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Among young women without an eating disorder diagnosis, those who use diet pills and laxatives for weight control had higher odds of receiving a subsequent first eating disorder diagnosis within one to three years than t...

Researchers are investigating whether an anti-itch medication that targets a specific part of our nerve cells can make morphine -- which targets a different part--more effective. The findings suggest it can.

Researchers have used a novel and first-of-its-kind newborn mouse model to study the effect of high oxygen concentrations, or hyperoxia, on lung development of newborn mice that are germ-free -- meaning no microbes colon...

Ensuring equity in the prevention of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is critical to reach NTD elimination goals as well as to inform Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Now, researchers have unmasked inequities in the de...

Although alcohol use is ubiquitous in modern society, only a portion of individuals develop alcohol use disorders or addiction. Yet, scientists have not understood why some individuals are prone to develop drinking probl...

With no national standard to measure drug treatment facilities, new research reveals opportunities to learn from patients to help create metrics.

According to a new study, extra DNA scooped up and copied alongside cancer-causing genes helps keep tumors going -- elements that could represent new drug targets for brain tumors and other cancers notoriously difficult ...

When pathogens invade the cells, our body combats them using various methods. Researchers have now been able to show how a cellular pump keeps such invading pathogens in check. As the researchers report, this pump causes...

Getting to the doctor's office for a check-up can be challenging for someone with a neurological disorder that impairs their movement, such as a stroke. But what if the patient could just take a video clip of their movem...

Before land and labor shortages prompted by the Industrial Revolution forced food production to move away from cities, agriculture was central to urban environments and their planning. Now, certain shifts in consumption ...

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) collaboration, a large group of researchers from CERN and other institutes worldwide, has recently presented a series of precision measurements of the properties of cosmic Helium iso...

A professor suggests there are insects on Mars, but this questionable claim could hurt the search for life, experts say.

Same-sex sexual behavior might have started out on an equal footing with different-sex sex.

The ability to select specific traits, such as height or IQ, brought about by multiple genes is more complicated than most people realize.

Strange metals make interesting bedfellows for a phenomenon known as high-temperature superconductivity, which allows materials to carry electricity with zero loss.

Older women exposed to higher levels of air pollution were more likely to experience greater memory decline and Alzheimer's-like brain atrophy compared with those exposed to cleaner air.

Since 2010, the African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications has provided education to hundreds of students. From a young age, Yves Kini has been passionate about physics. But growing up in Burkina Faso in West...

Inflammatory factors appear to contribute to pregnancy-related depression onset and severity. Researchers found elevated levels of IL-6 and IL-8 and reduced levels of IL-2 in blood samples taken from blood samples of pre...

Music appears to be made from the same simple building blocks of pitches and chords around the world, upending the prevailing view that universals don't exist

Study discussed the benefits of using psychedelics as an antidepressant option for those with depression.

Genetic screening can't yet reveal which embryo will grow into the tallest or smartest child.

The quest to develop the understanding for time crystalline behaviour in quantum systems has taken a new, exciting twist.