In the first year following a stroke, upwards of 1 in 3 people will experience a treatable condition called spasticity that is described as muscle stiffness, pain and difficulty doing activities they… [+3163 chars]
In their Disease Models & Mechanisms study, the research group of Professor Kamimura in Niigata University has demonstrated that the autonomic livergut peripheral neural axis is involved in the e… [+2516 chars]
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Damage to the ends of your chromosomes can create zombie cells that are still alive but cant function, according to … [+4413 chars]
July 19 (Reuters) - The BA.5 subvariant of Omicron was estimated to make up 77.9% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States for the week ended July 16, the U.S. Centers for Disease… [+1151 chars]
Support local journalism. A digital subscription is incredibly affordable and makes you the most informed person around. Click here and subscribe today. Sally, an avid gardener, complains that she h… [+4753 chars]
A new study involving hospitalized women in six African countries from the University of Maryland School of Medicine's (UMSOM) Institute of Human Virology (IHV) showed that pregnant women with SARS-C… [+4235 chars]
In a novel analysis accounting for protopathic bias, proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy was not associated with increased risk for death due to digestive disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD… [+6287 chars]
Resistant starch is an all-natural form of prebiotic fiber that does not get digested in your small intestine like traditional carbohydrates. Instead, it ferments in your large intestine and feeds … [+9550 chars]
Most clinicians particularly pediatricians and public health officials recognize that routine vaccinations for children have significantly controlled many serious illnesses that, until a few decades … [+7335 chars]
YELLOWKNIFE Health-care providers in the Northwest Territories are learning how to use rapid tests for syphilis in response to an outbreak of the sexually transmitted disease across the territory. … [+820 chars]
Among various things that unite humans around the world, the DNA sequence hovers at the top: a whopping 99.9% of human DNA sequences are identical among people. Gregor Mendel, a monk and scientist … [+9856 chars]
Obesity is a chronic, relapsing, neurobehavioural disease with metabolic, biomechanical and psychosocial health consequences. However, even when changes are gradual, small and stepwise, they can have… [+143 chars]
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