The use of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening is credited for reducing the deaths from colorectal cancer cases and is less invasive with fewer side effects than colonoscopy. That’s according to results from the first randomized clinical trials in the United Stats that looked at the effectiveness...

A new University of Minnesota study has confirmed that neighborhoods with a higher density of alcohol establishments experience more violent crime. But the study also compared neighborhoods with on-premise alcohol sales – bars and restaurants – with neighborhoods containing off-site alcohol...

Is it a healthy for young adults to weigh themselves frequently? That’s what researchers with Project Eat at the University of Minnesota wanted to learn, so they studied more than 2,000 adults with an average age of 25. Virginia Quick, one of the researchers in the study, explains the results.