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FDA-approved epilepsy drug may help reverse osteoarthritis damage

For millions of people with osteoarthritis, pain and stiffness can make everyday activities increasingly difficult. Common treatments, including over-the-counter medications and steroid injections, may reduce symptoms for a time,...

Scientists reveal what seven days of fasting does to the human body

Going without food for several days does far more than force the body to burn stored fat. Research...

This diet may slow brain aging by 2.5 years

A diet that combines elements of the Mediterranean diet with an eating plan designed to lower blood pressure...

To Blend or Not to Blend? Four Vegetables Worth Eating Whole

Health News | Nutrition, food preparation and what really happens inside your blender The blender debate: Are we missing...

Hidden stem cells may be fueling spinal stenosis

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Hospital for Special Surgery have identified a previously elusive population of stem...

Fascinating Smells: Incense Making in Colonial America

By the time colonial Americans were lighting candles, visiting apothecaries and buying imported perfumes, the desire to make a room smell good was already...

Oh, Zero! Why Americans Keep Saying “O” Instead of “Zero”

By Gracus Bloom There are certain little habits in American English that almost nobody notices until somebody points them out. One of the funniest is...

A major risk of breast cancer screening may have been overestimated for decades

Breast cancer screening can sometimes identify cancers that would never have caused symptoms or threatened a woman's health during her lifetime. This phenomenon is...

This new drug could break cancer’s resistance to treatment

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed an experimental drug called CS18 that may help cancer treatments work against tumors that have become...

8 common food additives linked to high blood pressure and heart disease

Common food preservatives found across the processed food supply may be associated with a greater risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, according...

This popular fermented food may help flush nanoplastics from the body

The World Institute of Kimchi (President: Hae Choon Chang), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, announced that a lactic...