The results of a study to be presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) suggest childhood and
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We could reverse aging by removing wrinkles inside our cells, study suggests: How would we do it? By using viruses as tiny aestheticians
A new discovery about the effects of aging in our cells could allow doctors to cure or prevent diabetes, fatty
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African-Americans and Latinos are more likely to be at risk for depression than whites
A new study published in the May 2018 issue of Preventive Medicine shows that African Americans and Latinos are significantly
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Researchers offer insights into liver disease caused by intravenous nutrition
Research by physician-scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus offers hope for improved quality of life for people
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One third of people aged 40-59 have evidence of degenerative disc disease
Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife’s Institute for Aging Research, and Boston Medical Center have reported that one-third of people 40-59 years
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How social isolation transforms the brain: A particular neural chemical is overproduced during long-term social isolation, causing increased aggression and fear
Chronic social isolation has debilitating effects on mental health in mammals — for example, it is often associated with depression
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Some calories more harmful than others: Nutrition researchers agree sugar-sweetened beverages increase risk of cardiometabolic disease
While calories from any food have the potential to increase the risk of obesity and other cardiometabolic diseases, 22 nutrition
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Six years of exercise — or lack of it — may be enough to change heart failure risk
By analyzing reported physical activity levels over time in more than 11,000 American adults, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers conclude that
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Newly-discovered anti-inflammatory substances may potentially treat variety of diseases
Inflammation, and in particular chronic inflammation, are major contributors to a large number of diseases, such as cancer, acute pancreatic
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A molecular atlas of calcific aortic valve disease: Study builds molecular networks of calcific aortic valve disease to identify key molecules and therapeutic targets for a disease that affects one in four older Americans
Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) — a disease that leaves the aortic valve stiff and calcified, preventing blood flow from
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