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Researchers explain the patchy nature of joint inflammation in human arthritis
Chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondylo-arthritis (SpA) are chronic, disabling diseases with a poor outcome for loco-motoric function if...
College students prefer food deprivation over smartphone deprivation
University at Buffalo researchers have found that college students prefer food deprivation over smartphone deprivation, according to results from a paper in Addictive Behaviors.
Sara...
Report : Truths about a gluten free diet
Just as fat was vilified in the 1990s and carbs have been scorned more recently, gluten—a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye—has become...
Researchers demonstrate that a low-gluten, high-fiber diet may be healthier than gluten-free
When healthy people eat a low-gluten and fibre-rich diet compared with a high-gluten diet, they experience less intestinal discomfort including less bloating.
Researchers at University...
Biotechnology – fertility clinics – someday they’ll be able to offer lead to the...
Recent announcements by two biotechnology companies have stoked fears that designer babies could soon be an option for those who can afford to pick...
FDA approved drugs can help fight back triple-negative breast cancer
Screening Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved compounds for their ability to stop cancer growth in the lab led to the finding that the drug...
Babies whose parents sucked on their pacifier to clean it had a lower level...
Many parents probably think nothing of sucking on their baby's pacifier to clean it after it falls to the ground. Turns out, doing so...
Which is better, a low-fat/high-carbohydrate diet or a high-fat/low-carbohydrate diet – or is it...
Which is better, a low-fat/high-carbohydrate diet or a high-fat/low-carbohydrate diet - or is it the type of fat that matters?
In a new paper featured...
Standard chemotherapy used to treat a specific type of throat cancer remains the most...
A new study funded by Cancer Research UK and led by the University of Birmingham has found that the standard chemotherapy used to treat...
Researchers have made a discovery about how disease pathogenesis in the liver is regulated...
University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have made a discovery which could lead to a new way of thinking about how disease pathogenesis in...
Mechanisms that govern HIV transcription and latency differ in the gut and blood
Mechanisms that govern HIV transcription and latency differ in the gut and blood, according to a study published November 15 in the open-access journal...
According to researchers, social media use in young women can have a negative impact...
Young women who actively engage with social media images of friends who they think are more attractive than themselves report feeling worse about their...
People who experience migraines with visual auras are at increased risk of atrial fibrillation
People who experience migraine with visual aura may have an increased risk of an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, according to a study published...
Researchers have identified a new role for the cerebellum
It is known that certain areas of the brain are responsible for certain functions of the body.
The cerebellum, a structure found in the...
Identify Twitter users’ location during emergencies using a deep learning approach
Researchers at the National Institute of Technology Patna, in India, have recently devised a tool to identify the geographical location of emergencies and disasters,...
