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A new Consensus Document from the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) provides practical, evidence-based recommendations on the use of drug testing for identification, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of pa...

A clearer picture of how the classic diabetes medication metformin works has emerged. A recent study indicates that the clinical effect -- control of blood glucose -- is achieved through modulation of the gut microbiota.

Himalayan salt lamps are said to clean the air, neutralize electromagnetic radiation and treat allergies, but are any of these claims true?

New results from the gravitational-wave observatory hint that black holes move in mysterious ways --

The bacterium that causes tuberculosis -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) -- may disrupt human immune system regulation processes to promote destruction of lung tissue, according to new research.

Changes to the genes that shortened the Galapagos cormorant's wings are the same genes that go awry in a group of human bone disorders characterized by stunted arms and legs, suggests new research. The findings shed ligh...

A technique to treat an irregular heartbeat that limits or eliminates patients' exposure to radiation should be more widely adopted by physicians, cardiologists argue in a new review article. They posit that the primary ...

Certain types of vaginal bacteria rapidly degrade a medication used to prevent HIV, a study of South African women reveals.

A common class of chemicals found everywhere from car exhausts, smoke, building materials and furniture to cosmetics and shampoos could increase cancer risk because of their ability to break down the repair mechanisms th...

Changes in immune activity appear to signal a growing brain tumor five years before symptoms arise, new research has found.

It has long been assumed that chronic nerve pain is caused by hypersensitivity in the neurons that transmit pain. Researchers now show that another kind of neuron that normally allows us to feel pleasant touch sensation ...

Scientists have uncovered why Zika virus may specifically target neural stem cells in the developing brain, potentially leading to microcephaly.

A new study completely maps all mutations that help the HIV virus evolve away from a single broadly neutralizing antibody, known as PGT151.

Expanding ECHO Autism will help families and children with autism around the world, especially those living in remote areas, suggests a new report.

Multiple genomic elements work cooperatively and over long distances in order to ensure the proper functioning of chromosomes, a team of scientists has found.

Biologists have corrected a flaw in the way bacterial susceptibility to antibiotic drugs is tested.

A bacterial strain associated with a common vaginal infection can break down tenofovir, a powerful preventative HIV drug used in protective gels and PrEP

Curiosity's inspection of a Martian lakebed reveals multiple environments where microbes could have thrived more than 3 billion years ago

Glacier retreat at the end of the last ice age 12,000 years ago released huge bubbles of trapped methane, a potent global warming gas

A ripe apple falling from a tree has inspired Sir Isaac Newton to formulate a theory that describes the motion of objects subject to a force. Newton's equations of motion tell us that a moving body keeps on moving on a s...

A new experiment appearing in Science shows that features that are even 100 times smaller than the wavelength can still be sensed by light.

Sour-sensing taste cells also help us detect, or taste, water, new research shows.