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Results from a small clinical trial suggest it may be possible to reduce the risk of dementia by eating during fewer hours of ...

A Chinese university is looking into reports that a gene-editing trial caused the death of a 6-year-old girl, which was not ...

Findings from a new study comparing the effects of different beverages on mouth acidity suggest that unsweetened sparkling ...

Disrupted sleep and anxiety may be ongoing issues for many people after the pandemic, whether due to COVID-19 directly or to ...

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Thanks to advances in AI, popular calorie-tracking apps can now use a photo of a meal to estimate the nutritional content of ...

Northwestern scientists have developed a novel wireless sensor device that can continuously monitor skin elasticity in ...

Cisplatin is one of the most successful cancer medicines ever developed. Doctors use it to treat many cancers, including lung ...

Prebiotic sodas have become more popular in recent years, with a wave of new products promising gut health benefits and ...

A U.S. review panel on Friday recommended loosening restrictions on all but one of a buzzy class of peptides, dismissing ...