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Working outdoors may lower breast cancer risk in older women

In a new study, researchers found working outdoors over many years is linked to a lower risk of breast cancer in women after the...

This cheap gout drug can benefit people with severe COVID-19

In a new study, researchers found that colchicine, a cheap drug normally used to treat gout, helps to cut the need for oxygen therapy...

People with this health problem three times more likely to die in COVID-19

In a new study, researchers found for the first time the extent to which frailty increases the death risk in COVID-19 patients. They found very...

Scientists find the root cause of alcohol addiction

In a new study, researchers found the physical origin of alcohol addiction is located in a network of the human brain that regulates our...

Many young COVID-19 survivors can get reinfection, study warns

In a new study, researchers found that being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 is not a foolproof shield against reinfection. They tracked nearly...

This anti-diarrhea drug may help kill brain cancer

In a recent study at Goethe University, researchers found that the anti-diarrhea drug loperamide could be used to induce cell death in glioblastoma. Glioblastoma is...

This existing drug could help prevent lung damage in COVID-19

In a recent study at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, researchers found early clinical evidence demonstrating the efficacy of an existing drug in treating COVID-19. They applied...

How could scientists develop COVID-19 vaccines so quickly?

Vaccine development is typically measured in years, not months. But as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, scientists are racing the clock—and breaking records—to develop an...

Flu vaccine lessens COVID-19 symptoms in children, shows study

Other vaccines may also prove beneficial in reducing COVID-19 symptoms and complications. Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have discovered that children...

This sleep supplement may help prevent memory loss, cognitive decline

Melatonin is sold primarily in the United States as a sleep supplement But in a recent study at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, researchers found...