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British investigators have found thousands of people in the United Kingdom who are debilitated by long COVID are traveling abroad to seek costly, unproven treatments, such as “blood washing.”...Read More

An investigational cancer drug helps regenerate damaged nerves after spinal trauma with “remarkable recovery of sensory and motor functions,” British scientists say....Read More

Mothers to daughter, fathers to sons: That’s how anxiety disorders may be transmitted, according to a new study....Read More

While scientists have long noted a connection between a person’s addiction to opiates, called “opioid use disorder,” and chronic pain, the brain mechanisms linking the two are poorly understood....Read More

A global study of 14,200 children and adolescents indicates their daily physical activity fell overall by roughly 20% during the height of the pandemic....Read More

A coin-sized device may help detect the measles virus in human saliva, possibly allowing early diagnosis to help control the spread of this extremely contagious disease....Read More

Prenatal exposure to several chemicals found in consumer and industrial products may be linked to the growing incidence of liver disease in children, a new study suggests....Read More

A new study estimates the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder at 3.14% among children and adolescents in the United States in 2019 and 2020, a rising trend....Read More

COVID-19’s remarkable disruption of people’s lives temporarily stalled young adults’ pre-pandemic level of interest in getting pregnant, a new study says....Read More

Frozen sperm is just as effective as fresh for insemination treatments, a new study says....Read More