New Ultima Thule discoveries from NASA’s New Horizons

Data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which explored Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule earlier this week,…

Pre-Medicare years bring health insurance worries for many

With the dawn of a new year, most Americans have just started a new health insurance…

Can a video game-based ‘digital medicine’ help children with autism and co-occurring ADHD?

Researchers evaluated a digital medicine tool designed as an investigational treatment for children with autism spectrum…

Technology and doctors combine to detect patients who don’t take their pills

Almost everyone does it at some point -- skip a dose of a medication, decide to…

Overweight dogs may live shorter lives

New research reveals overweight dogs are more likely to have shorter lives than those at ideal…

A cause of possible genetic problems in mitochondria is revealed

The loss of mitochondrial information and of mitochondria gives rise to defective cell metabolism. As well…

Egg metabolites in blood related to lower risk of type 2 diabetes

Consumption of one egg every day seems to associate with a blood metabolite profile that is…

Severe air pollution affects the productivity of workers

Economists have completed an extensive study which reveals that exposure to air pollution over several weeks…

Persistent hot flashes may lead to increased risk of breast cancer

Studies examining the association between vasomotor symptoms (VMS) and breast cancer are not new, but results…

In fimo, we trust: Finally a name for the experimental examination of excrement

To study gut bacteria, scientists focus much of their attention on excrement, which is teeming with…