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New research in humans and mice identifies a particular signaling molecule that can help modify inflammation and the immune system...

The thickness of growth marks in primary (or “baby”) teeth may help identify children at risk for depression and other...

A collaborative group of researchers has identified substantial microbial changes in the intestines of at-risk infants before disease onset in...

When Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced last month that its investigational stem-cell-derived replacement therapy was, in conjunction with immunosuppressive therapy, helping the...

In a recent posting on her Facebook page, Brytney Cobia, a physician in Birmingham, Alabama, described the pain of telling...

Harvard experts in medical therapeutics say the recent development of pills to treat COVID-19 may turn out to be a...

Rates of childhood obesity are at historically high levels in the U.S., yet there are few interventions that promote healthy...

As the U.S. population ages, concerns about dementia grow larger. David Canning, the Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences and...

Simone Biles was flying over a vault at the Tokyo Olympics when she felt the “twisties” — a kind of...

Lower sodium consumption and higher potassium intake is linked with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in most people,...