As children spend more time tethered to screens, there is increasing concern about potential harm to their visual development. Ophthalmologists
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Like many chronic infections, visceral leishmaniasis thwarts the immune system’s defenses so it can settle comfortably into its host. Responsible
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Unbeknownst to them, at least 1 percent of the U.S. population has an identifiable genetic risk for cancer or heart
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Our genome is made up of 20,000 genes, all of which may cause disease. At present, 4,141 genes have been
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Childhood adversity permanently alters the peripheral and central immune systems, increasing the sensitivity of the body’s immune response to cocaine,
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To help stem the nationwide opioid epidemic and related increases in HIV, hepatitis C and other infections, health care providers
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Some level of molecules linked to oxidative stress may be essential to health and development, according to new animal studies.
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Scientists have gained a glimpse of how marks on our genes that could be linked to adverse health outcomes in
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For years, researchers have had an established viewpoint of the function of a unique protein in the body called purinergic
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For many Americans, highly processed foods are on the menu for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Even when the raw materials
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