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Persistent pimples in adulthood might be linked to hormones, genetics, diet or stress. Although acne treatments aren't one-size-fits-all, dermatologists recommend trying some time-tested methods.

Protein requirements change throughout life. But experts say it's just as important to focus on the source of protein rather than the amount you're eating.

(JAMA Network) The goal of this study was to compare International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes with manual electronic medical records review in captur...

(Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)) Highlighting the parallels between the global health and the climate emergency, a team of researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) has...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) In an analysis of the data collected during that time, a team of investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital found no association between the number of in-person health care visits and ...

(University of Chicago Medical Center) Results from an international clinical trial found that men with advanced prostate cancer who have mutated BRCA1/BRCA2 genes can be treated successfully with a targeted therapy know...

(University of the Witwatersrand) Researchers in South Africa's Border Cave have found evidence that people have been using grass bedding to create comfortable areas for sleeping and working on at least 200 000 years ago...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) A new study from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus challenges a decades-old hypothesis on adaptation, a key feature in how sensory cells of the inner ear ...

(PLOS) COVID-19 patients with cardiovascular comorbidities or risk factors are more likely to develop cardiovascular complications while hospitalized, and more likely to die from COVID-19 infection, according to a new st...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) New research supported by the National Institutes of Health delineates how two relatively common variations in a gene called KIF3A are responsible for an impair...

(Washington State University) Scientists have found clear indicators for how the interaction of poor hygiene and antibiotic use contribute to the colonization of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria in humans, a proble...

(University of California - Davis Health) Children with autism born to mothers who had immune conditions during their pregnancy are more likely to have behavioral and emotional problems, a UC Davis Health study has found...

(Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)) The intensive implementation of currently available tools to fight malaria can achieve a drastic reduction in disease burden, but is not enough to interrupt its transmis...

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Two different types of detectable antibody responses in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) tell very different stories and may indicate ways to enhance public health efforts against ...

(University of Virginia Health System) Doctors can predict patients' stroke risk by using an online tool that measures the severity of their metabolic syndrome, a conglomeration of conditions that includes high blood pre...

(University of Alabama at Birmingham) Why is the COVID-19 virus deadly, while many other coronaviruses just cause colds? A team of researchers propose an answer -- the COVID-19 virus acts as a microRNA "sponge." This act...

(Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History) In a recent study published in Genome Biology, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Lund University and the Swedish Natural H...

(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) Two common variants in the KIF3A gene increase the risk of young children having a dysfunctional skin barrier and developing the skin condition atopic dermatitis, according...

(University of California - Berkeley) Adverse birth outcomes -- including premature births, low birth weight babies and babies who are small for their gestational age -- are more likely to occur in neighborhoods that wer...

(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) The 'secret shopper' study used trained actors attempting to get into treatment with an addiction provider in 10 US states. The results, with more than 10,000 unique patients, revea...

(Boston University School of Medicine) A new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study finds that changes in weight between young adulthood and midlife may have important consequences for a person's risk of...

(Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology) Researchers have adapted infrared technology to automate the tracking of visual tasks in infants in order to more accurately measure memory and cognitive behavior. ...