Patients with a specific form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States, are also highly likely to have either underlying heart damage from heart failure and heart attacks, or advanced heart valve disease, or carotid artery disease associate
A study of Brazilian pets suggests that cat and dog owners could significantly reduce the environmental impact of their pets' diets by feeding them dry food (consisting of kibble or biscuits) rather than wet food with higher water content.
Dating apps are fertile ground for predators in part because there are few means for potential victims to screen possible partners.
Dating apps are now an entrenched part of American social life, but there's work to do to ensure users' safety. New research suggests that violent sexual predat
Clostridioides difficile, often referred to as C. difficile or C. diff, is a bacterium that causes severe intestinal illness and, as its name suggests, can be difficult to study and treat. Approximately 1 in 6 patients infected with C. difficile will be reinfected within two months. Yet scie
Evidence suggests that one's sense of purpose, the degree to which someone perceives a sense of direction and goals in their life, might be linked to health-protective benefits such as improved physical functioning and lower risks of cardiovascular disease or cognitive decline.
New research suggests that adopting some of the strategies behind successfully treating the childhood disease of spinal muscular atrophy may enable the development of therapies to curb the muscle decline that accompanies aging.
New research has shed light on why when you have an idea of a festive picture-perfect holiday season, what actually transpires doesn't always measure up.
Despite the fact that social relationships are crucial for the health and well-being of social animals like humans and other primates, there is mounting evidence that the gut microbiome, via the so-called "gut-brain axis," is equally important for both our physical and mental wellbeing. Also
Understanding black holes is the key to unravelling the most fundamental laws governing the cosmos because they represent the limits of two of the best-tested theories of physics: the theory of general relativity, which describes gravity as resulting from the (large-scale) warping of space-t
A group, led by researchers from the University of Edinburgh, discovered that TLR2 helps control some of the body's defense mechanisms when cancerous mutations occur in cells.