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Analysis of 2.5 million people points to mostly neurological genes linked to the pain disorder, scientists report in Nature Medicine, though the variants are not diagnostic and the dataset does not represent all ancestries.
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Researchers report July 30 in iScience that three mosquito species preferred different groups of people based on components of body chemistry and skin microbiome. In a study of 119 volunteers, Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus showed distinct attraction patterns, with no one strongly attracting all three species.
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The Shingrix shingles vaccine is linked to lower rates of heart failure, heart attack and stroke compared with an older shingles vaccine, a study suggests. Researchers caution that the findings need confirmation in clinical trials.
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Higher temperatures may push the disease away from historic hotbeds, a new study suggests
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