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New test identifies active, infectious form of tuberculosis

Researchers in the UC Davis Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine have created a new tuberculosis blood test that can detect the active, infectious form of the disease. The discovery enables faster diagnosis and ...

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Product labeling using colors may help save your health

Color coding on food product labels is becoming more common. How does it influence consumers and their dietary choices? Recent research by scientists from SWPS University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of ...

Asthma in older age linked to other comorbidities

Asthma in older age is associated with other comorbidities, according to a study published in the Journal of Asthma and Allergy. Martyna Miodońska, from the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, and colleagues ...

Study maps hidden immune signals in type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes researchers have made great progress in understanding the disease in the last two decades, even as a cure remains elusive. Now they have something that benefits any scientific effort. It's a map.

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Common antidepressant may ease long COVID fatigue

A randomized clinical trial found that the antidepressant fluvoxamine significantly reduces long COVID-related fatigue, one of the condition's most persistent and debilitating symptoms, while the diabetes drug metformin showed ...

Spleen identified as new target in stroke recovery

Scientists have uncovered an important new link between the brain and immune system after stroke, which could lead to potential new treatments to improve recovery and reduce long-term disability. In new research published ...

Unraveling the neural circuitry that makes mice attack

When defending their territory, male mice typically appear threatening before launching an attack, ensuring that aggression does not unnecessarily escalate. Researchers at the University of Tsukuba found that increased activity ...

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Hospitals are failing to identify malnutrition

Malnutrition not only negatively impacts health, but also causes poor healing and increased infection risks, lengthening hospital stays and further burdening an under-resourced system. One in three hospital patients are not ...

Mirror fragments intercept Alzheimer's-causing protein

Understanding how proteins interact with their own mirror images enabled a Kobe University research team to design a small mirror protein that disables a causal factor of Alzheimer's disease, amyloid-beta.

Cannabis and tobacco use linked to smaller brain volume

Cannabis and tobacco—whether used on their own or together—can affect the brain's structure. A recent study involving systematic review and meta-analysis of more than 103 studies found that both substances are linked to reduced ...

Stress and addiction: New research reveals what connects them

Why do stressful moments so often push people toward habits like drinking? A new study from Texas A&M University offers one of the clearest answers yet, identifying a direct connection inside the brain that links stress to ...

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Turning muscles into motors gives static organs new life

What if a technology could reanimate parts of the body that have lost their connection to the brain—like a bladder that can no longer empty due to a spinal cord injury, or intestines that can't push food forward due to Crohn's ...