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Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are medications used to treat digestive problems such as ulcers and reflux disease by reducing the body's production of the acid...

Around one in five children with Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary movements and vocalizations, met criteria for autism in a study headed...

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - Stress during the workday can lead to overeating and unhealthy food choices at dinnertime, but there could...

Scientists have collected and summarized studies looking at how video games can shape our brains and behavior. Research to date suggests that playing video games...

Specialist antenatal clinics for severely obese mums-to-be can help cut rates of pregnancy complications, research has found. Women who received the specialist care were eight...

Credit: (Credit: Hebrew University) Antibiotics for treating particularly resistant diseases, molecules that block immune system overreactions, molecules that inhibit the growth of cancer cells by...

Some insulin is still produced in almost half of the patients that have had type 1 diabetes for more than ten years. The study conducted...

Credit: C. Rahbek, L. A. Hansen, J. Fjeldså, One-degree resolution database of the global distribution of birds (The Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen,...

Credit: Image credit: Kahuroa. No rights reserved. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MetrosiderosAK.jpg Ancestors of the iconic New Zealand Christmas Tree, P?hutukawa, may ..

Credit: University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON, Wis. - People at risk for Alzheimer's disease who do more moderate-intensity physical activity, but not light-intensity physical activity, are...

Associate professor Liuba Belkin of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Maryam Kouchaki, assistant professor at Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois, conclude in a new study,...

Credit: Bjørn Panyella Pedersen, Aarhus University New research results from Aarhus University and New York University show how active transport of potassium can be achieved...

Credit: CMira and MIT Portugal In countries such as Portugal, bio-innovation and entrepreneurship in sectors that rely on existing natural resources -- the Sea, the...

Yoghurt, beer, bread and specialities such as tasty blue cheeses or good wine -- special microorganisms and refining processes first produce the pleasant flavours and...

Warmer temperatures can lead to a flurry of unwelcome guests to our house - flies, mosquitoes, fleas, wasps, bedbugs and lice. Pyrethroids are a common...