Fujita Health University scientists found that the type of food consumed affects eating speed more than the sequence in which food is eaten. Meals served in individual portions and eaten with utensils prompted longer meal ...
University of Alabama at Birmingham-led researchers have refined and validated a new framework for diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), identifying individuals at risk for severe respiratory outcomes who ...
Mold thrives where moisture lingers. Spores can flourish after floods, heavy rains, or the unseen drip of a leaky pipe, turning bathrooms, bedrooms, and air-conditioning units into fungal incubators. Behind drywall, around ...
Height is one of the most evident sex-based differences observed in humans, as men are on an average 13 cm (5 inches) taller than women. Sex hormones certainly play a significant role in driving this dimorphism, but they ...
Duke University Medical Center-led research has identified a human-specific DNA enhancer that regulates neural progenitor proliferation and cortical size. Small genetic changes in HARE5 amplify a key developmental pathway, ...
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center investigators report that T cell interferon-γ (IFNγ) orchestrates a dendritic-cell–natural-killer-cell circuit that suppresses leptomeningeal metastases in mouse models.
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and Wake Forest University School of Medicine have identified ALDH4A1, a mitochondrial proline-metabolizing enzyme, as a third structural component of the mitochondrial pyruvate ...
An investigational treatment for celiac disease effectively controls the condition—at least in an animal model—in a first-of-its-kind therapeutic for a condition that affects approximately 70 million people worldwide.
Yonsei University College of Medicine-led research has shown amiloride is as effective as spironolactone in reducing systolic blood pressure (SBP) over 12 weeks in patients with resistant hypertension.
Psychology research has consistently emphasized the adverse effects of enduring or witnessing violent acts, showing that exposure to different forms of violence can increase the risk of developing various mental health conditions. ...
