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A report from the New York Times raises questions over how the teletherapy startup Talkspace handles user data.
A new Harvard study finds that the language you use affects patient outcome.
Is focusing solely on body mass index the best way for doctor to frame obesity?
Is CRISPR the solution?
Preliminary studies on mice show positive results.
A study looks at the performance benefits delivered by asthma drugs when they’re taken by athletes who don’t have asthma.
A recent analysis of a 76-million-year-old Centrosaurus apertus fibula confirmed that dinosaurs suffered from cancer, too.
You may be surprised at how your body and brain react to this type of pleasure.
A new study on brain differences between sexes sparks a persistent question.
While this has been a popular debate, the evidence suggests there isn’t a strong link between pornography use and erectile dysfunction (ED).
The study was only conducted with already healthy men, however.
Those bananas you love are Cavendish bananas, and they’re probably about to go extinct.
Fear-mongering is now a billion-dollar industry.
Start by reading the title, looking at the labels and checking the caption. If these are not available – be very wary.
No, its not just to keep you warm with hair you don’t have.
The information could influence future treatments.
The trans-Tasman and Pacific bubbles will likely be among the first safe international travel zones in the world.
A study uses sugar water experiments to show that hummingbirds can see colors invisible to us.
Doctors may be missing fatal illnesses because medical textbooks are biased toward white skin.
There are many reasons why this could be true.
A new study enhanced color vision for individuals with the most common type of red-green color blindness.
This is what happens when the fringe becomes mainstream.
Addiction is not a moral failure. It is a learning disorder, and viewing it otherwise stops communities and policy makers from the ultimate goal: harm reduction.
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A nasty disease might not be able to travel around much longer.
The 2020 study successfully removed memories associated with morphine from the brains of mice with very promising results.
How exactly is COVID-19 affecting the opioid crisis?
Working memory is the workhorse of cognition. Having less of it has side effects.
Studying voice recordings of infected but asymptomatic people reveals potential indicators of Covid-19.
That question is at the heart of the new documentary, “Medicating Normal.”
Gender and sexual minority populations are experiencing rising anxiety and depression rates during the pandemic.