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Support gets you to start working out but competition powers you to the end, study finds

Some pretty impressive results for team competition.

Study finds how to predict which brains respond to placebo treatments

One sugar pill can take away your pain -- if you've got the brain for it.

Experimental male birth control seems to work, but the side effects are pretty nasty

The shots were 97% effective but were not very pleasant to handle.

Here's why chocolate and red wine give some people migraines

Hint: it's not the blood pressure.

Genetic study finds AIDS first appeared in the U.S. in 1970, clears the name of 'Patient 0'

Almost 24 years after his death, the most villainized patient in US history clears his name.

New gene-editing technology successfully cures genetic disorder in mice - and it's not CRISPR

Researchers using a new genetic technique have successfully cured a genetic blood disorder in living mice, unlocking new possibilities for genetic editing.

Harvard pushes the boundaries and fully 3-D prints a heart-on-a-chip device

The new printing technique could be very useful for long-term medical studies.

Europeans picked up a customized immune system by having sex with Neanderthals

"Is that a more pronounced inflammatory response or are you just happy to see me?"

'Java genes' explain why coffee doesn't work for some people

If coffee doesn't work for you, you might have different genes from everyone else.

Some parasitic plants can steal genes then use them against their hosts

That's not very nice.

New device enables you to grow your own food from plant cells

If you want to grow some food from scratch... you need Finnish researchers.

Synthetic alcohol comes will all the benefits of regular alcohol, only without hangover

You can get drunk without having to deal with dry mouth, nausea, and headaches, says a British researcher.

Scientists think they have a good drug target to prevent Alzheimer's

It would be like taking drugs that lower cholesterol, researchers say.

Study finds viewing selfies on social media can make you miserable or jolly -- depending on how you see yourself

Seriously, why are selfies a thing?

Two million years ago, Homo habilis was right handed

Hand preference is still something we don't understand that well, but at least we've got a better timeframe now.

Mismatching foods can make for a better meal

Are we having spaghetti? OK, then I'd like some spring rolls to go with that.

Interbreeding with Neanderthals gave us some good genes, but also diseases

We're still finding the fruits of this interspecies love affair.

The depressing state of American mental health: 20 percent of the population suffering from mental illness, but only half get treatment

Depressing news.

Scientists used brain stimulation to shut off the self-control center

Just a little electricity can change how you make any choice.

Portable smartphone laboratory can detect cancer with 99% accuracy

This tiny thing can analyze 8 samples at once.

Study ranks 63 countries by empathy, Ecuador tops the list

How nice are your neighbours?

Just days in the mountains can improve your blood for months

Just a few hours in the mountains can significantly change your bloodstream

Gut bacteria can aid recovery from spinal cord injury, researchers find

Your gut bacteria may be more important than we thought.

Ancient fish solves one of your childhood mysteries about teeth

A tale of milk teeth and ancient fish.

How Inhouse EMG Testing Can Improve A Medical Practice

Spectacular advances in medical science are changing the world as we know it.

Epinephrine pill might break the EpiPen scandal and give patients their first valid alternative

A simple solution to bypass all the red tape and get where it's needed -- patients.

Tasmanian devil milk might be the secret weapon against superbugs we've been waiting for

Watch out, bugs, the devil's out for ya!

Doctors Without Borders just refused a 1-million-vaccine donation from Pfizer, and this is probably a good thing

Doctors Without Borders has a strong message for giant pharma company Pfizer.

Startup designs cast that heals bones, lets you scratch

No more pens stuck in your arm's cast.

Higgs Boson physicist develops a fertility app to replace the pill. It's 99.5% effective

Safe sex, no pregnancy, and an app. My kind of technology.

Marilize Legajuana: most Americans support lifting cannabis ban. Only a decade ago the reverse was true

It's high time we made pot legal, say most Americans.

African study wants to track half a million people for five years

South Africa has announced plans for what will be the continent's largest study.

Modern humans lost some of their smoke-resistance genes and we don't know why

So remember, don't smoke kids.

Scientists coax mice with injured spinal cords to regrow nerve fibers, something deemed impossible not too long ago

With the help of a novel drug therapy, mice with spinal cord damage showed nerve cell regeneration at the injured site.

How the brain makes drinking water feel like a pain once you're hydrated

Drinks for the thirsty, gag reflex for the over-hydrated.

First living-donor uterus transplant in the US performed in Texas

Out of four procedures, one has potential for success.

Struggling with math? You might have what scientists call a 'math disability'

You now have a new excuse for failing math.

Chicken korma shows why we like the food we like

Pass me some of that fat.

Bees can feel optimism, possibly other 'emotion-like states' as well, study finds

All it takes to make them happy is some sugar.

Five genes could give dogs their unique human interaction -- and they share four with us

Woof.

Globalization offers us a huge choice of foodstuffs -- but we're not having it

Game theory doesn't apply to farming like it does to other areas of industry.

What causes running pain and why it's a sign 'you're doing it right'

There’s a common misconception that some people just aren't made to run. Here's what science says, instead.

Human lifespan might have hit the ceiling at 115 years of age -- can we live longer than this?

We can only hope so.

Why meat is unsustainable and what the protein chain of the future ought to look like

By the end of the century, the planet is expected to clock ten billion hungry mouths. If everyone ate meat, we'd be in a lot of trouble.

Ancient Chinese 2,500-year-old grave was covered in a shroud of 13 Cannabis plants

The plants were so well preserved, they still contained THC-rich trichomes -- even after all this time!

80% of data in Chinese clinical trials have been fabricated

According to a new study, we should take Chinese studies with a grain of salt - or rather, with a ton of salt.

Livestock-MRSA found in British-sourced pork at Asda and Sainsbury's

British-grown pork livestock has been tested positive for livestock associated MRSA, the Guardian reports.

Alcohol and rapid antidepressants share the same brain pathway, which might explain a lot of things

This serves to explain why a drink or two when you're down can go a long way.

The 2016 Nobel Prize in medicine goes to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his work on autophagy

"I was surprised. I was in my lab," the professor recalls.

Drugs clear HIV from British patient's system, offering hope for a cure

Five UK universities working together hope to bring an end to HIV.

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