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Source: KarstenBergmann/Pixabay Published in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders, a 2023 study by Baik and Newman provides evidence for a recent psychological theory of why people engage in worry and ru

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An artist's illustration of a star being sucked into a black hole -- just one theory for what caused the largest explosion astronomers have observed Paris (AFP) – Astronomers said on Friday they have

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In this cross-sectional study, we compared the community composition and structure of the colonic adherent microbiota based on caffeine intake using 16S rRNA gene sequencing among 34 individuals with

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Sophia Antipolis, 11 May 2023: A healthy diet is associated with greater physical fitness in middle-aged adults, according to research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology,

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Using a specially designed capsule, researchers can now voyage through the digestive system, collecting new data about digestion and microorganisms. The work by a team including researchers at the Uni

Due to the conflicting evidence, some limitations of previous reviews, and the emergence of new trials evaluating the effect of vitamin D supplementation on mortality, the present systematic review an

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There is no blood test to identify the risk of non-genetic Parkinson’s disease, but that may change if UNSW chemists’ new machine-learning tool is validated. The team were able to identify unique com

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A new study from University College London (UCL) and collaborators finds that genetic material inherited from Neanderthals can affect the nose shape of modern humans. The research is published in Comm

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