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Making waves: Researchers shed light on how cilia work

Human bodies have some built-in systems to care for themselves. The cells that line our lungs, nose, brain and reproductive

Many surgery patients head home from the hospital with opioid pain medicine prescriptions, and most will have pills left over

Low levels of oxygen in the womb — which can be caused by smoking or conditions such as pre-eclampsia —

Researchers at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have teamed up with educators, public health

An analysis of published trials calls for research into vitamin C’s effects on critically ill patients after finding it can

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered the underlying cause of a hereditary muscle disease first characterised in a Swedish family

Dietary intake of two fatty acids, omega-3 and omega-6, may have opposite effects on the severity of asthma in children

Paper-based diagnostic tests are cheap, convenient and biodegradable. However, their use is limited by conventional dyes — which are not

All parents want their children to be not only healthy but also better than them in many ways. Can genetic

A study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine has uncovered a new strategy that can potentially treat age-related