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Before motor or cognitive impairments appear and before brain volume loss becomes evident, some individuals carrying the genetic mutation that causes Huntington's disease already show signs of neuronal injury.

The study identifies slow-wave sleep alterations as potential biomarkers for Alzheimer's, emphasizing their role in cognitive health and disease progression.

If you drink coffee regularly, it appears to alter not only your gut bacteria but also the physiology of the gut itself. That is the conclusion of a study from the University of Copenhagen, which may help point the way towards better treatments for constipation.

A class of blood pressure medications may improve a widely used treatment for ulcerative colitis, the most common type of inflammatory bowel disease, suggests a new study, led by Northwestern Medicine and Kiel University in Germany, of thousands of patients with the disease.

Meeting the World Health Organization's recommended annual guidelines for air pollution resulting from fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide has the potential to save more than 9 million lives a year in low- and middle-income countries, say University of Cambridge researchers.

Tobacco use is independently associated with anorectal sensorimotor dysfunction and fecal incontinence, according to a recent study published ahead of print in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Retatrutide effectively alleviates knee pain and enhances mobility in obese osteoarthritis patients, but long-term safety and joint health remain uncertain.

Metformin use soon after COVID-19 infection is associated with a 53% reduction in long COVID or death risk, reinforcing previous clinical findings.

The University of Oxford and Boston Children’s Hospital, with collaboration from The Jackson Laboratory and N=1 Collaborative, have been selected to establish a new Genetic Medicines Hub, one of six research hubs within the Aligning Research to Impact Autism (ARIA) ecosystem.

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