Iran Parliament speaker tests positive for coronavirus

A new study led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London provides potential novel biomarkers for predicting patient responsiveness to disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs).

By analyzing brain tissue damage using a new MRI evaluation tool, researchers accurately identified people with early signs of cognitive decline up to 70% of the time, a study published by the journal Academic Radiology found.

The tiny droplets that linger in the air after people talk, cough or sneeze aren't very efficient at spreading the new coronavirus, new research suggests.

Four in 10 people with advanced multiple sclerosis, or MS, in the US are emotionally abused by someone responsible for caring for them, reports a study led by the University of California, Riverside.

More than 80 percent of 200 patients hospitalized in Spain with COVID-19 had low levels of vitamin D, a new study found.

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A National Institutes of Health study of 5,000 women has found that approximately one in four experienced high levels of depressive symptoms at some point in the three years after giving birth. The rest of the women experienced low levels of depression throughout the three-year span.

Progressive hair loss has a cosmetic and social impact. Hair undergoes three stages of hair cycle: The anagen, catagen, and telogen phases. Through cyclical loss and new-hair growth, the number of hairs remains relatively constant. A variety of factors, such as hormones, nutritional status, and exposure to radiations, environmental toxicants, and medications, may affect hair growth. According to numerous studies, using either silicon or biotin supplements have shown impressive results in helping to combat hair loss and thus increase hair growth, express.co.uk reported.

A "super pea" should be added to flour to stave off diabetes, Imperial College London researchers have said, with a study finding that it helps prevent blood sugar spikes.