A study led by researchers at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology suggests that the benefits of the Mediterranean diet may be driven, in part, by tiny proteins hidden within our mitochondria, opening a new window ...
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in how people interact or communicate with others, as well as restricted interests and repetitive patterns of behavior. Past studies ...
In a study published in eNeuro, Lena Ting, from Emory University, and colleagues explored how brain and muscle activity during balance recovery change due to aging and Parkinson's. Previously, Ting's research group revealed ...
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Although people in Japan tend to live long lives, this does not necessarily mean they are healthier than other populations. New research from Karolinska Institutet and collaborators shows that Japanese and Swedish older adults ...
Mar 23, 2026
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Chinese researchers have developed a novel and highly efficient mitochondrial capsule transplantation therapy, achieving the safe and efficient transplantation of healthy mitochondria into cells and tissues for the first ...
Mar 23, 2026
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New research shows that small improvements to sleep, diet quality, and physical activity, made in combination, are associated with a significantly reduced risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attacks, ...
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Former soldiers who have served as volunteer fighters in Ukraine experience high levels of mental and physical health difficulties yet are rarely able to access the health care they need, either during or after deployment, ...
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Immunotherapy has been one of the most transformative treatments for cancer patients in recent decades, shifting the emphasis from the broad-spectrum approach of chemotherapy to prompting the immune system's boldest warriors—its ...
Deep cuts from accidents or surgeries require stitches, typically followed by oral anti-inflammatory medications like ibuprofen. While these medications help with pain, they don't act specifically on the wounds. Consequently, ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Researchers led by Guilio Bernardi at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca in Italy have discovered a key relationship between dreaming and the feeling of having had a good night's sleep. Published in PLOS Biology, the ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Severe infections increase the risk of dementia independently of other coexisting illnesses, according to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Pyry Sipilä of the University of Helsinki, Finland, ...
Mar 24, 2026
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A growing body of evidence suggests that long COVID (or post-COVID syndrome), a condition affecting more than 10% of people after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, may be driven by the immune system turning against the body. Now, new ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Too much alcohol of any type is bad for a person's health, but some booze is more harmful than others, a new study says. Beer, cider and liquor all appear to increase people's risk of an early death, even at low levels of ...
Mar 24, 2026
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On the heels of one of the coldest winters in memory for large swaths of the United States, new research highlights an often overlooked cost of cold weather: months with lower temperatures see significantly greater rates ...
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Researchers have determined how a key protein activates brown fat by expanding blood vessels and nerves in the heat-generating tissue. The findings, published in Nature Communications, point to a potential strategy for treating ...
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Prostate cancer affects one in five Australian men, making it the most common cancer in the country. Now, researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have produced the world's most detailed cellular "atlas" of ...
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A new analysis of more than 400,000 UK adults has found that easy-to-collect measures of physical health, particularly how fast someone walks, can significantly improve predictions of mortality risk. This finding was especially ...
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Cognitive-linguistic deficits in kindergarten are associated with an increased risk for early- and late-emerging dyslexia, according to a study published online March 24 in JAMA Network Open.
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Some viruses that make us sick are cleared by the immune system within days, while others lurk in our bodies for a lifetime and reemerge later to cause new problems. How and why viral levels in the body change over time—and ...
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Four years ago, a research group at the University of Oslo made what would turn out to be a major discovery. They found that an extract from passion fruit had the potential to slow the development of Alzheimer's disease. ...
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Consider two seemingly unrelated medical puzzles. First: Every day, our bodies produce hundreds of billions of new cells, many of which are mutated. If cancer arises from cellular mutation, why don't we all have the disease ...
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