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Nurses exposed to 40 minutes of bright light before their night shift begins feel less fatigued and make ...

Researchers have found that alterations in gut bacteria and blood bile acids of women with fibromyalgia are associated ...

There are behavioral similarities between obesity and addiction, but obesity is also a complex condition that the addiction ...

A new study finds an association between low muscle mass and cognitive decline in older adults. Increasingly prevalent ...

Vitamin D in the first year of life may help children gain muscle mass and avoid excess body ...

Antidepressant use in North America has jumped in the last two decades, perhaps because doctors are increasingly prescribing ...

Cleaning wounds before surgery with soap and water is actually less effective than using saline water, report researchers. ...

A common plasticizer called DINCH—found in products that come into close contact with humans, such as medical devices, ...

One of the major challenges of cocaine addiction is the high rate of relapse after periods of withdrawal ...

A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to laboratory experiments. The ...

A known species of parasite that affects about 600 million people worldwide is not just one worm. New ...

Whether you are a Pygmy in the Congolese rainforest or a hipster in downtown Montreal, certain aspects of ...

Take a look in your pantry: the miracle ingredient for fighting obesity may already be there. A simple ...

A new computer model shows how much being overweight or obese can decrease a person's life expectancy. "…Our ...

More than 16,000 people in the United States and Canada died in 2010 due to commonly prescribed painkillers—more ...

Young men who experience depression early in life may be especially vulnerable to becoming sedentary later, choosing to ...