Researchers found that 30-40% of the very-low-birth-weight infant's gut microbiota came from the mother’s milk, and direct ...

A new study published in The Lancet Psychiatry found that 32% of individuals with an eating disorder had abnormal electrolyte ...

Scientists have pinpointed thousands of genetic changes in a gene that may increase a person's risk of developing breast and ...

A class of drugs for diabetes may be associated with a lower risk of dementia and Parkinson's disease, according to a study ...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators have identified a protein, known as RNF114, ...

A large European study finds that consuming foods with lower nutritional quality, as graded by the updated Nutri-Score, ...

Research from the University of Michigan suggests that one day a phone app could be able to detect the development of hepatic ...

Between and around the billions of neurons in the human brain is an equally vital scaffold, the extracellular matrix (ECM). An interlinked net of proteins and sugars that surrounds brain cells, the ...

After a spinal cord injury, nearby cells quickly rush to action, forming protective scar tissue around the damaged area to stabilize and protect it. But over time, too much scarring can prevent nerves ...

Individuals with compromised immunity and persistent COVID-19 infections can harbor drug-resistant variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which have the potential to spread to the general population found ...

A new study helps explain why having ApoE4—the gene variant most closely linked to Alzheimer's disease—increases the risk of neurodegeneration and white matter damage. Researchers at Weill Cornell ...

The first meta-analysis of its kind has shown a conclusive link between older adults experiencing spells of dizziness and a dramatically elevated risk of falling.