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New light-based test may diagnose and monitor gut disease faster

A new light-based test may offer a faster and less invasive way to detect and monitor inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a chronic condition that...

Bamboo can provide impressive health benefits

Bamboo might be more than just a fast-growing plant used in building and crafts—it could be a powerful food with many health benefits. A new...

How to lower your risk of Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease is a condition that affects the brain and causes memory loss, confusion, and difficulty with everyday tasks. It is one of the most...

A new atlas of the Milky Way’s ghost particles

Right now, as you read this sentence, roughly a trillion neutrinos are passing straight through your body. They slip through flesh and bone and even...

Scientists may have solved the mystery behind the universe’s gravitational waves

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder think they may have cracked a mystery that has puzzled astronomers since the first detection of the...

New drug may reverse liver scarring

Researchers at McMaster University have shared exciting results from early studies on a new drug that could help treat and even reverse liver fibrosis....

How poor oral health may increase dementia risk

Poor oral health may increase the risk of dementia through both biological and social mechanisms, according to researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo. In...

Late-night eating may cause the most common liver disease

Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered that the most common liver disease in the world, known as MASLD (Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver...

5 things you can do in 40s and 50s to increase longevity

Your 40s and 50s are often busy years—your career is moving forward, your family life may be full, and you may finally feel confident...

Meth overdose deaths have exploded everywhere in the U.S.

Once considered mostly a local problem in the western United States, methamphetamine-related overdose deaths have now become a nationwide crisis. A new study shows that...

Why blood pressure cuffs can give wrong readings

Blood pressure is one of the most common measurements in healthcare, yet the standard method used—cuff-based blood pressure readings—may not be as reliable as...

How one simple heart scan could save your life

A simple heart scan that checks for calcium buildup in the arteries might do more than just help doctors predict heart attacks. It could also...

A simple blood test may predict lung cancer treatment outcomes

Researchers at the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute have made an exciting discovery that could change how lung cancer is treated. They found that a...

Too much antibiotics could trigger mood disorders and anxiety

Antibiotics are some of the most commonly used medicines in the world. They are very effective at treating bacterial infections and have saved countless...

How common inflammation drugs could affect your memory function

Steroids are common medicines used to treat inflammation from health problems like asthma, allergies, arthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease. These drugs can be very helpful,...

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Why the Los Angeles fires were so destructive

Twelve months after devastating wildfires tore through parts of Los Angeles, researchers are still uncovering lessons from one of the most destructive urban fire...

Astronomers find an ultra-hot galaxy cluster from the universe’s infancy

Astronomers have discovered something that challenges long-standing ideas about how the universe evolved: a galaxy cluster filled with extremely hot gas that formed far...

Stars and planets are linked together, and dust is the key to understanding how

Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty protoplanetary disks that give...

The universe may be lopsided

The shape of the universe is not something we often think about. But my colleagues and I have published a new study suggests it could...

Walking on two legs began earlier than we thought

Scientists may have just pushed back the timeline for when our ancestors first started walking upright. A new study suggests that Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a species...