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Most of us tend to think of sugar as a temptation that threatens our health. The reality is, however, that sugar is an essential component...

Two receptors in the spinal cord and the right experimental drug: Researchers at the University of Zurich have discovered a new approach that suppresses itch....

Credit: NIAID WHAT: In the past 15 years, two outbreaks of severe respiratory disease were caused by coronaviruses transmitted from animals to humans. In 2003,...

Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Prescriptions of opioids for chronic pain has increased dramatically since the 1990s in spite of their known harms. Despite a...

Credit: Max Planck Institute for Ornithology New Haven, Conn. - The International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space, or ICARUS, will be flying closer to...

MossRehab, the renowned physical and cognitive rehabilitation arm of Einstein Healthcare Network, has again been named by U.S. News & World Report magazine as a...

Credit: National Institutes of Health/NIH Image Gallery Antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis is a public health threat. TB and other bacteria become resistant to antibiotics by evolving genetic...

Credit: University of Minnesota Analyzing the incidents between residents in dementia in long-term care homes may hold the key to reducing future fatalities among this...

Credit: Galit Pelled and Assaf Gilad, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- An aquarium fish that senses the Earth's magnetic field as it swims...

Credit: Douglas Levere, University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A class of proteins that has generated significant interest for its potential to treat diseases, has...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Researchers have found a surprising new explanation of how young brains are shaped for sexual behavior later in life. Immune cells usually...

Blood platelets are like the sand bags of the body. Got a cut? Platelets pile in to clog the hole and stop the bleeding. But...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine About 422 million people around the world, including more than 30 million Americans, have diabetes. Approximately ninety percent of them...

Improved compensation, expanded mentorship and training opportunities, and concrete measures to improve workforce diversity are all needed to address attrition from the ranks of physician...

Credit: PHOTO CREDIT: Rob Cahill, UTHealth Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have identified the brain networks that allow...