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Jeffrey Bland, known as the “father of functional medicine,” has studied how lifestyle impacts health for more than 30 years.

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In this interview, News Medical speaks with Olivier Negre, Chief Scientific Officer at Smart Immune, about how immunotherapy is being revolutionized.

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Thymic epithelial tumors are a rare group of malignancies originating in the thymus gland, that includes thymoma and thymic carcinoma.

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Prolonged exposure to stress due to neglect or abandonment can lead to elevated cortisol levels, which can contribute to a ...

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

Owin Brunner was never the can’t-miss kid as a youth wrestler. When his commitment increased and he poured his heart into it, however, things changed as a freshman at Faith Christian, and he started ...