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A new international clinical trial led by the National Cancer Center Singapore is reporting that three years of aspirin following standard adjuvant therapy for high-risk Dukes' B and C colorectal cancer did not yield a significant ...

Smartwatches that can collect physical and physiological data on users could be potentially interesting tools in biomedicine to gain a better understanding of brain diseases and behavioral disorders and possible driver mutations ...

Many people wish not only to live as long as possible, but above all to do so without any health restrictions. However, with increasing age, the risk of age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's or sarcopenia (loss of muscle ...

Researchers from the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have successfully developed the world's smallest multifunctional biomedical robot, which is 60% smaller than current ...

New research from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin has revealed the significant benefits of regular dog walking for older adults. The study is published in the Journals of Gerontology.

Stanford Medicine scientists are generating a periodic table of sorts for psychiatric disorders, providing a better understanding of these conditions and paving the way toward targeted treatment.

Yulan Xiong, associate professor of neuroscience at UConn Health, and her team have discovered one more piece of the puzzle of the genetic causes of Parkinson's Disease, paving the way for new treatment options.

If the organs in our bodies could talk, the intestines might be the ones to divulge the most hidden truths about our lifestyle and health. Along the way, their "confessions" could supply crucial information for biomedical ...

Demand for weight-loss medications sold under brand names such as Ozempic and Wegovy continues to surge, with a study reporting one in eight Americans has taken or is currently using the drugs to treat diabetes, heart disease ...

In uncertain situations where information is lacking, individuals often find themselves imitating the choices of others. For example, if all the customers at a Chinese restaurant are ordering Jajangmyeon (noodles with black ...

In a new study published in the journal The Lancet, researchers have explored the possibility of treating acute, non-perforated appendicitis in children with antibiotics instead of surgery.

For decades, scientists have been trying to identify early signs of memory impairment in adults in an attempt to screen for or even slow down the onset of cognitive decline. Some clinicians believe that major personality ...