Health Fitness

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have demonstrated that the current accommodations for examinees with blindness for examinations such as those...

Changes in the gut microbiome before rheumatoid arthritis is developed could provide a window of opportunity for preventative treatments, new...

Even treated with the most advanced therapies, patients with glioblastoma -- an aggressive brain cancer -- typically survive less than...

Why is human culture -- the shared body of knowledge passed down across generations -- so much more powerful than...

New research suggests that adding a small amount of physical activity -- such as uphill walking or stair-climbing -- into...

A new LMU study shows how students can better understand and interpret conditional probabilities. How trustworthy is a positive HIV...

When performing knee replacement surgery, also called total knee arthroplasty, doctors traditionally try to align the hip, knee, and ankle...

Along with defending against pathogens, the body's innate immune system helps to protect the stability of our genomes in unexpected...

Mosquito larvae grow faster if they're exposed to particular bacteria, according to a new study that could help global health...

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are warning that artificial intelligence tools gaining popularity in the fields of genetics and medicine can...

Windblown dust from the shrinking Salton Sea harms the respiratory health of children living nearby, triggering asthma, coughing, wheezing and...

A new USC study involving 8,500 children from across the country reveals that a form of air pollution, largely the...

A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has discovered that a group of cells located in the...

Is the floating freshwater fern commonly called Carolina azolla the potential answer to global food insecurity or a possible threat...

A low-sugar diet in utero and in the first two years of life can meaningfully reduce the risk of chronic...

A University of Minnesota Medical School research team has found that giving iron supplements to children living with human immunodeficiency...

Macrophage cells are the immune system's frontline soldiers, early on the scene to protect the body from foreign invaders. These...

While many people believe that poor sleep during pregnancy is inevitable, new research has determined that cognitive behavioral therapy for...

After a heart attack, aging adults face double or triple the risk of life-threatening complications -- like a debilitating stroke...

In a recent study, an international research team with significant involvement from MedUni Vienna has investigated how nanoplastic particles deposited...

Researchers from the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, in collaboration with The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, reveal...

Discoveries that impact lifespan and healthspan in fruit flies are usually tested in mice before being considered potentially relevant in...

A genetic signature in newborns can predict neonatal sepsis before symptoms even start to show, according to a new study....

Since their introduction last year, researchers have been monitoring the real-world impact of the new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines....

You have likely not spent much time thinking about the uterus of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. But then, neither...

At one point or another, you may have gone online looking for a specific bit of information and found yourself...

Ever had an itchy nose or, worse, an unreachable spot on your back that drives you mad? Now imagine an...

It feels like narcissism is everywhere these days: politics, movies and TV, sports, social media. You might even see signs...

Asthma is currently an incurable disease that severely impairs quality of life, with recurring symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, and...

Based on joint research with Professor Jaehyuk Lim at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Professor Youngu Lee...

For the first time, scientists have found individuals in Nigeria are experiencing neurological manifestations of long COVID -- called neuro-long...

Approximately 71 to 95 million people in the Lower 48 states -- more than 20% of the country's population --...

How long a person can stand -- on one leg -- is a more telltale measure of aging than changes...

Long-term exposure to arsenic in water may increase cardiovascular disease and especially heart disease risk even at exposure levels below...

Cutting off cancer cells' access to fat may help a specific type of cancer treatment work more effectively, reports a...

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has an enzyme that can counteract a cell's innate defense mechanism against viruses, explaining why it...

Eight cities in the United States have implemented taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, which contribute to health issues including obesity and...

Healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as good nutrition, smoking cessation and being physically active, along with routine health screenings and managing...

A new UC Davis MIND Institute study offers critical insights into Rett syndrome, a rare genetic condition that affects mostly...

Finding sound strategies to meet the growing demand for primary care, especially in underserved areas, is an ongoing public health...

A species of tropical butterfly with unusually expanded brain structures display a fascinating mosaic pattern of neural expansion linked to...

Researchers from Tampere University, Finland, and Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey, have developed an in vitro cancer model to investigate...

A new University of Maryland-led discovery could spur the development of new and improved treatments for Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS),...

McMaster University researchers have discovered a previously unknown cell-protecting function of a protein, which could open new avenues for treating...

Increased risk for autism appears to be linked to the Y chromosome, a Geisinger study found, offering a new explanation...

If you've ever struggled to reduce your carb intake, ancient DNA might be to blame. It has long been known...

How do we distinguish threat from safety? It's a question important not just in our daily lives, but for human...

A new study from the University of Toronto's Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering suggests that large-scale adoption of electric...

The influence of climate change on migration, both current and future, has garnered significant attention from the public and policymakers...

Hormone-driven cancers, like those of the breast and prostate, often rely on a tricky-to-target protein called Forkhead box protein 1...

