Dengue comes back even in vaccinated people — new clues
People who are infected with dengue virus for a second time often develop severe disease.Credit: Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via…
Revealed: how this common gut microbe protects against heart disease
Atherosclerosis involves the build up of fatty plaque (yellow) in the walls of arteries, limiting the flow of…
First for RNA therapy: man with rare motor-neuron disease improves after treatment
Physicist Stephen Hawking lived with motor neuron disease for longer than any other person known.Credit: Santi Visalli/Getty A…
Map of brain ‘microproteins’ could offer new clues to Alzheimer’s disease
Mapping microproteins in the brain might help to understand, and treat, Alzheimer’s disease.Credit: Zephyr/SPL More than 1,000 previously…
A scoping review on the mental health harms of LLM-based chatbots
Weizenbaum, J. ELIZA—a computer program for the study of natural language communication between man and machine. Commun. ACM…
Possible relationship between genetic polymorphisms and the risk of exercise addiction among Turkish elite athletes: an exploratory pilot study
The present exploratory pilot study investigated genetic variants potentially associated with EA among elite Turkish athletes using a…
First case of potentially fatal Bourbon virus confirmed in New York
For the first time, a rare tick-borne infection has been confirmed in New York. Michael Larkin, 67, was…
Can long COVID be prevented? Two drugs finally show promise
Millions of people globally have the chronic condition long COVID.Credit: Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Growing evidence suggests…
How mosquitoes are conquering the world — in four charts
Studies predict that the spread of mosquitoes will put billions more people at risk of mosquito-borne diseases in…
Polio should have been eradicated by now. What’s plan B?
Ten years ago, the virus that causes polio seemed to be on its way to extinction. In August…
Unpredictability is a childhood adversity that contributes to mental health problems
Felitti, V. J. et al. Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes…
Sustainable diet shifts among adults in Scotland do not cost more
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