Health & Wellness
Childhood Air Pollution May Raise Future Diabetes and Heart Risk
Air pollution is widely known for harming the lungs, but scientists are finding that its effects may reach much further.
A new European study suggests...
AI Tool Could Save Stroke Patients from Deadly Brain Swelling
Doctors may soon have a powerful new tool to identify stroke patients who are at high risk of developing deadly brain swelling before obvious...
New ‘Artery-on-a-Chip’ Could Predict Stroke Risk Before It Happens
Doctors have long struggled to predict who will have an ischemic stroke. Some people with only mild narrowing of the arteries suddenly develop a...
Diabetes Drug Could Help Repair Damage in Fatty Liver Disease
Fatty liver disease has become one of the fastest-growing health problems around the world.
It is closely linked with obesity, type 2 diabetes and excess...
Can A Healthy Diet Undo Junk Food’s Damage to Memory?
Scientists have long known that what we eat affects our bodies, but growing evidence suggests our diets also have a major impact on the...
Scientists Find How to Reverse Anxiety
Scientists have discovered that a very small group of brain cells may have a much bigger influence on emotions than anyone realized.
The finding could...
Tiny Organ in Your Neck Could Unlock a New Way to Treat High Blood...
High blood pressure affects millions of people around the world and is one of the biggest causes of heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and...
These Vitamins May Help Your Liver Heal and Stay Healthy
The liver is one of the busiest organs in the body. It helps digest food, removes harmful substances from the blood, stores vitamins and...
Warning Signs of Silent Damage Alcohol Can Do to Your Liver
Drinking too much alcohol over a long time can seriously damage the liver, one of the hardest-working organs in the body.
The liver cleans the...
A New Way to Help Damaged Hearts Grow Healthy Muscle Again
Heart failure is one of the leading causes of illness and death around the world. It develops when the heart becomes too weak or...
Hidden Chemical May Raise Parkinson’s Risk, Scientists Warn
Scientists from the University of Rochester and several other research centers are warning that a widely used industrial chemical may increase the risk of...
Scientists Uncover the Earliest Triggers of Deadly Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the hardest cancers to treat because it is usually found after it has already spread.
In its early stages, the...
Could Bacteria in Your Nose Trigger Alzheimer’s?
Our nose does much more than help us smell the world around us. It also helps filter the air we breathe and acts as...
Why Some People Get Cavities and Gum Diseases More Easily
Most people believe that tooth decay and gum disease happen mainly because of eating too much sugar or not brushing often enough.
While these habits...
Popular Blood Pressure Drug May Carry Unexpected Heart Disease Risk
Medicines that lower blood pressure have helped millions of people reduce their risk of heart attack, stroke, and other serious health problems.
These medicines are...
Week's Top
Brain Health
MIND Diet May Offer Extra Brain Protection for People at Higher Alzheimer’s Risk
The foods we eat may play an important role in keeping our brains healthy as we age.
A new study suggests that one eating plan,...
Simple MRI Could Help Doctors Spot Early-Onset Dementia Much Sooner
Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia is one of the most challenging forms of dementia to diagnose.
Unlike Alzheimer's disease, which often begins with memory loss, this...
AI Tool Could Save Stroke Patients from Deadly Brain Swelling
Doctors may soon have a powerful new tool to identify stroke patients who are at high risk of developing deadly brain swelling before obvious...
New ‘Artery-on-a-Chip’ Could Predict Stroke Risk Before It Happens
Doctors have long struggled to predict who will have an ischemic stroke. Some people with only mild narrowing of the arteries suddenly develop a...
Could Bacteria in Your Nose Trigger Alzheimer’s?
Our nose does much more than help us smell the world around us. It also helps filter the air we breathe and acts as...