For the first time, researchers have linked specific frequent defects in sperm to risk of pregnancy complications and negative impacts...

Researchers at the University of Dundee have revealed in the greatest detail yet the workings of molecules called 'protein degraders'...

Scientists at Université de Montréal and its affiliated Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) have uncovered unique roles for a protein...

In 1898, two male lions terrorized an encampment of bridge builders on the Tsavo River in Kenya. The lions, which...

A person's facial expression provides crucial information for us to recognize their emotions. But there's much more to this process...

In pioneering drug development, the new technology that enables the easy and rapid editing of key atoms responsible for drug...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of hospitalization in young children due to respiratory complications such as bronchiolitis...

Skin pigmentation may act as a "sponge" for some medications, potentially influencing the speed with which active drugs reach their...

A University of Texas at Dallas chemist and his colleagues have developed a new chemical reaction that will allow researchers...

A new study has found some cancers to be slightly more frequent in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) than in...

Male fruit flies have several tricks for finding a mate, from sensing pheromones in the dark to relying on visual...

Step aside tropical rainforests and coral reefs -- the latest hotspot to offer awe-inspiring biodiversity lies no further than your...

As tools powered by artificial intelligence increasingly make their way into health care, the latest research from UC Santa Cruz...

The expectations humans have of a pleasurable sensation asymmetrically shape neuronal responses and subjective experiences to hot sauce, according to...

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the University of California, Santa Cruz, have discovered the secret to regulating our internal...

Environmental phenols are found in a wide range of common consumer products. They include preservatives in packaged foods, parabens in...

In the first study to report real-world outcomes from ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel), a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T therapy for multiple...

In new research, a team led by University of Cincinnati researchers has identified a potential new way to make radiation...

A research team from the University of California, Irvine is the first to reveal that a molecule in the brain...

Researchers at Virginia Tech are using wrist-worn voice recorders to capture real-world data to better understand what happens when people...

A new study by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine -- Phoenix and the University of California...

Organ transplantation is an incredible medical accomplishment that unfortunately still presents significant unsolved challenges, including rejection by the body's immune...

Taking a dose of the oral antibiotic doxycycline after a high-risk sexual encounter has dramatically reduced the incidence of sexually...

University of Rochester researchers have demonstrated a noninvasive method using BL-OG, or bioluminescent optogenetics, that harnesses light to activate neurons...

Polar sea ice is ever-changing. It shrinks, expands, moves, breaks apart, reforms in response to changing seasons, and rapid climate...

Individuals struggling with obesity face a number of social and health difficulties, but those problems are less severe if they...

Outdoor air pollution from power plants, fires and cars continues to degrade human, animal and environmental health around the globe....

A new study documents how Southern Californians are chronically being exposed to toxic airborne chemicals called plasticizers, including one that's...

A new study by the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich shows for the...

More than 200 viruses can infect and cause disease in humans; most of us will be infected by several over...

Read the following sentence: "Donald Trump and Kamala Harris walked into the bar, she sat down at a table." We...

Transport proteins are responsible for the ongoing movement of substrates into and out of a biological cell. However, it is...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the balance of bacteria in the gut can influence symptoms of...

In 2022, nearly 619,000 global deaths due to malaria were caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent, prevalent, and deadly...

The risk of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic compared...

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their colleagues have identified a gene responsible for some inherited retinal...

The theory of indirect reciprocity holds that people who earn a good reputation by helping others are more likely to...

Results from a preclinical study in mice, led by EPFL, and a collaborative clinical study in patients show that the...

Adults with hemophilia B saw their number of bleeding episodes drop by an average of 71 percent after a single...

New research suggests that pigs may function as a transmission vehicle for a strain of the hepatitis E virus (HEV)...

A classic psychedelic, similar to LSD, psilocybin and mescalin, was found to activate a cell type in the brain that...

Many human medications can directly inhibit the growth and alter the function of the bacteria that constitute our gut microbiome....

A study of mostly climate science believers shows just how easily information -- and misinformation -- can blur people's sense...

Researchers have created a computer program that can unravel the mysteries of how proteins work together -- giving scientists valuable...

First used in the 1940s to monitor for polio, wastewater surveillance proved such a powerful disease monitoring tool that the...

Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed the largest collection of sarcoma patient-derived organoids to date...

Researchers at Saint Louis University School of Medicine investigated differences in T-cell responses between male and female patients with lung...

One major reason why it has been difficult to develop an effective HIV vaccine is that the virus mutates very...

As anyone who's spent time in the saddle knows, riding a horse can be hard on your body. But can...

Fever temperatures rev up immune cell metabolism, proliferation and activity, but they also -- in a particular subset of T...

Oregon Health & Science University researchers have found that despite legislation in 19 states requiring insurers to cover a 12-month...

