A research team at Université Laval may have discovered why physical exercise and living in favorable socioeconomic ...

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Scientists have discovered that breast cancer can quietly throw the brain’s internal clock off balance—almost immediately after cancer begins. In mice, tumors flattened the natural daily rhythm of ...

A Northwestern Medicine study has uncovered a promising new therapeutic approach for a rare genetic brain disorder, according ...

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