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New Dental Gel Could Help Teeth Repair Themselves Without Fluoride

A newly developed dental gel may one day allow dentists to rebuild damaged tooth enamel, offering a completely different approach to treating tooth wear...

Why Your Heart May Suddenly Race or Skip a Beat—and What Doctors Can Do

Most people expect their heartbeat to be steady and regular. When the rhythm suddenly speeds up or feels as though it skips beats, it can...

Doctors Urge Younger Adults Not to Ignore These Colorectal Cancer Warning Signs

Doctors are warning that colorectal cancer is no longer a disease that mainly affects older adults. As more younger people are diagnosed, recognizing subtle symptoms...

Yo-Yo Dieting May Not Be as Harmful as Many People Believe

Many people who lose weight eventually regain some or all of it. This pattern is often called yo-yo dieting or weight cycling. For years, many...

One Psilocybin Dose May Reshape the Brain for a Month

Researchers have discovered that one carefully controlled dose of psilocybin may do more than create a temporary psychedelic experience. The study suggests it may trigger...

Why Your Morning Meal Could Be One of the Best Defenses Against Cancer

Breakfast is often called the most important meal of the day, but many people either skip it or choose foods that are high in...

New Review Challenges the Myth That Weight Regain Ruins Your Metabolism

People trying to lose weight often hear warnings about yo-yo dieting. The common belief is that repeatedly losing and regaining weight permanently harms the body,...

New Promising Drug May Stop Prostate Cancer Spread

Scientists have created a new experimental antibody that may stop one of the deadliest features of prostate cancer—the ability to spread to other organs. Prostate...

Popular Fiber Supplement May Not Be Suitable for Fatty Liver Disease

Fatty liver disease affects millions of people and is becoming more common as rates of obesity and diabetes continue to rise. Many people have no...

One-Hour Clock Change May Affect Your Eye Disease Risk

Most people think of daylight saving time as a minor inconvenience that causes temporary tiredness. However, new research suggests that moving the clocks forward or...

The Biggest Myths About High Blood Pressure That Could Harm Your Health

High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is one of the most common health conditions around the world. Millions of people have it, but many do...

These Everyday Foods Could Be Putting Your Kidneys Under Pressure

Your kidneys work around the clock to keep your body healthy. These two bean-shaped organs remove waste from the blood, balance body fluids, help control...

Vitamin D May Slow Biological Aging by Protecting Cells

Scientists have been searching for simple ways to help people stay healthier as they grow older. A major study from the United States now suggests...

Weight-Loss Surgery May Protect the Heart Even When Diabetes Remains

Metabolic surgery, also known as bariatric or weight-loss surgery, has become an important treatment for people living with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Although the...

These Amazing Sea Divers May Hold the Secret to Better Blood Pressure

The human body can adapt to remarkable environments, but few examples are as impressive as the Haenyeo of South Korea. These women have spent generations...

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New tiny memory switches could transform 5G, 6G and self-driving cars

As mobile technology continues to evolve, smartphones, wireless networks and connected devices are handling more signals than ever before. Future 6G networks are expected to...

Fossilized wood preserved 300 million years of Earth’s history

Most people think of fossilized wood as an attractive stone displayed in museums or sold as a decorative souvenir. However, scientists have now discovered that...

We may have been searching the wrong radio channel for alien signals

For more than 60 years, scientists have searched the skies for signs of intelligent life beyond Earth. Much of that search has focused on listening...

Why lithium ions suddenly move 10,000 times faster in next-generation battery materials

Scientists have uncovered an important secret about how lithium ions travel through a promising new type of battery material, a discovery that could help...

Did the dinosaur-killing asteroid really shape tuna evolution?

For years, many scientists believed that the asteroid impact that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs 66 million years ago also helped shape the evolution...