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(University of Western Ontario) A new study from researchers at Western University and Queen's University is the first to definitively show that regular exposure to THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, duri...

Sweet like sugar, but without the calories -- a promise that might be too good to be true.

Elizabeth Katkin tried for years to conceive a child. With the help of futuristic fertility tech, she finally succeeded.

(University of Maryland Baltimore County) New research finds that global South countries have pledged the largest areas of land to forest restoration, and are also farthest behind in meeting their targets due to challeng...

(American College of Neuropsychopharmacology) But social supports can reduce the negative effects of childhood stress. Childhood adversity is a significant problem in the US, particularly for children growing up in pover...

(University of Alabama at Birmingham) The lungs and placentas of fetuses in the womb -- as young as 11 weeks after conception -- already show a bacterial microbiome signature, which suggests that bacteria may colonize th...

(McMaster University) McMaster University researchers surveyed the data of patients of Hamilton's two hospital systems over nine years and found 52 with low Vitamin C levels. This included 13 patients who could be diagno...

(University of Manchester) University of Manchester scientists investigating a possible treatment for foetal growth restriction (FGR), a condition in which babies grow poorly in the womb, have urged further caution on th...

(Duke University) Few singers reach their sunset years with the same voice they had in younger days. Songbirds are no different. New research reveals that elderly swamp sparrows don't sound quite like they used to -- nor...

(JAMA Network) Researchers report on a randomized clinical trial that compared two strategies (proton pump inhibitors vs. histamine-2 receptor blockers) to prevent stress ulcers among adult patients in intensive care uni...

(American College of Neuropsychopharmacology) Clinical trials suggest treatment that involves psychedelics can be more effective than psychotherapy alone. More than three million people in the United States are diagnosed...

(Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)) It is an awkward idea, but a couple's ability to have kids may partly depend on who else is present. The reproductive tracts of males and females contain whole communities o...

(Lancaster University) Lancaster University is to host a conference in honour of the 70th birthday of Distinguished Professor Peter Diggle.He was awarded the Guy medal in Silver by the Royal Statistical Society in 1997 b...

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) A new study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center reveals that while critical care outcomes in ICUs steadily improved over a decade at hospitals with few minori...

(JAMA Network) An observational study of nearly 1,700 young healthy Danish men looked at how fish oil supplements were associated with testicular function as measured by semen quality and reproductive hormone levels. Lim...

(Ohio State University) Acid reflux drugs that are sometimes recommended to ease stomach problems during cancer treatment may have an unintended side effect: impairment of breast cancer survivors' memory and concentratio...

(University of California - Riverside) New UC Riverside research shows soybean oil not only leads to obesity and diabetes, but could also affect neurological conditions like autism, Alzheimer's disease, anxiety, and depr...

(Washington University in St. Louis) Hard plant foods may have made up a larger part of early human ancestors' diet than currently presumed, according to a new experimental study of modern tooth enamel from Washington Un...

Phendo is an app that, with the help of citizen scientists, seeks to catalog endometriosis symptoms and increase understanding and visibility of this "invisible" disease.

(Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University) Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have identified how certain areas of the human brain resp...

(JAMA Network) In this randomized clinical trial of about 200 patients with septic shock, combination treatment with intravenous vitamin C, hydrocortisone and thiamine compared with intravenous hydrocortisone alone didn'...