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While all fruits offer health benefits, incorporating a diverse range of fruits into your diet maximizes nutritional advantages.

Discover how eating soaked dry fruits can fix constipation and improve digestive health. Ayurveda recommends soaked dry fruits like raisins, prunes, figs, dates, and apricots for relieving constipation. Learn more about the benefits and precautions of consuming soaked dry fruits.

A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 16, Issue 2, entitled, "PROX1 interaction with α-SMA-rich cancer-associated fibroblasts facilitates colorectal cancer progression and correlates with poor clinical outcomes and therapeutic resistance."

After last week’s insolubles, their light-hearted counterparts: solubles such as pectins, gums and mucilages. In this week’s Sound Bites with Swetha Sivakumar.

A ground-breaking technique is enabling researchers to map the adaptive responses of the cellular 'skeleton' to external stress. Click to read more...

Q. Last week, my husband and I came down with COVID-19 even though we’d had our shots and boosters. Both of us were given Paxlovid because we are older people.

Tiny things matter – for instance, one amino acid can completely alter the architecture of the cell. Researchers at the Universities of Göttingen and Warwick investigated the structure and mechanics of the main component of the cytoskeleton of the cell: a protein known as actin.

Q. I have severe pain in my legs, with no diagnosed cause. The pain is worse when I am standing than if I sit or lie down. Walking or biking

Research reveals that T cell migration relies on ion and water influx for actin polymerization and movement, with the WNK1 kinase playing a critical role in regulating these processes, offering new insights into adaptive immunity.

Q. What can you tell me about minoxidil pills for hair loss? Some people say that low-dose minoxidil really does increase hair volume. Having thin, “post-menopausal” hair myself, I’m planning