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Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine discovered a surprising new way the body can fight insulin resistance and diabetes—by boosting a special type of "good" immune cell in fat tissue.

An international research team has gained new insights into the dynamics of myelin swellings in the brain. Myelin swellings are considered as the precursor of lesions in the brain of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). MS ...

A new study conducted by clinician-scientists at a dozen neonatal intensive care units, or NICUs, across North America found that enhanced infection prevention measures were highly effective in reducing viral spread among ...

Cognitive impairment, including decreased attention and memory, remains one of the most disabling aspects of schizophrenia, affecting the social life of patients. However, no effective treatment has yet been established for ...

10,000 families participating in research by The Kids Research Institute Australia have demonstrated the effectiveness of a simple text message for increasing the number of children receiving their vaccinations on time. Throughout ...

With a new MRI technique that shows both heart tissue and blood flow simultaneously, physicians can see where heart defects occur and precisely plan to repair them, according to new research. Researchers at Children's Hospital ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common chronic cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice, is very challenging to treat once it becomes persistent, after which spontaneous return to normal rhythm becomes highly unlikely. ...

A new study has confirmed that male and female lungs are "wired differently" at the molecular level, providing further evidence supporting sex-inclusive respiratory disease research and treatment. The work is published in ...

A new MRI technique called Velocity Spectrum Imaging can map fluid movement in the human brain within a 3D pixel, according to a University of Michigan Engineering study published in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. The non-invasive ...

In rural regions of Africa, high blood pressure often goes untreated because health centers are far away and there is a shortage of health professionals. A study in Lesotho shows that, with the help of a tablet app, villagers ...

Psychedelics are psychoactive substances that trigger unusual mental states, also referred to as "trips," altering the perceptions, thoughts, and emotions of those taking them and typically inducing hallucinations. Over the ...

While physicians and scientists have long known that Alzheimer's disease involves the buildup of toxic protein fragments in the brain, they have struggled to understand how these harmful fragments are produced. Now, in a ...