New genetic markers for rheumatoid arthritis
Scientists uncovered new genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis by comparing DNA from people across 5 ancestries. This research could…
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Scientists uncovered new genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis by comparing DNA from people across 5 ancestries. This research could…
A recent epidemiological study has found that 9826 steps a day may be the optimal step count to lower the risk of dementia.
Molecules called sirtuins are involved in lifespan. A study in mice found that higher levels of a sirtuin called SIRT6 were able to live…
Loneliness ages you faster. But hormones can help! A recent study shows that oxytocin prevents cellular aging in lonely prairie voles.
Dementia is a condition that many of us are all too familiar with within friends and family. Dementia itself is a blanket term that…
Is going to space safe for human health? Two astronauts, who were twins, volunteered for a research study to look at how the body changes…
Dried plums outperformed some medications in a bone health study (in mice) at NASA Ames.
The immune system is your body’s personal army of soldiers — when it comes across potentially harmful invaders like viruses and…
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, meaning that brain cells will continuously die off as the illness…
For most types of cancer, survival rates have steadily been improving since the 1970s as medical advancements have been made in both cancer…