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INFLAMMATORY bowel disease (IBD) was associated with reduced activation of Takeda G protein-coupled receptor 5 (TGR5), with investigators reporting that altered bile acid profiles correlated with greater inflammatory activity

Research shows that more than 31 million Americans—or nearly one in ten people—experience a tick bite every year. While some tick bites can be harmless, these parasitic arachnids that feed on both animals and people can transmit dozens of diseases in as little as 36 to 48 hours, including anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever,…

At a time when federal protections to reduce air and water pollution are being stripped away at the federal level, it’s easy to feel helpless — like there’s nothing ordinary people can do to stop the negative health impacts on communities

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Sweating is normal. But for some people, sweating too much becomes downright obtrusive, stressful and even embarrassing

Shares of Novo Nordisk fell as much as 10% on Friday after the drugmaker said a late-stage heart drug trial failed to reduce major adverse cardiovascular events, or MACE, compared to a placebo

A Yale Medicine specialist explains how a new drug targeting a once-‘undruggable’ gene is improving survival for advanced pancreatic cancer.

This summer, tiny Cyclospora parasites have wreaked havoc on the digestive systems of thousands of people in the U.S

Schistosomiasis is caused by a parasite spread through freshwater snails. The parasite’s microscopic larvae live in the same water that people use daily, for washing, fishing, and transport. In Laos, the disease has long been a public health problem, especially in communities along the Mekong River. There, the share of infected people exceeded 40 percent…

A U-I-P score developed from three high-resolution CT (HRCT) features identified histopathological usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) features and predicted disease progression in smokers with fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP), according to a retrospective multicentre study