In cannabis studies for pain, placebos provide similar pain alleviation as active cannabinoids. According to Karolinska Institutet researchers in JAMA Network Open, these studies receive considerable media coverage regardless of the clinical result.
Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden describe in a paper published...
HDL cholesterol may not be as useful in predicting cardiovascular disease risk among persons of various races and ethnicities as experts formerly believed.
Caffeine consumption during pregnancy, even in small amount, may lead to slightly shorter child height, suggests an analysis by National Institutes of Health researchers.
U.S. adults experienced symptoms associated with acute stress and depression as COVID-19 cases and deaths skyrocketed between mid-March and mid-April 2020.
A new study examined how disadvantaged children face poor cognitive and mental health outcomes, how "neighborhood disadvantage" affect brain circuitry.
According to a recent study, postmenopausal women who suffer both high levels of social isolation and loneliness also have a 27% higher chance of developing heart disease.
Teenagers who use cannabis frequently may be more likely to have children born preterm, when they become parents up to twenty years later, finds a new study.
Obesity causes depression and lowers well-being. A new study from the United Kingdom shows both social and physical factors may play a role in the effect.
Low inflammatory activity in Japanese adults is associated with foods and lifestyle practices: drinking green tea, eating seafood, consuming vegetables, and frequent bathing, finds a new study.
Biologists have been searching for the earliest animals for more than a century, narrowing the possibilities down to two groups: sponges and comb jellies.
Researchers...
An observational study conducted by Imperial College London reveals that greater consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) is associated with a higher risk of developing...
Traffic pollution is an ever-growing problem in increasingly busy and populous urban areas. Its effects on the human body have been well-documented, but one...
The application of artificial intelligence (AI) to biotechnology has made possible the ability to create wholly original proteins from scratch.
AI has begun to be...