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Researchers say, for the first time, they've mapped the genetic code of a fetus. Dr.

Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a system that may someday restore sight to people who have lost vision because of certain types of degenerative eye diseases.

New England Journal of Medicine study showed screening reduced odds of dying from prostate cancer 30 percent - but overall odds of dying remained the same

(PhysOrg.com) -- The National Academies in the United States, made up of the four organizations: the National Academies of Science and Engineering, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council, has issued an interim report in the National Academies Press, advocating that additional research be put into studying alternative technologies for imploding fuel used in fusion reactions.

Sister Anne Brooks treats those who can't afford to help themselves, even buys their medicine

A new study reveals that young entrepreneurs are driven by rule-breaking, thinking outside the box, and friendship. Today's young entrepreneurs are motivated to start companies because they hate authority and want to break all the rules, according to a recent study of 250 business owners between the ages of 18 and 22 years old.

Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care (Basic Books, 2012), by Eric Topol, a professor of innovative medicine and the director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute. [More]

Image courtesy of iStockphoto/energyy Heart disease is the leading killer in the U.S., and more than 27 million Americans currently have a cardiac condition . But what is your risk of developing heart disease at some point in your entire life? It might be a lot higher than you think, according to a new paper published online Wednesday in The New England of Medicine

New England Journal of Medicine report details three full face transplants performed at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston in 2011

The future of cruising may not include obsessive hand sanitizing and bouts in the bathroom while everyone else is onshore. That's because a research team at the Baylor College of Medicine is hard at work on -- drum roll, please -- a Norovirus vaccine.

Institute of Medicine found no link between breast cancer risk and cell phone radiation, BPA

Decades after polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) once commonly used in pesticides, electrical transformers and coolants were banned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the toxic chemicals continue to linger in our country’s soil and water

Neuroscience is proving what sales pros have long suspected: Customers decide with their emotions, not their brains. Neuroscience is the study of the nervous system. It's a big deal in the academic world—and it could end up being a big deal in the business world, too

Nutrition labels have a lot of information--too much perhaps. What if the fronts of food packages had a simple, easy-to-understand system that let you know if they were healthy or not? The government's Energy Star label is wildly simple to use; consumers may not know exactly why an Energy Star-labeled product received its designation, but they do realize that it's more energy-efficient than its counterparts

Institute of Medicine seeks to bring Energy Star-style rankings to food product labeling