While your gut bacteria usually bounce back after changes—like a course of antibiotics or a junk food binge—too much stress ...

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A new treatment using stem cells may offer real hope to people living with long-term joint pain. A company called SereNeuro ...

A simple blood sugar test one hour after drinking a glucose solution may help doctors spot early signs of type 2 ...

Mammograms are commonly used to find breast cancer, but new research shows they might also reveal important signs of heart ...

About 4.6 billion years ago, the young Earth was a hostile and violent place. Repeated collisions with space rocks left the ...

Microbes are everywhere. They live in our bodies, in soil, in the oceans, and even in the air we breathe. These microscopic ...

The researchers found something surprising. People with both belly fat and low muscle mass had the highest risk of dying—83% ...

Astronomers have captured a rare and cinematic sight: a distant planet orbiting not one, but two suns, much like the ...

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Lowering blood sugar levels to normal may cut the risk of serious heart problems by more than half in people with prediabetes ...

Many people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) feel abdominal pain even when they are not having a flare-up. A new study ...