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Folate (vitamin B9) deficiency linked to higher dementia, death risk

Scientists from Mount Sinai found that low folate levels (vitamin B9) in the blood may be linked to a heightened risk of dementia and...

What you need to know about monkeypox

Monkeypox burst into the headlines this month after cases were diagnosed in Africa, Europe, North America and Australia. In an interview, Anne Rimoin, the Gordon-Levin...

New antibiotic may effectively fight superbugs

Scientists from The Rockefeller University found a new antibiotic synthesized at and derived from computer models of bacterial gene products that appears to neutralize...

Previous COVID-19 infection cannot protect kids from omicron

Scientists from Boston Children's Hospital found evidence that children who previously had COVID-19 (or the inflammatory condition MIS-C) are not protected against the newer...

Long COVID linked to brain and mental illnesses

Scientists from UC San Francisco found biomarkers that may persist for many months in the blood of patients who had long COVID with neuropsychiatric...

Scientists discover new type of prostate cancer

Scientists from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center found a previously unknown subtype of hormone-resistant prostate cancer accounts for about 30% of all cases. The results...

Yale shows root cause of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease

For many years, scientists have assumed that the loss of connections between brain cells caused Alzheimer’s-related symptoms, including memory loss. The emergence of a positron emission...

Booster shot can provide better protection than original COVID-19 vaccines

Scientists from Northwestern University found that COVID-19 booster shots trigger much stronger and longer protection than full vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer...

Whey protein may help control type 2 diabetes, study finds

Scientists from Newcastle University found that drinking a small amount of whey protein before meals has been shown to help people with type 2...

Understanding breast cancer: early detection, improved treatments save lives

More women are beating breast cancer these days, in part because of improved treatments and screening. When abnormal tissue or cancer is found in...