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Heart talks to fat and alters how fat responds to certain conditions
Like sending a letter through the mail or a text over a cellular network, the heart can generate messages that travel long distances through...
New understandings about how neuropathic pain occurs and how it can be turned off
Facing an urgent need for safer and more effective therapies for those suffering from debilitating pain in the midst of an opioid crisis, Saint...
The physical health of seniors is correlated with both cognitive function and mental health
Ten thousand Baby Boomers turn 65 every day.
By 2029, the entire generation born between 1946 and 1964 will be at least that old....
HIV epidemic stubbornly persists despite the fact that physicians have a proven tool to...
The nation's HIV epidemic remains stubbornly persistent, with almost 40,000 new infections annually in the United States.
That's despite the fact that physicians have...
Prostate cancer : Low level of syntaphilin (SNPH) increase risk of metastasis
For about 90 percent of men with prostate cancer, the cancer remains localized to the primary site, resulting in a five-year survival rate of...
Stress in the form of ACEs may be a factor in poor health in...
Adults with lupus who report having had adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as abuse, neglect and household challenges, report higher disease activity, depression and...
Researchers have developed a new fuel cell that lasts at least 10 times longer...
Advancements in zero-emission fuel cells could make the technology cheap enough to replace traditional gasoline engines in vehicles, according to researchers at the University...
Mitochondrial function might help explain the link between general intelligence, health and aging
For over 100 years, scientists have sought to understand what links a person's general intelligence, health and aging.
In a new study, a University...
The broccoli sprout extract may treat chemical imbalances in the brains of people with...
In a series of recently published studies using animals and people, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have further characterized a set of chemical...
A new brain training game help to eat less sugar
More than half of American adults consume excess added sugars, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Major dietary guidelines recommend...
Study finds a pathogenic relationship between insulin resistance and fibromyalgia
Researchers led by a team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston were able to dramatically reduce the pain of fibromyalgia patients...
A social research evidence general decline in sexual activity
In March, American researchers Jean Twenge, Ryne Sherman and Brooke Wells published an article in the Archives of Sexual Behavior showing that Americans were...
Discovered new gene so diabolical and robust that it resists one of the world’s...
While sifting through the bacterial genome of salmonella, Cornell food scientists discovered mcr-9, a new, stealthy jumping gene so diabolical and robust that it...
A particular class of molecules may help with diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease
A new study published today in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, has found that a particular class of...
First clinical trial of DBS for methamphetamine addiction
More than 100,000 patients worldwide have received DBS, mostly to treat Parkinson’s disease, according to Medtronic, a prominent supplier of DBS devices.
The implantation...
