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A decade-long study of around 35 million Americans in 10 states has found that group A streptococcus infections have more than doubled by 2022. What's more, "strep" - which also causes a bizarre flesh-eating disease - had become shockingly resistant ...

What does gut fermentation and stroke-induced brain inflammation have in common? Potentially a lot, according to new research looking into how the microbiome directly influences brain inflammation. It could make recovery faster, reduce cognitive ...

Researchers have reviewed non-drug and non-surgical treatments for low back pain to assess which ones are more likely to reduce pain and improve function. What the review made clear is that more research into effective low back pain treatments is ...

Taking advantage of a unique public health policy in the UK, a new study has found that receiving the shingles vaccine reduces dementia risk by 20%. The findings bolster a growing body of research linking the vaccine to lower numbers of dementia ...

If someone is afflicted with heart disease, it's important that their cardiac activity be monitored as frequently and accurately as possible. An experimental new wearable device is designed to make that happen, by copying the body structure of the .. ...

Engineers at Illinois' Northwestern University have developed the tiniest pacemaker you'll ever see. It's several times smaller than a regular pacemaker, and it's designed for patients several times smaller than the average pacemaker user.

In a breakthrough finding, researchers have discovered that immune cells near the spinal cord are triggered by estrogen and progesterone to produce a natural painkiller called enkephalin. The finding could change the way we treat chronic pain.

A first-of-its-kind study has found that almost half, 45.6%, of Australian teenagers are living with one or more chronic diseases, including diabetes or asthma, or a developmental condition like ADHD. The study has linked these diseases and ...

A landmark clinical trial testing the effect of microdosing LSD on symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) recently delivered its first data readout and the results have been surprising, to say the least, raising questions over the ...

It wasn't that long ago that the only way to test for Alzheimer's disease was to perform an autopsy on someone who had been suffering from dementia to look for the telltale tangles of tau and amyloid proteins in the brain. While these tangles are not ...