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A sense of purpose in life—whether it’s a high-minded quest to make a difference or a simple hobby ...

Researchers have identified four important signs and symptoms that signal an elevated risk of early-onset colorectal cancer, according ...

Exercise and mindfulness failed to boost older adults’ cognitive function in a recent study. Researchers studied the cognitive ...

Like so many other good things in life, sleep is best in moderation, new research suggests. A multiyear ...

COVID-19 long-haulers, even those with mild infections of the virus, experience significant decline in kidney function, according to ...

Months after recovering from mild cases of COVID-19, people still have immune cells in their body pumping out ...

Three new, fast-spreading variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 can evade antibodies that work against the original ...

Instead of chasing your holiday cheer with New Year’s resolutions, consider waiting a few months. People tend to ...

New research indicates that ketamine doesn't lower levels of pain or reduce the need for pain-killing opioid drugs ...

As people with hearing loss work to improve their speech recognition, a familiar voice may work better than ...

A detailed new map lays out the landscape of the cerebral cortex—the outermost layer of the brain and ...

Experts recommend surgeons consider cutting back on the number of take-home opioid pills prescribed to patients post surgery. The ...

C-sections come with a significant risk for infection, but a new study shows changing skin-prep procedures could lower ...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition closely linked to obesity, affects roughly 25 percent of people in the ...

Drinking concentrated beet juice, which is high in nitrates, increases muscle power in patients with heart failure, a new ...

Premature infants who avoid eye contact in early infancy are less likely to show symptoms of autism at ...

The number of people considered obese or overweight in the United States continues to go up, signaling an ...

It's normal for preschool children to have temper tantrums, but tantrums that are prolonged or notably intense could ...

A team of biomedical engineers at Washington University in St. Louis, led byLihong Wang, PhD, the Gene K. ...

Turns out your mom was right: Scratching an itch only makes it worse. New research from scientists at ...

Breast cancer. Just reading those words can make many women worry. And that's natural. Nearly everyone knows someone ...

Discovery of a protein that makes the Ebola virus so effective at evading the immune system—and so deadly—may ...

Children diagnosed with depression in preschool are 2.5 times more likely to have the condition in elementary and ...

Young adults who were breastfed for three months or more as babies have a significantly lower risk of ...

Cigarette smokers are more likely to commit suicide than people who don't smoke, studies have shown. This reality ...

A nationwide survey indicates that heroin users are attracted to the drug not only for the "high" but ...