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Some people believe certain health problems are the result of a diet that's too acidic. The solution? Alkalizing foods to manage bodily pH. But that doesn't quite add up.

Setting out to identify all proteins that make up the sarcomere, the basic contractile unit of muscle cells, resulted in an unexpected revelation, providing experimental evidence that helps explain a fundamental mystery ...

An 18-year study of 2,000 children born in England and Wales found that young adults raised in communities marked by more economic deprivation, physical dilapidation, social disconnection, and danger display differences ...

Differences in the rate that genetic mutations accumulate in healthy young adults could help predict remaining lifespan in both sexes and the remaining years of fertility in women, according to scientists. Their study, b...

Researchers have developed LIH383, a novel molecule that binds to and blocks a previously unknown opioid receptor in the brain, thereby modulating the levels of opioid peptides produced in the central nervous system (CNS...

Australian researchers have made significant advances in understanding the inflammatory cell death regulatory protein MLKL and its role in disease.

(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) Setting out to identify all proteins that make up the sarcomere, the basic contractile unit of muscle cells, resulted in an unexpected revelation...

(Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine ) A new study led by Marshall University researcher M. Jeremiah Matson found that environmental conditions affect the stability of the severe acute respiratory synd...

(University of New South Wales) If we want to mitigate and solve the many global environmental issues the world is facing, we can't rely on technology alone, scientists have warned.

(European Society of Cardiology) Voice analysis by a smartphone app identifies lung congestion in heart failure patients, allowing early intervention before their condition deteriorates. The small study is presented toda...

(American College of Physicians) ACP Proposes Policies and Action to Confront Systemic Racism, Discrimination and Injustices in Health and Law Enforcement.

(Kanazawa University) Researchers from Kanazawa University retrospectively analyzed children with refractory or relapsed high-risk neuroblastoma who were treated with high-dose 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine at Kanazawa Un...

(Boston University School of Medicine) As temperatures rise this summer, a new study by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health (UBC...

(Veterans Affairs Research Communications) A new study finds that clinicians can use patient data, such as a history of co-occurring health conditions and medication, to predict the 5- and 10-year life expectancy of olde...

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) 'We believe that those with persistent leak encompassing months or years are more likely to develop CTE,' says Prof. Friedman. 'Many players seem to repair their ...

(American Society for Microbiology) Administering the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine could serve as a preventive measure to dampen septic inflammation associated with COVID-19 infection, say a team of experts in t...

(University of Rochester Medical Center) A new study has found that tanezumab, a monoclonal antibody that inhibits nerve activity, provides relief in patients with chronic low back pain, one of the leading reasons why pe...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) A new study published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report presents data from a survey of Americans assessing their behaviors and attitu...

(Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University) Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have shed light on the reproductive role of 'dark matte...

(George Institute for Global Health) A new study examining the levels of support of various alcohol control policies across seven countries including Australia, has found broad support for the proposition that alcohol pr...

(American Chemical Society) 2-Chlorobenzalmalononitrile, better known as CS gas, is one of the most common tear gases used in the United States today, but did you know it's not actually a gas? We break down how it works,...

(Queen Mary University of London) Higher rates of severe COVID-19 infections in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) populations are not explained by socioeconomic or behavioral factors, cardiovascular disease risk, o...