The indigenous Bajau people of Southeast Asia spend their whole lives at sea, working 8-hr diving shifts with traditional equipment and short breaks to...
A team of scientists from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the Universities of New South Wales and Sydney has identified a new DNA structure...
New research, published in the Schizophrenia Bulletin, has revealed that muscular strength, measured by handgrip, is an indication of how healthy our brains...
According to a new study, published in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, older adults who take a mitochondrial-targeted antioxidant...
According to a review of more than 460 previous studies, ibuprofen and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs alone or in combination with paracetamol...
An international team of scientists from Australia, the Netherlands, Estonia and the United States has detected significant signatures of natural selection...
Researchers have discovered 124 genes that play a major role in determining human hair color variation. The findings were published online this week in...
A team of researchers at the Cincinnati Children’s Heart Institute used an experimental targeted molecular therapy to block a matrix-forming protein,...
According to a new study, published in the April edition of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, taking painkillers such as paracetamol (acetaminophen)...
A team of scientists at the University of Washington has developed a new dental product that uses protein amelogenin-derived peptides to remineralize tooth...
An international team of researchers has discovered a fossilized human finger bone in the Nefud Desert of Saudi Arabia estimated to be about 90,000 years...
Taking part in a hot chili pepper eating contest might have some unexpected consequences, according to a team of doctors from Bassett Medical Center and...
A new study published in the journal Neuron links willingness to take risks to brain structure and function, specifically the amygdala and the prefrontal...
A team of researchers from Fairfield University and Yale University has evaluated data from 5,293 U.S. adults and found that smokers consumed around 200...
A study published in the journal Nature Communications indicates that when people consume a form of Vitamin B3 called nicotinamide riboside (NR) daily,...
A team of Canadian scientists from the University of Victoria and the Hakai Institute has found fossilized human footprints of at least three different...
A team of researchers from New York University School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center, the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research...