Drug overdose mortality has risen faster among adolescents than the general population in recent years, largely due to fentanyl, a...

A drug approved for treating the blood cancer multiple myeloma may offer a safe and effective way to reduce the...

Scientists have pinpointed thousands of genetic changes in a gene that may increase a person's risk of developing breast and...

Drug overdose is the leading cause of injury deaths in young adults in the United States, with fentanyl causing over...

One in eight newborn babies has a gene variant that almost completely protects against jaundice. The research, conducted at the...

A new study suggests that neighborhoods with fewer educational, health, environmental, and socioeconomic resources may increase one's risk for preterm...

West African genetic ancestry was associated with increased prostate cancer among men living in disadvantaged neighborhoods but not among men...

Now, a team of UBC Okanagan researchers believe they have found a way to harness the strengths of both technologies...

Babies born to pregnant women with obesity are more likely to develop heart problems and diabetes as adults due to...

A drug that delivers chemotherapy directly to tumors has shown impressive activity against some of the hardest-to-reach cancer cells: those...

A Cleveland Clinic study identified key factors that can impact the long-term weight loss of patients with obesity who were...

Interim data from the Phase I dose escalation part of the mRNA cancer immunotherapy (mRNA-4359), show promise in patients with...

A groundbreaking study has made it possible to extract much more information from fingerprints as evidence than what is currently...

Adolescents who had emotional support from friends and relatives, and who were biologically prepared to respond well to others, were...

National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers and collaborators have found that being a carrier for sickle cell disease, known as...

New findings from McGill University researchers could help clinicians understand the course of delusions in youth and young adults that...

Many clinical trials of new cancer drugs may be inappropriately excluding some people with "Duffy-null phenotype," a trait found predominantly...

In a study from Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) and NYU Langone Perlmutter Cancer Center,...

Women who are being treated for asthma are more likely to miscarry and need fertility treatment to get pregnant, according...

Maryam Shanechi, the Sawchuk Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and founding director of the USC Center for Neurotechnology, and...

A research team from Hiroshima University has developed an analysis pipeline to identify unexploited genes for a given disease against...

As Utah's Great Salt Lake shrinks, exposing more of its playa, concerns grow about the dust the dry lakebed emits....

Cognitive behavioral therapy, one of the most common treatments for depression, can teach skills for coping with everyday troubles, reinforce...

Older women struggling with urinary incontinence can benefit from regular, low-impact exercise, with yoga as well as stretching and strengthening...

Older adults who are more vulnerable to financial scams may have brain changes linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer's...

Using hypertonic saline nasal drops can reduce the length of the common cold in children by two days, according to...

Bats are considered a natural pesticide, widely relied on by farmers as an alternative to chemical pesticides to protect their...

Forget about retinol night creams, researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) believe travel could be the best way to defy...

Neurosurgery is perhaps one of the most demanding professions in healthcare. Surgeons spend long hours performing operations where expert performance...

Why do some people feel itchy after a mosquito bite or exposure to an allergen like dust or pollen, while...

Severe injuries to the spinal cord damage nerve cells, disrupt communication with the brain and rest of the body, and...

More hospitals and clinics now offer patients ketamine therapy for severe depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions...

The invention of a tool capable of unlocking previously impossible organic chemical reactions has opened new pathways in the pharmaceutical...

A national survey in the UK conducted as part of University of Exeter research has found huge variation in treatment...

Cities in the Global South are more exposed to extreme heat because they lack cooling green spaces, new research shows....

Wearable, long-term continuous heart monitors helped identify 52% more cases of atrial fibrillation compared to usual care, but that did...

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children's Hospital have found a new method to increase...

Tuberculosis is a confounding scourge. It's the leading cause of death from infectious disease in the world, and yet it's...

A recent study finds that hope appears to be more beneficial than mindfulness at helping people manage stress and stay...

The cardiovascular safety of interrupting beta-blocker could not be shown in comparison to continuation in patients with a history of...

Facial recognition is a critical part of self-image and social interactions. In an era of advanced digital technology, we face...

Researchers used real-world clinical data to attempt to emulate a randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of two blood thinners,...

The soundtrack of this story begins with a vaguely recognizable and pleasant groove. But if I stop writing and just...

Gender nonconformity in 7-year-olds -- as measured by levels of gender-conforming play -- may be associated with autistic traits and...

In a study that reshapes what we know about COVID-19 and its most perplexing symptoms, scientists have discovered that the...

One particular protein lies at the heart of brain development. A master regulator of gene expression, it's abundantly present in...

Crime films, action films, comedies, or documentaries? A person's favourite film genre reveals a lot about how their brain works....

A new study finds more than half of adults surveyed worldwide expect to be seriously harmed by their water within...

New research from Oregon Health & Science University reveals negative health consequences for people who are overweight and ignore their...

