Therapy dogs can improve mental health, but there’s a catch
Thank you, Kasey Edwards, for encouraging parents to think twice before getting a dog “for the kids” (Opinion, 26/11). Dogs
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How an AI solution can design new tuberculosis drug regimens
With a shortage of new tuberculosis drugs in the pipeline, a software tool from the University of Michigan can predict
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Creating viral targets can weaken HIV vaccination
Vaccination against HIV can backfire if the vaccine induces the wrong kind of immune response. Scientists at Emory University’s Yerkes
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Kombucha can trigger bloating, headaches and migraines
Trendy fermented foods such as sourdough bread, kombucha and kimchi can trigger a host of nasty side effects including bloating,
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Can Extra Screen Time Change Your Toddler's Brain?
In recent years it’s become commonplace to see younger and younger children — including babies and toddlers — saddled up
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Drug treats inflammation associated with genetic heart disease that can be deadly in young athletes
When young athletes experiences sudden cardiac death as they run down the playing field, it’s usually due to arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
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We believe we can stop MS, and this is how
Twenty-five years ago there were no treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) – a neurological condition that affects more than 100,000
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Can being neighborly reduce depression in older adults?
In a Health & Social Care in the Community study of 10,105 older adults in China examined in 2011, 2013,
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Meat alternatives have gone mainstream, but how can they fit in your diet?
By almost any measure, meat alternatives are rapidly gaining in popularity. The explosion of innovation in plant-based meat alternatives is
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Suicide is preventable: How can we help our teens?
Every October, after school starts—and each May, as it ends—there is a spike in the number of teenagers who go
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