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It is not often that scientists take a keen interest in the sewage produced by students. But a study of wastewater from a university campus in Australia is revealing insights into how exam stress affects the body that traditional ...

Researchers from the University of Toronto have created a new multi-organ-on-a-chip device to investigate why the heart is one of the least common sites of cancer metastasis, creating new opportunities for cancer research ...

Every hour is critical when it comes to detecting the use of drugs used to render victims unconscious. The substance GHB, which is commonly used in this way, is excreted rapidly from blood and urine. Researchers at the University ...

A study has revealed that resistance (weight) training not only preserves lean and muscle mass but also increases strength in people taking weight-loss medication. Published in Nature Medicine, the Tirzepatide and Resistance ...

Getting blood products for transfusions to a battlefield in Canada's High Arctic is feasible but complex, according to newly published research in the journal Transfusion.

When an important area of the human brain involved in language processing is temporarily disrupted, other areas of the brain take over much of its work. Researchers at Leipzig University and the Max Planck Institute for Human ...

A tiny sensor could one day measure blood pressure continuously, comfortably and accurately without an inflatable cuff. The device was developed by professors Amir Rosenthal and Daniel Lange of the Technion's Andrew and Erna ...

Worldwide, nearly 6% of people experience depression. Many of them continue taking antidepressants after achieving symptomatic improvement, among other reasons to prevent a relapse of depression. An international team of ...

A new study led by UTHealth Houston identified a link between late-night eating and sleeping habits, gut health and metabolic disease, offering new insights into why some individuals with obesity may face a risk of inflammation ...

Children who visit parks and playgrounds at least once a week may have better mental health and social development as they grow up. That's according to a new study by the University of Exeter, published in Epidemiology and ...

If you drink coffee regularly, it appears to alter not only your gut bacteria but also the physiology of the gut itself. That is the conclusion of a study from the University of Copenhagen, which may help point the way toward ...

A class of blood pressure medications may improve a widely used treatment for ulcerative colitis, the most common type of inflammatory bowel disease, suggests a new study, led by Northwestern Medicine and Kiel University ...