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This drug could ease chronic pain and itching in people

In a new study from Durham and Newcastle Universities, researchers found a protein in tick saliva could be turned into a drug that eases...

It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a colonoscopy

Among the TV superheroes of the stay-at-home, virtual-care era is a smiling, anthropomorphic box. The animated character sells a brand of do-it-yourself colon cancer tests. While...

Scientists turn to Neandertals, an extinct human relative, for the answer of lower back...

Examining the spines of Neandertals, an extinct human relative, may explain back-related ailments experienced by humans today, a team of anthropologists has concluded in...

Looking back on two years of the COVID-19 pandemic

It has been two years since the World Health Organization first used the word "pandemic" to describe the global spread of COVID-19. Today, the Hub...

Two doctors explain the mystery of long COVID

Thousands of COVID-19 survivors continue to grapple with symptoms many months after they were first infected. Brain fog, fatigue, even sexual dysfunction are among the...

How fasting may help reverse high blood pressure naturally

In a recent paper, researchers from Pantox Laboratories suggested that fasting may help reverse high blood pressure naturally by breaking metabolic vicious cycles. Although a...

Waste management in the brain plays key role in dementia development

In a new study from Yale and elsewhere, researchers found that a contributing factor in dementia may come down to a double dose of...

How to protect your sleep from insomnia over COVID-19 anxiety

At this point in the pandemic, it may not come as a surprise that the impacts of COVID-19 have included increases in mental health...

Warning signs, causes, treatments of peripheral artery disease

Many people know that hardening of the arteries or plaque buildup, called atherosclerosis, can narrow blood vessels, reduce blood flow and cause a heart...

This diet can lower cholesterol and blood sugar

A healthy Nordic diet can prevent a range of diseases. Until now, the health benefits that researchers had attributed to a Nordic diet primarily...