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The pleasurable urge to move to music—to groove—appears to be a physiological response independent of how much we generally enjoy music, according to a new paper led by Concordia researchers.

Blood clots form in response to signals from the lungs of cancer patients—not from other organ sites, as previously thought—according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and University of California San Diego Health. Clots are the second-leading cause of death among cancer patients with advanced disease or aggressive tumors.

After nearly a decade of almost year-over-year increases in overdose deaths, the tide may finally be turning in Philadelphia.

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research led by the University of Bristol has found. The study is published in the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.

Widely used by the food industry, emulsifiers—a type of food additive—are found in many daily foods (sliced bread, ice creams, crème fraîche, plant milks, etc.). Given their omnipresence in our diet, the health effects of their consumption have become a real public health issue.

Love really is all around us. From the love of romantic partners and family to small acts of kindness borne of love for neighbors or even strangers, all of love falls into one of two dimensions: feeling or experiencing love from someone else and extending or expressing love towards another person. Now, researchers are beginning to understand the nature of how giving love reinforces feeling love.

The anesthetic ketamine is being hailed as a breakthrough therapy for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), treatment-resistant depression and other mood disorders. But the drug does have side effects—some potentially life-threatening—and should only be prescribed and administered by trained health care professionals to ensure the patient’s safety, according to new guidance released by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).

A recent study in an animal model provides direct evidence for the role of the vagus nerve in gut microbiome-brain communication, addressing a critical gap in the field.

Answer seven questions and get an indication of how your relationship is right now. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, researchers at Stockholm University are publishing a new study in the journal Cognitive Behaviour Therapy that introduces a scientifically validated scale, the Valentine’s Scale. The scale measures how satisfied you are in your love relationship.

Roughly 90% of United States adults do not eat enough fruits and vegetables, per recommendations set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Further research shows that some groups of people—young adults, men and lower-income households—are less likely to eat fruits and vegetables than other groups.