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Pass the MSG: Monosodium glutamate is just sodium and the amino acid glutamate, which is found in nature. Yet even after scientists have debunked MSG's supposed health effects, the stigma persists.

(Ohio State University) The introduction of computer simulation to the identification of symptoms in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has potential to provide an additional objective tool to ...

(University of Guam) In a first-of-its-kind study within cycad horticulture literature, University of Guam researchers have found that the use of anti-transpirants neither help nor hinder successful propagation of cycad ...

(Université de Genève) A study by UNIGE provides a wealth of information about couples who met through dating apps. The results indicate that app-formed couples have stronger cohabitation intentions than couples who me...

(University of California - San Francisco) Women awaiting liver transplants in the United States are known to be about one-third more likely than men to become too ill to undergo surgery or die before receiving a liver. ...

(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Very low birthweight infants often need blood transfusions to survive. A National Institutes of Health-funded study suggests that prov...

(Wolters Kluwer Health) As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, trauma centers faced unprecedented obstacles to providing care for injured patients. A look at steps taken by trauma centers in response to COVID-19 is provided b...

(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) People who move due to unaffordable housing are at increased risk of failing to receive the medical care they need, according to a new study from Cedars-Sinai and the University of Californi...

(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) In an in-depth study of how COVID-19 affects a patient's brain, National Institutes of Health researchers consistently spotted hallmarks of damage caused by t...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The investigational vaccine known as mRNA-1273 was 94.1% efficacious in preventing symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to preliminary res...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Data from the COVE study, which evaluated mRNA-1273, a vaccine candidate against COVID-19 manufactured by Moderna, Inc., demonstrated 94.1 percent efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-1...

COVID vaccines can prevent symptoms, but no one knows if they can stop the virus.