Many young adults drink alcohol and use cannabis together, at the same time, as a coping mechanism or to relieve stress.

Disadvantaged households have higher rates of smoking, putting pressure on their household budgets, University of Queensland ...

This study identifies food additive mixtures associated with higher type 2 diabetes risk, urging a reevaluation of safety ...

Researchers at McMaster University have identified six key factors in the first three years of life that influence the trajectory of obesity in South Asian children.

A new USC-led study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) reveals the neural mechanisms that contribute to ...

Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation's bird flu strategy, public health ...

New research on the biological basis of addiction has found that the critical epigenetic enzyme histone deacetylase 5 (HDAC5) limits the expression of the gene Scn4b, regulating neuronal activity and ...

While sleep's positive impact on cognition has long been recognized, Baycrest researchers have revealed that a good night's sleep may actively enhance memory rather than simply protect it from decline ...

A seminal study from researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and their collaborators in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, and Iceland has uncovered a new genetic ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious issue affecting thousands of people in the U.S. every year. For military service members, the impact is even more profound.

Using eye-tracking - a technique for recording and analysing eye movements - a team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has shown that individuals with multiple disabilities can improve their social ...

The development of new antibiotics to treat superbugs and other bacterial infections is a global priority, with the rate of infections that cannot be treated with current antibiotics rising and ...