The lotus leaf is a pioneer of self-cleaning, water-repellant engineering. Water droplets all but hover on its surface, whose unique...

A study out of Michigan State University found that nondeceptive placebos, or placebos given with people fully knowing they are...

Nearly half of counties in the United States have at least one 'pharmacy desert' where there is no retail pharmacy...

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a metabolic switch in the immune system's T cells that is essential to...

The sounds babies make in their first year of life may be less random than previously believed, according to a...

Inflammation of the abdominal cavity in human fetuses resulting from a perforation of their intestine is likely to be caused...

Formerly known as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is an inflammatory disease characterized by liver scarring or fibrosis that...

University of Queensland researchers have discovered a mechanism in DNA that regulates how disease-causing mutations are inherited. Dr Anne Hahn...

In a struggle that probably sounds familiar to dieters everywhere, the less a Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) worm eats, the...

A team of researchers led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered that an antioxidant found in rosemary extract...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown for the first time how and why the depletion of microbes...

Whether dialysis is the best option for kidney failure and, if so, when to start, may deserve more careful consideration,...

We know that quality sleep is as essential to survival as food and water. Yet, despite spending a third of...

A technique that uses videos and machine learning to quantify motor symptoms in early-stage Parkinson's disease could help reveal signs...

Inherited diseases of metabolism and immunity have more in common than previously recognized, according to a new study published in...

Hamza Memon and Nicholas Panzo, students at Texas A&M University School of Engineering Medicine (ENMED), are leading an innovative project...

Moffitt Cancer Center researchers have developed a novel reagent that enhances the precision of drug synthesis. This innovative method, published...

A tiny battery designed by MIT engineers could enable the deployment of cell-sized, autonomous robots for drug delivery within in...

With new medications on the market or in the works for Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia, a new...

A mathematical framework that builds on the economic theory of hidden-action models provides insight into how the unobservable nature of...

In humans, the process of learning is driven by different groups of cells in the brain firing together. For instance,...

New research from UC Santa Cruz is finally giving you the go-ahead to sing in the shower as loud as...

New research co-led by experts at Mass General Brigham found that brain scans can detect consciousness in some patients with...

Despite being home to some of the world's most dangerous animals, Australia has led the English-speaking world in life expectancy...

In a new study, researchers synthesised data from 206,873 people across 47 studies, finding that digital health tools -- like...

New research from a Florida State University professor and colleagues explains the mathematics behind how initial predispositions and additional information...

Cell-cell adhesion-induced patterning in keratinocytes can be explained by just starvation and strong adhesion, Hokkaido University researchers find. Fingerprints are...

It has been two years since the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency over an outbreak of mpox,...

Gene therapy could potentially cure genetic diseases but it remains a challenge to package and deliver new genes to specific...

A new UC Riverside study demonstrates that calorie restriction doesn't deter mice from exercising, challenging the belief that dieting drains...

Early-stage trials in Alzheimer's disease patients and studies in mouse models of the disease have suggested positive impacts on pathology...

While seeking to unravel how marine algae create their chemically complex toxins, scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of...

A discovery by a three-member Albert Einstein College of Medicine research team may boost the effectiveness of stem-cell transplants, commonly...

Many organisms react to the smell of deadly pathogens by reflexively avoiding them. But a recent study from the University...

Researchers have developed an inexpensive bandage that uses an electric field to promote healing in chronic wounds. In animal testing,...

Growing functional human organs outside the body is a long-sought "holy grail" of organ transplantation medicine that remains elusive. New...

Everyone gets sleepy at work from time to time, especially after a big lunch. But for people whose jobs involve...

By recruiting the immune system to combat tumor cells, immunotherapy has improved survival rates, offering hope to millions of cancer...

To effectively treat a disease or disorder, doctors must first know the root cause. Such is the case for developmental...

Researchers at the University of California, Davis have developed a rapid, noninvasive tool to track the neurons and biomolecules activated...

A study of horses -- which share many important similarities with humans in their chromosomes and pregnancies -- revealed that...

Injuries, infection and inflammatory diseases that damage the spinal cord can lead to intractable pain and disability. Some degree of...

Known for their role in allergic reactions, mast cells have long been recognised as key players in our immune system....

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a novel compound that effectively clears bacterial infections...

Researchers at the University of Liège (Belgium) have discovered a new population of macrophages, important innate immune cells that populate...

In a new review paper, researchers from the Universities of Arizona, Oxford and Leeds analyzed dozens of previous studies into...

Patrick Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP, the Yeargan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics at the UNC School of Medicine, and researchers...

A drug that was developed to treat pancreatic cancer has now been shown to increase symptom-free survival in preclinical medulloblastoma...

Snacks provide, on average, about one-fourth of most people's daily calories. With nearly one in three adults in the United...

A new large study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) suggests incidence rates continued to rise in...