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UT nutritional scientists found even small shifts in diet can quickly alter breast milk for infants.

Researchers at UT Austin are working to change the future of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

Regular volunteering or helping others outside the home can reduce the rate of cognitive aging by 15-20%.

A new study evaluates Nutri, a clinical decision support tool for brief diet counseling in safety-net clinics, created by UT researchers.

Researchers found ultra-processed foods, even diet ones, bring distinct risks for people with diabetes.

By exploiting the metabolism of cancer cells, researchers can make hard-to-treat cancers more susceptible to existing drugs.

Despite our hopes for technological ways to bridge connections between older adults and social partners, phone and digital contact cannot alleviate loneliness in the same way.

A landmark longitudinal study of LGBTQ+ youths has found that transitioning gender identities is not associated with depression.

People’s perceptions of their sleep also proves to have stronger associations with their worry and rumination than objective sleep quality monitored with a device.

New evidence reveals that young children learn self-awareness through experiences of touch.