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Figuring out the genetic risk of developing opioid use disorder (OUD) is difficult, because there are many genes, and combinations of genes, that can lead to OUD in any one person.

We know that stress can take a toll on the body, but many may not realize it can produce a rash.

For patients undergoing single-anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy (SADI-S), weight control is the main factor impacting quality of life, according to a study published online March 15 in Obesity Surgery.

Have you ever had a song that you couldn’t get out of your head? You may not even like the tune that much, or remember where it came from, but there’s just something about it that has it stuck on replay.

Contrary to previous beliefs, stem cells, from which all new blood cells are formed, remain in bone marrow in the blood cancer type acute lymphocytic leukemia. This disease, however, causes a hidden defect in the stem cells that, over time, makes them lose their ability to form new blood cells. These findings, by researchers at Linköping University in Sweden, may be part of the explanation for why leukemia survivors experience negative effects on blood formation decades later.

Patients suffering from Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory intestinal disorder, develop painful constrictions in the bowel. Due to a lack of methods until now, these complications cannot be characterized with sufficient precision to initiate targeted treatment. An interdisciplinary research group at MedUni Vienna has investigated a new imaging technique that can improve the treatment of intestinal strictures. The results of the study were recently published in Radiology.

Toddlerhood can be a magical time full of wonderful milestones, but it comes with many challenges for parents and caregivers. There’s a reason many have labeled this stage the “terrible two’s” or you’ve perhaps heard toddlers referred to as “threenagers.”

 THE Mongu High Court will pass sentence tomorrow morning in a case it has convicted former President Edgar Lungu’s barber Shebby Chilekwa for the murder of UPND supporter Lawrence Banda during the Kaoma council chairperson by-election in 2019. The Mongu High Court this evening found Chilekwa guilty of murder and the convict gave his mitigation […]

A majority of Canadians who require medical cannabis are obtaining their products through the recreational market rather than the medical system, raising health and safety concerns, according to a massive new study led by a UM researcher.

The Auckland Anniversary floods and Cyclone Gabrielle have put the spotlight on how communities recover in the aftermath of widespread devastation. But future-proofing communities against the impact of these disasters needs to include measures to protect some of our most vulnerable people—pregnant women and their unborn babies.