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A new study has found that the brain system enabling us to inhibit our own pain changes with age, and that gender-based differences in those changes may lead females to be more sensitive to moderate pain than males as older adults.

Having a high dietary intake of fish and vegetables at 1 year of age, and a low intake of sugar beverages, seems to protect against inflammatory bowel disease

Rates of kidney stones are on the rise in the United States and around the world. Type 2 diabetes is associated with increased risk of kidney stones, but some forms of treatment for this condition may also have the benefit of lowering risk of kidney stones.

A combination of two cancer drugs could be effective against malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) -; soft tissue tumors that are stubbornly resistant to chemotherapy and radiation -; according to a laboratory study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

Eating up to three daily servings of the Korean classic, kimchi, may lower men's overall risk of obesity, while radish kimchi is linked to a lower prevalence of midriff bulge in both sexes, finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Open.

An observational study found links between prenatal substance exposure and mental health in children 10–12, but also found that controlling for environment and genetics eliminated many associations.

Exposure to body positive imagery on social media increase body satisfaction and reduces weight concerns in both men and women, a new study from the University of Surrey reports.

The effect of video gaming on bronchoscopy skills among medical students and residents.

A high quality diet at the age of 1 may curb the subsequent risk of inflammatory bowel disease, suggests a large long term study, published online in the journal Gut.

The accuracy of deep learning (DL) in diagnosing breast cancer using ultrasound (US) compared to human readers in clinical settings.

Researchers evaluated the incidence of breast cancer among young women between the ages of 20 and 49 years. They assessed the incidence according to age at diagnosis, tumor stage, estrogen and progesterone hormone receptor status, and race and ethnicity.

The evidence for 2000 international units (IU) of vitamin D supplementation per day.

Researchers found that feeding a high-fat diet (HFD) causes mitochondrial dysfunction and fragmentation in white adipocytes in mice.

Researchers described gut microbiota and metabolic alterations common to metabolic syndrome (MetS) and sleep disorders.

Researchers evaluated the impact of medical clown interventions on sleep quality and hospital stay duration in pediatric patients.

Recipients of cadaver-derived pituitary growth hormone (c-hGH) developed biomarker changes in the realm of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

Whether visual impairment (VI) affects mental disorders in the older population.

Study reveals that maternal emotional well-being during pregnancy is linked to significant brain development benefits in children, particularly in the hippocampal volume of female offspring.

Study in the UK Biobank cohort found vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency significantly increase the risk of dementia, Alzheimer's, and vascular dementia, with supplementation potentially reducing these risks.

study in The Journal of Nutrition shows that pistachios, as a nighttime snack, can improve diet quality in prediabetic patients, with similar effects on glycemic control and vascular health as carbohydrate-rich snacks.