New research offers specific metrics that might qualify foods as hyper-palatable — and finds most foods consumed in the United…
New insights into protein functions
Scientists have produced a co-regulation map of the human proteome, which was able to capture relationships between proteins that do…
E. coli gain edge by changing their diets in inflammatory bowel disease
Researchers describe how bad bacteria gain a foothold over good bacteria in IBD and how something as simple as a…
Achilles heel of tumor cells
In almost all cases of colon cancer, a specific gene is mutated — this offers opportunities to develop broadly effective…
Ultrafast quantum motion in a nanoscale trap detected
Researchers have reported the detection of a picosecond electron motion in a silicon transistor. This study has presented a new…
Health care, mass shootings, 2020 election causing Americans significant stress
A year before the 2020 presidential election, Americans report various issues in the news as significant sources of stress, including…
Weight-loss surgery may counter genetic risk for developing breast cancer
Women with a genetic predisposition for breast cancer were 2.5 times more likely to develop a malignancy than women with…
Medical News Today: Does waist size predict dementia risk?
The first large-scale study of its kind examines the link between waist circumference in later life and the risk of…
Medical News Today: Running, no matter how little, is linked to 27% lower death risk
Running, even infrequently and for short periods, is associated with a significantly lower risk of death from all causes, a…
Medical News Today: A guide to female anatomy
Female anatomy includes the external genitals, or the vulva, and the internal reproductive organs. This article looks at female body…