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USC researchers have identified potential new drug compounds that may reduce the brain inflammation linked to Alzheimer's disease, especially in people with the high-risk APOE4 gene. The compounds target cPLA2, an enzyme that seems to fuel harmful .. ...

Eating more beans, lentils, chickpeas, tofu, and other soy foods could be a surprisingly powerful way to fight high blood pressure. A major analysis of studies from around the world found that people with the highest intake of legumes were 16% less . ...

New NIH research reveals that semaglutide sparks different responses inside appetite-controlling brain cells, offering fresh insight into why GLP-1 weight-loss drugs don't work the same for everyone. Scientists also found a possible way to extend the ...

Scientists have peered inside the skull of a 380-million-year-old Antarctic fish that was closely related to the first animals to walk on land, revealing surprising clues about how life began its move out of the water. Using advanced neutron imaging, ...

Deep inside 100-million-year-old amber from Myanmar, scientists uncovered a bizarre ancient bug with clawed front legs that look more like a crab's pincers than anything seen in modern insects. The discovery is so unusual that researchers say these . ...

A massive international study could upend 40 years of heart attack treatment. Researchers found that beta blockers--routinely prescribed after uncomplicated heart attacks--offered no real benefit for patients whose heart function remained normal, ...

Generative AI is transforming the workplace faster than ever, but new research from the University of Vaasa suggests the biggest threat may not be AI itself -- it's falling behind in learning how to use it. Researcher Zhe Zhu found that employees who ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising twist in how cells behave when division goes wrong. Sometimes a cell successfully copies its DNA but fails to split into two, leaving it with double the genetic material -- a mistake linked to aging, cancer, and ...

A mysterious little blue octopus discovered nearly 6,000 feet beneath the waters of the Galápagos Islands has officially been identified as a brand-new species. About the size of a golf ball, the tiny creature stunned researchers during a deep-sea . ...

Drinking nitrate-rich beetroot juice may do more than support heart health -- it could actually reshape the bacteria living in the mouth in ways that help lower blood pressure in older adults. In the largest study of its kind, researchers found that ...