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Prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals has been shown to be associated with rising cases of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a potentially cancer-causing condition.

"Overdosing" on vitamin D supplements is both possible and harmful, warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports after they treated a man who needed hospital admission for his excessive vitamin D intake.

Induced pluripotent stem cells have provided key insights into how gene mutations cause Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, a rare immunodeficiency disorder.

Opioids are used to treat chronic and acute pain; however, they can result in significant gastrointestinal side effects. Now, researchers have discovered how opioids cause gastric inflammation and how it can be reversed with proton pump inhibitors.

Research suggests that marital status could be an important contributory factor in predicting long term survival in people with early stage gastric cancer.

Some say, the world is your oyster, but the world — especially human impacts on the environment — can actually be found inside an oyster, according to a new study.

Biologists at the University of Rochester have, for the first time, used population genomics to shed light on the evolution and consequences of a selfish genetic element known as Segregation Distorter (SD).

Scientists have developed the first proteins that can detect a deadly nerve agent called VX in real-time and without false positives from insecticides.

An ongoing study reveals the multiple ways people now seek information about genetic relatives.

Isotope analysis of teeth from unmarked graves in Adelaide has helped uncover the origins of 13 early South Australian colonists.