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Several methods are currently used to reduce mosquito numbers and malaria risk. One of these includes the antiparasitic medication ivermectin. When mosquitoes ingest blood containing ivermectin, it shortens the insect’s lifespan and helps decrease the spread of malaria.

However, ivermectin has its own issues. Not only is it environmentally toxic, but also, when it is overused to treat people and animals with worm…

Diabetes is a group of diseases characterized by an imbalance of blood sugar or insulin levels. Scientists have long known that Type 2 diabetes patients are more prone to psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. The risk…

A new study from the University of Mississippi shows that when healthy adults pair an eight-hour eating window with regular exercise, they lose more fat — without sacrificing lean muscle — compared to exercise alone, according to a study released in theInternational Journal of Obesity, which is published by the Nature Publishing Group.

“We saw that this…

The team, led by engineers from the University of Leeds, say this is the first time it has been possible to generate high-resolution three-dimensional ultrasound images taken from a probe deep inside the gastrointestinal tract, or gut.

It paves the way to a transformation of the diagnosis and treatment of several forms of cancer by…

The results of the study show that the two genes act in a finely tuned…