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A novel technique that transplants a patient's own fat into the sole of their foot could offer relief to those suffering from a common and painful condition called plantar fasciitis.

As covid restrictions are relaxed in the UK, we look at how these new policies could play out

Tracking new hotspots of SARS-CoV-2 will become more important as the virus evolves and becomes endemic. New variants may be more contagious than previous ones -- and escape vaccines. Serum biomarkers, identified in rhes...

Some of the most socioeconomically disadvantaged patients -- those with Medicaid or Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibility insurance -- were far less likely than those with other insurance plans to return to using outpatient...

Analysis of top-ranked primary care journal before and during pandemic found pandemic disproportionately affected women. Publications are 'hallmarks of tenure decisions' and boost promotions and raises. Burnout, childcar...

Researchers have identified two blood proteins that influence health and longevity. Developing drugs to target these proteins could help slow the aging process.

Middle-aged men who worry more or display traits associated with neuroticism are at greater biological risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes as they age.

Cannabinol, an active ingredient in cannabis, can help protect brain cells from oxidative damage and preserve mitochondrial function.

Recent discoveries by stem cell scientists may help make cancer treatment more efficient and shorten the time it takes for people to recover from radiation and chemotherapy.

A group of genes that play an essential role in building components of our cells can also impact human lifespan, finds a new study.

A large study conducted in England found that, compared to the general population, people who had been hospitalized for COVID-19 -- and survived for at least one week after discharge -- were more than twice as likely to ...

The origin of water on our planet is a hot question: Water has immense implications for plate tectonics, climate, the origin of life on Earth, and potential habitability of other Earth-like planets. In a recent study in ...

The particle was found by smashing billions of lead atoms into each other at extreme speeds.

Eating dinner close to bedtime, when melatonin levels are high, disturbs blood sugar control, especially in individuals with a genetic variant in the melatonin receptor MTNR1B, which has been linked to an elevated risk o...

Researchers developed and validated an artificial-intelligence-based method to evaluate patients with Stargardt, an eye disease that can lead to childhood vision loss. The method quantifies disease-related loss of light-...

An AI designed to detect bed sores in digital images has been used to identify wounded animals in camera trap footage, and can also detect poachers

Cannabidiol (CBD), an active ingredient in cannabis, might help block infection with the virus that causes COVID-19.

Divers with UNESCO have discovered and mapped out a massive and unusually pristine reef of rose-shaped corals in Tahiti.

Hidden within a fire-scorched structure near the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt, archaeologists discovered the entrance to a 2,000-year-old family tomb.

Lead haunts old homes in chipping paint and pipes, but it also lurks outside, in soil. It's the stuff of mud pies and garden plots, crumbling from boot treads to join household dust in forgotten corners. It's easily over...

A protein known as Lefty pumps the brakes as human embryos begin to differentiate into the bones, soft tissues and organs that make us.

Modelling the heart in 3D using combined imaging techniques can help predict heart rhythm abnormalities, or arrhythmias, in patients with the genetic heart disease hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.