, including the occurrence of common cancer.

Strategy Discovered to Activate Genes that Suppress Tumors and Inhibit Cancer

Jan 23, 2013 02:58 PM EST

Nanoparticles Used to Starve Cancer Cells to Death

Researchers announced successful tests with gold-containing nanoparticles that mimic a natural substance needed by lymphoma cancer cells, which ingest the nanoparticles instead of their essential nutrition and are subsequently dying of starvation. The method stopped human cancer tumor growth in mice...

Jan 23, 2013 02:07 PM EST

Bird Flu Research Resumes; Watch Out for the Zombies

A letter signed by 40 virus researchers around the world and published in the journals Science and Nature stated that the moratorium placed on bird flu research was being lifted.