Irish researchers confirm that the mesentery — a fold of membrane that connects the intestine to the abdomen — is its own continuous organ, and not a series of fragmented parts like experts had ...

Foods that interfere with your metabolism can increase inflammation — especially foods high in unhealthy fats and sugar.

Metabolic diseases have reached epidemic proportions in our society, driven by a sedentary lifestyle coupled with circadian misalignment - a desynchrony between our intrinsic biological clocks and ...

The key to understanding the drivers of physical and neurological disease lies in part with understanding the microscopic ...

The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a ...

The misconception that muscle can be lean or bulky lies in its appearance. “When people (say ‘lean’), they’re usually ...

A comprehensive genetic investigation led by Dr. Feng Liu at Tianjin Medical University General Hospital has uncovered ...

The Research Article in Genomic Psychiatry titled "Shared genetic architecture between schizophrenia and osteoporosis revealed by multilevel genomic analyses," is freely available via Open Access on 6 ...

The mystery of early embryonic communication is starting to be unraveled thanks to a new stem cell-based model.

Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body and has an important role in healthy tissue as well as in a range of prevalent diseases. Medical research and diagnostics hence call for means ...

If you’re watching the person you love struggle to survive an illness, things aren’t going to be the same — for better or for ...