There’s a popular hair loss remedy out there, but a lot of it just doesn’t work as well as it should. That’s a real problem with minoxidil, one of the most common drugs used to treat baldness. Scientists from Australia…
Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and their colleagues in South Africa have proposed a new approach to detecting tuberculosis by detecting the DNA of the bacteria in the environment collected from places where tuberculosis patients are located. The results…
Calcium supplements do not increase the risk of dementia in older women, say researchers from Edith Cowan University, Curtin University and the University of Western Australia. The study, published in The Lancet Regional Health — Western Pacific, dispels previous concerns…
Specialists suggest that influenza viruses and coronaviruses present the greatest possibility of starting “The Big One,” a pandemic with considerably more severe repercussions compared to COVID-19.(Image credit: SOPA Images via Getty Images) The COVID-19 health crisis transformed existence as we…
As researchers employ AI to engineer novel viruses, specialists are probing whether present-day biosecurity protocols are adequate to address this emerging hazard.(Image credit: Andriy Onufriyenko via Getty Images) Scientists have utilized artificial intelligence (AI) for the construction of entirely new…
This AI-generated representation of a mouse’s encephalon shows how a fresh cerebral blueprint mapped varied sectors of the body part, with some being newly discovered.(Image credit: University of California, San Francisco) Employing an AI architecture akin to ChatGPT, investigators have…
HPV vaccines have proven highly effective. (Image credit: MicroStockHub via Getty Images) A new long-term study has found that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines can significantly reduce the rate of infections that cause cervical cancer, even in people who have not…
Increased wildfires caused by climate change could lead to 30,000 more smoke-related deaths per year in the U.S. by 2050 than today’s death rate. (Photo: James Andrews/Getty Images)
(Image credit: Getty Images) Jump to: Imagine this: you eagerly buy a new smartwatch. At first, you simply can’t put it down—wearing it day and night, tracking your every move, and checking all the fitness reports. Fitness tracking becomes part…
Researchers from Cornell University, Harvard University, and the University of Arizona found that enduring social benefits are linked to slower biological aging and lower levels of inflammation in the body. The study, published in the journal Brain, Behavior, & Immunity…
A new study shows that repeated head impacts of any intensity over time may increase the risk of developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy. (Image credit: Klaus Wedfelt/Getty Images) High-impact sports like American football, soccer, and rugby often involve repeated blows to…
Regularly following a Mediterranean diet can significantly reduce the risk of gingivitis, according to researchers from King’s College London, who published their findings in the Journal of Periodontology. The study involved 200 patients who had already been diagnosed with periodontitis.…