Is the end of the HIV epidemic within sight?
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The United States could be on track within the next decade to see significant steps towards ending the HIV epidemic in this country, suggests new research from...
Woman exercising.
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Despite their best efforts, no scientist has ever come close to stopping humans from aging. Even anti-aging creams can't stop Old Father Time.
But new research from Brigham Young University reveals you may be...
Drinking water (stock image).
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For people who want to control their weight or reduce their intakes of sugar, sodium and saturated fat, tap water may be what the doctor ordered.
A new study that examined the dietary...
How safe are your prescription drugs?
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How often are safety concerns raised about a drug after it's been approved by the FDA? Nicholas Downing, MD, of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and...
This is a live image of the liver of a translucent, larval zebrafish. It was taken using confocal microscopy, which allows for clear images of the internal organs of a whole live animal. Quinlivan fed a fluorescently tagged fatty...
Prof. Dr. Andreas Zimmer (left) and the North Rhine-Westphalia science minister Svenja Schulze (centre) in the lab of the Institute of Molecular Psychiatry at University of Bonn.
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Memory performance decreases with increasing age. Cannabis can...
Salk scientists move one step closer to developing 'exercise-in-a-pill.' Partial view of a mouse calf muscle stained for different types of muscle fibers: oxidative slow-twitch (blue), oxidative fast-twitch (green), glycolytic fast-twitch (red).
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REvery week, there seems to...
WiGait uses wireless signals to continuously measure a person's walking speed.
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We've long known that breathing, blood pressure, body temperature and pulse provide an important window into the complexities of human health. But a growing body...
Predicted probabilities of remission for each treatment at different levels of body mass index (BMI).
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Selecting the antidepressant that will be most effective for a specific patient suffering from depression can be a "try and try...
Ten patients have been cured of the Hepatitis C virus following lifesaving kidney transplants from deceased donors who were infected with the disease. (Stock image)
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Ten patients at Penn Medicine have been cured of the Hepatitis...
Considered a hormone rather than a vitamin, vitamin D is produced when skin is exposed to sunlight. Vitamin D receptors are found in virtually every cell in the human body. As a result, it plays a wide role in...
