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Gum disease begins in the mouth but spreads to the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is just one of several diseases linked to poor oral health.
The pathogen typically kills more than 90% of people it infects.
Close to 70% of drugs advertised on TV offer little to no benefit over other cheaper drugs.
Millennials are reversing a 40-year decline in stroke deaths.
A food fight may finally be put to rest.
Chronotherapeutic drug delivery aims to maximize treatment effectiveness and minimize side effects.
The prescription poop can correct life-threatening bacterial imbalances in the gut.
Running to catch the bus might help you live longer.
Years of shoddy research have overstated the risk.
Some patients wait over 5 years for a liver transplant.
Just as human beings diversified so that people in Asia look different from people in Europe, so too did their microbiomes.
Certain cancers are striking earlier than they used to.
"Our risk-benefit analysis showed that benefits exceeded procedural risks... by up to 200 to 1."
By creating a type O kidney, they hope to make more organs available for transplant.
Before anesthetics, some patients would die of the pain on the operating table.
When scientists tested this hydrogel on mice, they had cleaner teeth than most humans.
Two ICU physicians offer a new approach to stopping it.
Wearable technology can help increase lifespan by changing what we know about our dietary needs and creating new ways to exercise.
Thanks to genetic clues, scientists discovered that an old stroke therapy that had abandoned for decades might just work.
A study finds prescription medications and dangerous unlisted ingredients in ordinary supplements.
SIDS deaths have decreased worldwide, but research has yet to solve this medical mystery.
Scientists find two 30-second techniques that prevent dizziness upon standing.
Painkillers have nasty side effects, such as organ damage or addiction. Researchers have discovered a new drug that may cause none of these.
The Poisson distribution has everyday applications in science, finance, and insurance. To compare the results of some biomedical studies, more people ought to be familiar with it.
Scientists at UCLA and Penn argue that malfunctioning fat, not necessarily too much of it, is what makes people metabolically unhealthy.
Risqué or just risky?
Stress – and how you manage it – is catching.
Americans have a lower life expectancy than people in other rich countries despite paying much more for healthcare. We explore the number of factors which might explain this difference.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.