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A Staircase May Protect Your Heart Health

Taking the stairs instead of the elevator may seem like a tiny decision, but new research suggests it could be linked to a longer...

Salmon and Other Fatty Fish May Help Fight Lung Injuries

When severe infection reaches the lungs, the body's attempt to fight back can sometimes become part of the problem. Scientists at the University at Buffalo...

Newer Blood Thinners May Slow Cognitive Decline

A newer generation of blood-thinning medicines may do more than prevent strokes in people who have both atrial fibrillation and Alzheimer’s disease. A large Swedish...

A $60 Blood Test Could Help Detect Lung Cancer

Cancer can leave traces in the bloodstream long before doctors can obtain a piece of the tumor itself. Researchers in Israel are developing a blood...

A Blood Test May Reveal Hidden Heart Risk

Some people develop serious cardiovascular disease even though they appear to be doing everything right. Their usual cholesterol may be treated, their blood pressure may...

Stronger Blood Pressure Control May Prevent Another Stroke

Surviving a brain bleed is only the beginning of recovery for many people. A major new analysis suggests that keeping blood pressure lower over...

Study Finds a Big Cause of Inflammation after Heart Attack

A heart attack can be treated successfully, blocked arteries can be reopened and standard blood tests can return to normal. Yet inside the body, part...

Could Sleep Reveal Alzheimer’s Risk Early?

A person may sleep through the night believing they barely woke at all, while the brain experiences many tiny interruptions. New research suggests these brief...

New Weight-Loss Pill Shows Promise

A new experimental pill helped adults with obesity or overweight lose substantial amounts of weight in a mid-stage clinical trial. At the highest dose, participants...

Older Blood Pressure Drugs May Beat a Popular First Choice

A large study suggests that a long-used type of blood pressure medicine may be a better first treatment for many patients than one of...

Leg Pain While Walking Could Be a Dangerous Warning Sign

Pain in your legs when you walk may seem like a normal part of getting older, but sometimes it points to a problem with...

Scientists Find a New Weak Spot in Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer is one of the hardest cancers to treat because it is often discovered only after it has begun to spread. The most common...

This Blood Pressure Check May Reveal Hidden Heart Risk

Blood pressure is one of the most common measurements taken during a medical visit. It shows how strongly blood pushes against the walls of the...

A Mini-Stroke Is a Warning You Should Never Ignore

A mini-stroke can last only a few minutes, but it can be an important warning about what may happen next. Known medically as a transient...

Hidden Signs You May Have Kidney Disease

Kidney disease can develop quietly, and many people do not know they have it until their kidneys have already lost much of their ability...

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Trillion-Mile Gas Stream May Explain a Bizarre Triple-Star System

Astronomers have discovered an enormous stream of gas flowing toward a young system of three stars, potentially explaining why its planet-forming disks are strangely...

20 Years of Watching a Blazar Reveals Something Stranger Than Expected

After nearly two decades of observations, astronomers have discovered that a distant blazar behaves in ways that leading theories struggle to explain. Instead of solving...

Mysterious Magnetic Star May Have Revealed a 90-Year-Old Quantum Secret

Scientists may have found the strongest evidence yet for one of the strangest predictions in quantum physics—a theory first proposed nearly 90 years ago. By...

New X-Ray Technique Could Help Stop Future Computer Chips from Overheating

Anyone who has used a laptop that becomes too hot to touch knows that heat is one of the biggest challenges in modern electronics. The...

Just Four Questions Could Reveal How Good You Are at Protecting Your Personal Data

Most people say they care about privacy, but their everyday behavior does not always match their concerns. Now, researchers have developed a simple four-question...