Vitamin D, an essential nutrient, is naturally produced through sun exposure and certain foods. However, excessive sunburn prevention measures are
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A step toward safer X-rays with new detector technology
X-rays are a common component of diagnostic testing and industrial monitoring, used for everything from monitoring your teeth to scanning
An advance toward inhalable mRNA medications, vaccines
Most people don’t enjoy getting shots for treatments or vaccines. So, researchers are working to create more medicines, such as
Early detection, intensive treatment critical for high-risk patients with Kawasaki Disease
Advances in cardiac imaging techniques and risk categorization have led to improvements in diagnosis, initial treatment and long-term management of
Children’s gut bacteria may hold the key to diarrhea treatment
Diarrhea claims the lives of 500,000 children each year in low- and middle-income countries. Now, Danish and Ethiopian researchers have
While more is better, even moderate amounts of exercise may reduce risk for common heart condition
Adding an extra hour every week of physical activity may lower the chance of developing the most common type of
Fear of another heart attack may be a major source of ongoing stress for survivors
The fear of having another heart attack was a major ongoing stressor for heart attack survivors, according to a preliminary
Pandemic-era increase in alcohol use persists, research shows
Alcohol use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated even after the pandemic ended, according to a large nationally
Adequate sleep significantly reduces the risk of hypertension in adolescents
Adolescents who meet the recommended guidelines of nine to 11 hours of sleep per day were shown to have a
‘Sleepy cannabis’: Cannabinol increases sleep, study suggests
Research by scientists at the University of Sydney has identified a constituent in the cannabis plant that improves sleep. Their
