A collaborative study from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London has found that the ...

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Malaria continues to place a substantial burden on many emerging economies, contributing to significant loss of life, ...

MIT scientists have achieved the first-ever lab synthesis of verticillin A, a complex fungal compound discovered in 1970. Its delicate structure stalled chemists for decades, despite differing from ...

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Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every ...

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Mark Gurarie is a writer covering health topics, technology, music, books, and culture. He also teaches health science and research writing at George Washington University's School of Medical and ...

Researchers are studying whether these widely used weight-loss drugs may also be future treatments for alcohol abuse.

Hormones like testosterone, cortisol, melatonin, and more directly influence men’s mood, energy, and sleep quality. Hormonal ...

This population-based study used plasma pTau217 to estimate how common Alzheimer’s disease neuropathological changes are across age and cognitive status in a Norwegian community cohort. Prevalence ...

The authors of a new Australian study say they have identified a set of 32 genetic variants that increase the likelihood of ...