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Systematic review finds disease may cause mild hearing loss.

Study of health professionals reveals preventive benefits of blueberries, grapes and apples

VIENNA, Austria | Complex human brain tissue has been successfully developed in a three-dimensional culture system established in an Austrian laboratory. The method described in the current issue of Nature allows pluripotent stem cells to develop into cerebral organoids - or "mini brains" - that consist of several discrete brain regions.

Nurses in Solano County are the highest paid in the United States, according to a new study.

TORONTO | The latest batch of funding from Epilepsy Canada is being directed towards research in finding a cure for Lafora Disease, a progressive myoclonus epilepsy and the most severe of the teenage-onset epilepsies.

Suboptimal use of generic drugs is one of six key areas that contribute to unnecessary healthcare costs, according to a new U.S. report from IMS Health.

A new study has found that nurses are more diligent about hand-washing regimes and infection control measures than doctors.

TORONTO | COACH: Canada's Health Informatics Association has just published the 2013 CPHIMS-CA Canadian Health Informatics Review and Reference Guide.