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A research team has added to evidence that a chemical found naturally in cannabis can, in the right amounts, lessen the anxiety-inducing effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive sister chemical found in cannabis.

Columbia researchers have discovered a genetic variant that reduces the odds of developing Alzheimer’s disease by up to 70% and may be protecting thousands of people in the United States from the disease.

Now, researchers from Japan have developed an animal model and elucidated the mechanism by which mutation in genes involved in chromatin modification causes autism. They have also discovered a drug that can be used in the treatment of autism.

Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have assembled the most comprehensive atlas to date of messenger RNA (mRNA) variants in the mouse and human brain.

New research has shown how blocking the activity of the Tiam1 enzyme in certain spinal neurons could reduce morphine tolerance and prolong the usefulness of morphine for pain relief.

A new study by Upstate Medical University researchers shows that recreational cannabis use may offer some protection against cognitive decline.

In the largest epidemiologic study to date of the risk of giving birth to a child with autism, ADHD or intellectual disability following acetaminophen use during pregnancy, researchers found no association.

Can touch really help you feel better, and does it matter who it’s from or how they touch you? A large-scale study shows touch substantially improves both physical and mental wellbeing.

For every tenth of a degree of increase in global air temperature, an average of nearly 9,000 meteorites disappear from the surface of the ice sheet in Antarctica.

People with long COVID have distinct patterns of inflammation detectable in the blood, which could potentially be targeted with immune therapies, reveals new research.